MILE$ FOR MONEY

How appropriate that June, men’s health month, is when this epic journey will conclude! Scott is over 9600 miles, and we are in Medora, North Dakota.  We have less than two weeks to go! Scott did a video yesterday during our hike in the Badlands at Theodore Roosevelt National Park to remind men to get their physicals, and to get their PSA checked.  Today is also cancer survivor day, a day to be grateful for the each day that Scott beats this disease.  I too want to remind women to encourage the men in their life to get their physicals (and their own preventive physicals.) I pestered Scott about getting a checkup as I said "it was the thing to do" in our early 50’s. He felt great, he was strength training, playing hockey, softball, and had absolutely no symptoms of any ill health. We had only been married a few months when he was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer.   Scott had an elevated PSA detected from a simple blood test, and a biopsy confirmed the aggre...

I join you today from near Erie, PA! The 6th state into the ride. We are into our 4th week already. Sunday July 16th was the one year anniversary of the 988 suicide and crisis line. The idea behind this suicide and crisis line is to help prevent suicide by having a free and confidential support, a skilled listener, for people in crisis. The line has licensed professionals- ones trained to listen and deal with crisis- ready to help. Scott is riding his mileage "to honor not just the life God gave me, but Benny's life." Scott is stage 4 prostate cancer and grateful that he is alive AND that he is able to do this ride. Benny died of suicide, due to going off his schizophrenia meds because of the distasteful side effects, on January 15, 2020. Scott was half way through chemo treatments at the time that he got the call. He did not know Benny had schizophrenia, that he was on meds, and had gone off his meds. Today Scott passed mile 988 in his ride. He rode i...