In everybody's life, a little rain must fall, and so it has in ours. We were planning to head further Northeast but we received a phone call from my doctor who said we needed to head back to Mesa for some tests.
A few years back the PSA in my blood was slightly elevated indicating I had an issue with my prostate. As the last couple years have gone by my PSA has increased which required me getting a biopsy before leaving Mesa Arizona. Being the optimist I am we elected to move on toward the Flagstaff and Winslow Arizona allowing for a return to Mesa if necessary while hoping to continue our travels northeastward.
Well, the results of the biopsy were not overly positive and required us to head back to Mesa to undergo further tests to see what exactly the issue was. It appears I have prostate cancer and this added testing would determine how bad it might be.
Fortunately, after several days of testing, it was determined that the cancer is contained to the prostate. Further treatment will be necessary nonetheless because the cancer is aggressive. Therefore I will need to schedule surgery soon.
Yes, this will curtail our summer travel plans but we have talked about our future and plan to continue to travel after this bump in the road is over. We will stay in Mesa, Arizona for a couple of months which we are both dreading since it will be well over 100° during our stay but hopefully this too shall pass.
In the meantime, we'll make the best of our stay here at Mesa and start planning our travels post surgery. Many RV'ers have health issues causing an end to their travels and ultimately it may lead to an end to ours, but at this moment we have no plan to stop traveling and hope to continue our travels as soon as we can.
