Deep breath!
Jaclyn Keely, 29, is preparing to manage RBC Brooklyn’s half marathon, organized by New York corridors on Saturday.
Since completing the 13.1 -mile race last year, Keely has been diagnosed with stages 1 mucinous adenocarcinoma, had the left lobe of the left lung removed and suffered an excruciating recovery.
“I just want to cross the finish line with a smile,” Brooklynite told The Post.
Mucinal adenocarcinoma is a rare type of cancer that can develop in any organ, especially breast, colon, straight and lung. DNA mutations cause abnormal cell growth, resulting in a tumor surrounded by much mucus.
Keely learned that something was wrong when her lung collapsed in 2018 while she was breakfast.
The episode is known as spontaneous pneumothorax – the air accumulates in the space between the lung and the chest wall, causing the lung partial or fully collapse. May arise from underlying pulmonary conditions such as COPD or occur for no apparent reason.
Keely went to the emergency room, where doctors examined the chest and noticed a lung lump.
“Because of my age and my level of activity and I was a ‘never a smoker’ [said I] There was no reason to worry, ”said Keely, a anesthesia technologist.
She has rescued over the years. The nodule remained undisturbed – until the past autumn.
“My lung said, ‘I want biopsy, curious about seeing what it is,'” Keely said. “And it came back to cancer, so there were really no symptoms, which is a little scary.”
Keely suffered collapse in the lung before the serious incident in 2018 and had long suffered chest pain and shortness of breath for unknown reasons.
Despite these struggles, she began running in November 2023 – almost a year before cancer diagnosis.
“It sounds kind of funny, but I just woke up one morning and decided to run a marathon, and that’s it,” she said.
Running increases the body’s demand for oxygen to feed the muscles that work, so shortness of breath is common. This is why building slowly and listening to your body was critical.
She followed the on -line execution guides and completed the 9+1 program of New York Runners to get this year’s New York City Marathon.
But the discovery of cancer and subsequent pulmonary surgery in October tightened their style.
“I felt like I was in a new body and needed to learn its limitations,” Keely explained. “And that was very, very difficult for me, suddenly being limited, where before I feel very, very strong, young and healthy.”
She started running two or three weeks after the procedure. Its first ride was about 0.2 miles.
She made frequent walks to improve her lung capacity and eventually incorporated longer gusts of running.
“I got to the point where … I could run 10k full,” Keely shared. “That’s kind of clicked that I was … Going back to it.”
The removed Keely lower wolf will not return, but it is not worried because its pulmonary capacity is back to normal. It is also scanned every three months to ensure cancer has not returned.
She expects her journey to Saturday’s starting line to encourage others to receive recommended medical examinations and checkups, especially as certain cancers become more common in people under 50.
Sweeps can identify lung cancer at their early stages when treatment is more effective. About 10% to 20% of lung cancer patients such as Keely never smoked.
“Anyone with lungs can have lung cancer,” said Keely. “I never thought of a million years that this happened to me … especially so young.”
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