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// Your Biography Assessment //  ** ' Loving Life on the Move' ** I have chosen Debbie Riley, as she has shown courage through most of her life, and here is her long lasting story that still has years to be written. Once upon a time…. On 25th of December 1968, Debbie’s mum was rushed to Kurumburra hospital, and a few hours later an inspiring, beautiful daughter was born, not knowing what was going to happen in her future.

In her young childhood she went to a few different primary schools and did her VCE in Traralgon. She was a swimming instructor and in 1992 she became a paramedic.

When she was growing up she looked up to the Australian Olympic swimmer Lisa Curry Kenny. Also she looks up to anyone who gives things a go and anyone who steps out of their comfort zone.

Debbie still lives in a little town called Wonthaggi, with her two twin boys, Ben and Dylan, aged 11.

In 2002, Debbie felt a lump in her left breast. Thinking it was nothing; she went to her local doctor and enquired. The doctor found another lump. But in the end it was just fat tissue. But then a year later…

Imagine this, seven years ago 2003 thinking that nothing could be better than this… with lovely friends and family, and her two twin boys that loved and adored their mum, until one day it all changed. She went to another doctor’s appointment when she mentioned that she had a lump in her breast that she was worried about. The doctor got her to get a mammogram and ultra sound, which showed the cancer cells. Two days later she saw the surgeon that would be operating to remove the cancer. Seven days later the cancer was removed by removing her left breast and as well as her ovaries. She had chemotherapy and a breast implant. Her family was shattered when they heard the awful news, but every time they saw her their faces stayed positive. Her kids were very sad. One day her kids gave her a Buzz Light year bandaid and told her “Don’t worry mum, Buzz will blast it away.” During Debbie’s chemotherapy and having surgery she found the hardest thing she went through was wondering how her boys would survive without her.

In October 2003 Debbie was delighted that her last Chemotherapy treatment was over. Amazingly three mouths after her last chemotherapy Debbie was chosen to compete in December, 2003, to represented Australia in a Triathlon race in New Zealand. She was courage’s to stand up in front of the world with out hair, sickingly ill, to show her town and her nation pride. In 2005 she represented Australia in Hawaii in another triathlon race. She raced in an Ironman race this year, and many others.

Debbie does a lot of things. She works for forty hours a week as a paramedic; she trains 8-12 hours a week running, swimming and bike riding for triathlon training. She surfs usually once a week, with the Swell Mamas Women’s surfing. She goes riding with her boys every week, and she coaches basketball. Also she takes her two boys to nippers, and trains at the athletics club.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0mm; margin-right: 0mm; margin-top: 0mm;">During Debbie’s life she has been in the Breast Cancer Australia magazine, the Police Journal and Prevention magazine. She gives talks that inspire groups like people with breast cancer, MS and Parkinson’s disease.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0mm; margin-right: 0mm; margin-top: 0mm;">Now and again she still has check ups to make sure, everything is ok. She also has to take medication for the rest of her life. Now she is testing medication for others.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0mm; margin-right: 0mm; margin-top: 0mm;">She has been courageous by staying positive and being positive. She says there is more to life than just your health. Like sharing things, living every moment of your life and facing mental and emotional problems and overcoming them. She says that her friends and the experiences she has had with them along the way, make her who she is today.

QUESTIONS! Do you think she has shown courage, and why? If you were in her situation, and you had children of your own, would you feel the same why, or what would you be worring about? Emotionally, how would you be feeling, through fighting cancer, and chemotherapy?

Yes, and No QUESTIONS!

1.In the text, What does Debbie do 8-12 hours a week? Answers to question 1. ~Running, Swimming, Bike Riding ~Running, Surfing, Bike Riding with her boy's ~Trains at the Athletics Club

2.In what events and years did Debbie repersent Australia in? Answers to Question 2. ~2004, New Zealand, Triathalon Race ~2005, Hawaii, Triathalon Race ~2001, USA, Swimming Race ~2003, New Zealand, Triathalon Race

3.She goes and inspires people who have? Answers to Question 3. ~Peole that have or had Breast Cancer ~People that don't have MS ~People that have MS, Parkinson's disease, and Breast Cancer ~People that have or had Breast Canser, and MS ~Or people that want someone or something to inspire them. ~People that have Breast Cancer, MS, and Parkinson's Disease