Travel and Medical Update

Well, the story continues. In the past week I have been to a local health center, a Hospital for a Abdominal CT and now a GI specialist and colonoscopy. You'd think after all this I would have an answer to this mysterious illness that comes and goes. However, that is not the case. Still further investigation and tests. I will have to wait about a week for the biopsy results to come back from the intestinal samples that he took. So it will be at least another week in the US.

Given all of these issues and the increasing tension and information from the State Dept. I have decided to cancel the the Africa portion of my travels. It just doesn't seem it is possible at this time. So, I am not sure what I will be doing next. I'm trying to be patient to wait and see how things will be unfolding. Until I know what I am dealing with regarding my health it is hard to make any plans. So, I am a bit frustrated, but working on accepting things for what it is. It is another layer of control that I must release. I know that I have made some great personal strides, because I am not as panicked as I would be before and I am fairly accepting that I cannot control the situaiton and accepting things as they are. I am blessed with the generosity of the McCarty's who have continued to allow me to crash at their house during this intermediate, noman's land.

So, I am half way through this year. I have seen a lot, done a lot and now it seems something different may be in store for me. I will await to see what this might be. I am considering returning to S. America. There is a lot more to see and experience there and I really enjoyed my time there. So that might be an option, but of course I have to get healthy first. So, that's my story. Another layer is being stripped away and we'll wait to see what emerges, yet again.