Completed over 14,000 elevation gain in last five days, 2400 miles in!




 

Scott is 2400 into the Miles for Money cycle journey. The picture is of Scott biking to the top of the highest point in NJ, High Point State Park. Today is his fifth day biking in a row, having completed over 14,000 elevation gain over those last five days. To put that in perspective, it is like biking up Mount Whitney (14,494), the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states. How does someone with stage 4 prostate cancer, currently treating with Lupron, do that?  Good question. I have always called Scott “magic Scott” and I named him well.

September is prostate cancer awareness month. As our Miles for Money journey is about raising funds and awareness for prostate cancer and schizophrenia, for the next month we will focus on prostate cancer. Scott is currently treating with Lupron. Lupron takes away all Scott’s testosterone as testosterone feeds prostate cancer. Taking away testosterone is known to cause various affects such as a loss of energy, muscle, and bone density. This is Scott’s second round of Lupron, the first being during radiation. He has been on Lupron since before he had chemotherapy in 2019.  

So back to that question of how does Scott do this? Scott’s answer to the how: through God’s grace and his own mental determination to push through. His message:  you can lead a full life with a stage 4 diagnosis while under going treatment, you can reach for your dreams, and you can exercise even on hormone therapy.  For Scott it makes him feel better mentally and physically.   So while as a cancer patient he has often felt like he was "climbing a mountain" he always feels better physically and emotionally after exercising.  Of course, always check with your doctor first for what is good for you.  

Please share our mission. Please raise awareness, especially during prostate cancer awareness month. And if you have not already, please donate to zero prostate cancer

MilesforMoney.org to hear more of Scott's story.   Thank you!  

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                       

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