First off, I have to tell everyone: I am not running the Marathon this year. I had registered as part of the Liver Team, but decided after the holidays to beg off. I just couldn't justify spending the training time, when Leilei is still so new to the family. She's such a happy little honey that I forget sometimes that she's only been living with us since May, and that she has lots of adjusting and bonding to do. So . . . next year for the Marathon.
However, I'm still a liver lover, so last week I had the opportunity to speak for the American Liver Foundation to some really nice people at Idenix Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge. The title of my "talk": How I Became a New Mom (for the 3rd and 4th time), Ran a Marathon, and Acquired Better Health Habits: A Midlife Adventure. I presented a power point which consisted of photos of Libby and Leilei--while I regaled my audience with amusing family anecdotes.
I thought it would be an informal around-the-table chat with a dozen people or so, but it was actually a talk with a microphone and an audience of about 50 people AND
they sent a CAR TO PICK ME UP!!!! (They drove me back to work, too!) I felt like a celebrity.
Idenix does research and drug development for hepatitis B:
check it out at http://www.idenix.com/hepb/drug.html
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