My Father Marshall Miller was a huge Duke fan. He was in and out of the hospital there for 4 years. My Dad and Jim Valvano had the same cancer,except Jim had tumors which gave him about 1 year and my father had 3-5. He lived 4.

I can remember going up there and seeing the Wolfpack design on the halls of DUKE. My father loved Bobby Hurley and so did my 16 year old brother at the time Greg. My father and Greg would be so excited when Coach K and the team would get through early or come on the floor to visit and sign autographs,etc. Little did I know that 11 years later at 38, I would be diagnosed with Breast Cancer and find it early and be a survivor.

I think back to some of the saddest times of my life in those hallways. My father died there. But I also saw strength in people that I had never in my life seen before. I saw people working around the clock to try and save my fathers life and countless others like him. I also learned so much about cancer that I truely think out of something bad something good came out of it.

I would like to thank Coach K for trying to find a cure and rescerch with the Jimmy V foundation and for making some of the worst days of my fathers life memorable and happy for all of us. My father often told me that he could not be bitter about dying or the reascearch they were doing on him to try and find cures and that someday the rescearch done on him and so many others would lead to a cure. I relay for the past 4 years now a survivor. And thank you Coach K for being a wonderful person who cares about others.

Michelle