Earlier today I received a press release about Louie Bonpua (pictured here), another athlete with cancer who has become a source of inspiration for Ironman athletes around the world. Diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in 1997, Bonpua lost 58 pounds within a year. In desperate need of a bone marrow transplant (but with doctor’s unable to find a suitable match), Bonpua had to resort to drug therapy, which eventually helped level his white blood cell count.

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