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Coping Magazine
I was determined to return to the sport that I loved....
My Story by Diane Cotting
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I try to live each day to the fullest and help others to do the same. I believe that when someone is ready to return to life, we should ensure the help they need is waiting for them. I had to fight to get the care I needed after my treatments. Now I fight for all of us. If you’ve Got Life, Get Living! - Diane Cotting

Rowing Magazine

"Cotting's Full Cup"
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“Rowing saved my life. When I started, I thought it would make me healthy but I never thought it would save my life!”

 

CDS Alumni Magazine

Article excerpted from Dana-Farber piece for Country Day School Alumni Magazine

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Boatload of Hope, One in Nine is a lifeline for this crew
By Susan Bickelhaupt, Globe Staff; 10/18/2000
"These are people I've coached before who have rearranged their     lives to come to a five-day camp and be more competitive. They are here to race," Metcalf said. "They don’t want sympathy or pity; they're showing other women what they can do."
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"Rowing over the swells"
Story in the Boston Globe by
Jeff Lundberg
Jeff Lundberg talks about Dr. Carolyn Kaelin, surgical oncologist, and her research project about the benefits of exercise after breast cancer treatments, and about Diane's "One in Nine" crew.
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Simmons College Alumni Magazine

Alumna Rower Produces Award-Winning Documentary  
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This article, in Simmons College Alumni Magazine highlights the challenges and triumphs of Diane's journey

Dana Farber Online

"Diane Cotting survives rough waters to row again"
Dana Farber Online, Personal Profiles
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"Diane Cotting believes two things saved her life after she was diagnosed with breast cancer: Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center and the sport of rowing."

7News Boston, Television interview

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MAMM Magazine

cover story on women recovering from cancer with team sport participation
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Health Magazine

This article in Health magazine talks about the health benefits of staying active after cancer treatments. A major emphasis of the article is Diane's determination to keep rowing as the inspiration and impetus to start her oncologist Carolyn Kaelin to launch a study with 'Row as One', a Boston-based non-profit that encourages women to get into rowing. She is trying to dispel the conventional wisdom that too much arm movement is risky after breast cancer surgery.
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Fairfield University article about screening of film
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"Following her harrowing, but successful, fight with breast cancer, Diane Cotting was told she would not be able to lift more than five pounds. A lover of the sport of rowing, Cotting had other ideas."

The Connection from WBUR Boston and NPR
When their doctors told them never expect to lift more than 10 pounds again and that their arm muscles would always be weak, these women went back to their boats, learned to ask for help from their teammates, and got stronger. They're out to demonstrate solidarity and a shared sort of recovery. They also want to win. Holly Metcalf, Diane Cotting and Michelle Marks discuss rowing and breast cancer with host Christopher Lydon on the "Connection"
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Rowers Push Limits for Breast Cancer Survivors 
A Boston researcher is studying whether repetitive upper-body exercise contributes to secondary lymphedema, a nonfatal but incurable side effect of breast cancer surgery. Her subjects: rowers at Boston’s Head of the Charles Regatta.
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