by Pat Wetzel | May 12, 2021 | Adventure, Amputee, Author, Cancer, Disability, Giving Back, Healing, Humor, Mental Health, Mountaineering, Near Death Experience, Spirituality, Travel, Volunteering
May marks the one year anniversary of Bump In The Road. To celebrate, I’ve put together a collection of some of the most popular posts. Each is a story of hope, perseverance, courage, resilience and the willingness to face change. And in each story is the...
by Pat Wetzel | Mar 24, 2021 | Cancer, Education, Giving Back, Healing, Stories, Travel, Volunteering
In 1993, there was no internet to speak of. Breast cancer was a taboo topic. But Sharon Henifin found herself diagnosed with the disease. And she faced it head on. Sharon’s experience set the stage for BreastFriends.org an Oregon non-profit organization she...
by Pat Wetzel | Mar 17, 2021 | Amputee, Cancer, Giving Back, Healing, Rare Disease, Stories, Volunteering, Young Adult
Peter Lloyd was living the normal life of newly married 25 year old with a young child. Until he fell at work, injuring his left leg. An MRI showed a mass in his left femur. Surgery and physical therapy followed. But the bone didn’t really heal. Thus started ten...
by Pat Wetzel | Mar 10, 2021 | Adventure, Author, Giving Back, Mountaineering, Spirituality, Stories, Travel, Volunteering
Erik Weihenmayer is an author, adventurer, speaker and founder of NoBarriers.org. He’s climbed Everest on his first attempt, and reached the top of all Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each continent. He’s climbed the nearly vertical El Capitan in...
by Pat Wetzel | Mar 3, 2021 | Cancer, Healing, Stories, Volunteering
Mia Spano-Curtis runs the website wwww.BSBreastcancer.com, along with her friend and business partner Sondra Price. Mia was diagnosed with breast cancer at just 39 years of age. Little did she know that the next 14 years of her life would be dominated by over 20...
by Pat Wetzel | Feb 24, 2021 | Amputee, Cancer, Giving Back, Rare Disease, Stories, Volunteering, Young Adult
At just 16 years old, Sarah Dransfield was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. After nearly a year of hospitalized treatment, the outlook was still grim. Chemo wasn’t working. An amputation of her right leg was needed to stem the spread of the cancer. Where does a...
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