9/27/2023 0 Comments Justin berk meteorologistWhile my largest community is on Facebook, there are other social media formats that allow for more frequent updates that will not get lost or out of order in news feeds. I picked Maryland’s two largest playgrounds for the kids who want to be kids again and just play. Starting from the summit of Wisp and ending at the Inlet in Ocean City. ![]() The Trekħ Days, 329 Miles From the Mountains to the Ocean Will sharing a bit more while doing something outside of myself be the validation of all of this? Before I embark on anything else in my business and life, I need to see that. Some piece of me has reached others on many levels. It has to be more than great photos, timely weather updates, a blockbuster winter storm grade report, or whatever. Justify the large community for a purpose outside of myself.įor some reason I have been able to transcend cyberspace and connect with a lot of people. What good is having over 249,000 followers on Facebook, 44,000+ on Twitter, almost 20K on Instagram, and reach over one million a week if you don’t do any good with it? That is what I want to prove. I left TV in 2012 years ago, but I reach more people today than ever. I have been given a blessing in social media. Please see By The Numbers and I’d love to know what you think The opportunity Plus it had been 27 years since this happened. Considering it was 20’14’ and I was on TV in Baltimore for 14 years, it just fit. It is a reflection of digits and time for my own reflection. I was 14 years old then,I was 41 when I did the first trek across Maryland. The feeling I still have from this experience, is what I want EVERY KID we work with to have. Victory, as good as it feels, is even better after overcoming obstacles. For the first time I felt 100% healthy, and I was able to come from behind and beat him at the finish line. I was the anchor leg getting the baton 10-15 yards behind the leader. It was the finals of the 4×200M relay at the southeast NY regional invitational. This was the moment captured in time that changed everything. This video of my the finals at a winter track meet is the only one my parents ever recorded. I eventually recovered, and a few years later was where I expected to be. I would never want any kids to feel that alone in their journey. There was no social media and only a few channels on the hospital TV. Strike 2! But I was not out yet…Ī month and a half in the hospital, more time at home on IV, I lost part of my summer and was isolated. I was told if it was just a few years earlier, this drug was not around, and yes, I would have lost my leg after all. Ugh! So I was put on a relatively new drug called Keflex (for the medical pros reading). then you know there is nothing good about it. However, the very next day, I developed an allergy to penicillin from my IV treatment. I got my first lesson how professionals could be wrong at their jobs sometimes. Hearing that alone, without my parents around… kind of scary! But my surgeon WAS correct. The delay increased the odds of losing my leg. He suggested that his original diagnoses was correct and that I did have cancer all along. One of my original doctors was doing his rounds that day and checked on me. It was too soon and caused swelling plus a fever spike. So I was put in the hospital the next day and had a quarter size hole of my upper tibia scoped out and grafted.Ī week later, I was still in the hospital and just silly kid trying to walk. How it got there is a mystery, but had that reached my bone marrow, then lights out Justin. Bless my parents for searching for any other diagnosis than radiation, chemo, and possible amputation. ![]() A board of orthopedic surgeons reviewed my case and suggested aggressive action. After a few weeks of pain after track practice, my parents finally took me to the doctor, which led to a diagnoses of bone cancer in my left tibia. I was playing baseball, running track, growing up… and my adolescence came to screaming halt. When I was 14 years old, I almost lost one of my legs.
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