Rick Steves Reveals Most cancers Analysis in Transferring Social Media Put up

Beloved journey author and TV persona Rick Steves revealed he’s been recognized with prostate most cancers and can take a break from filming his journey present.

Steves, whose long-standing public tv present “Rick Steves’ Europe” has been a staple in lots of vacationers’ lives, mentioned in a Wednesday submit on X he’ll plan to movie two new reveals in France earlier than returning to his residence in Edmonds, WA, by mid-September for surgical procedure. He mentioned he expects to “be laid up for a month, and — God prepared — be cancer-free and again at it by the tip of October.”

The journey knowledgeable additionally shared that “there’s a clear path ahead to getting wholesome,” nevertheless, since he is by no means spent an evening within the hospital, he referred to his upcoming keep as an “journey virtually prefer it’s some superb, actually vital journey.”

He additionally requested for “journey ideas” for the “journey.”

“I be ok with my constructive angle — and I anticipate to take residence some pleasant, if intangible, souvenirs like: appreciating and seeing a vibrancy within the little issues; appreciating the goodness in individuals and the treasure of family and friends; being wowed by trendy drugs and the military of wonderful, sensible, and devoted those that make it doable; appreciating what a blessing life, well being, and this world to get pleasure from is; and — simply normally — being extra grateful,” he continued.

As of Thursday afternoon, his submit had been considered greater than 700,000 occasions, and had acquired greater than 26,000 likes and greater than 2,300 feedback.

Prostate most cancers is the second commonest most cancers amongst males in the US, particularly for these over 50, in accordance with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Most cancers Heart. Usually, the most cancers is slow-growing and has a 5 12 months survival price of 97 p.c, in accordance with the American Most cancers Society.

Whereas Steves should take a break for his most cancers therapy, the journey knowledgeable informed Journey + Leisure earlier this month that being out of his consolation zone is why he does what he does.

“It’s the magic juice of journey that motivates us with our tour program, our guidebooks, and our TV reveals,” Steves informed T+L. “We need to assist People be daring and enthusiastically get out of their consolation zone so they arrive residence with a broader perspective.”