Agnogel
A very great full pilgrim
I have been holding off posting this for the last number of weeks untill i knew more about my situation,
On my first post on the forum i mentioned i had old leg injurys mostly work related my two knees are not great the worst being my left one and i have been watching my training stopping for a rest every 4kms or so when i feel the pressure coming on, well four weeks ago i did a 9km cliff walk that is just a small path way wide enough in places for one or two people only with the cliff face on one side and a wire fence on the other with only a couple of places to rest, On the day when i arrived there was an attempt at a Guinness World Record for the longest unbroken ribbon in aid of cancer reserch taking part along the path way it was crammed with volunterrs and no place to rest i had to keep walking and at the last 3kms i knew i was in trouble not with the bad knee but the right one i had damaged one of the ligements may be 40 years ago i cant remember but it has come back with a vengence. I have been to the hospital who say they cant do anything for me as the injury is too old just pain killers, My GP arranged for me to see another doctor who specialises in these injurys and as luck would have it he is hoping to walk the camino when he retires in two years. He injected the ligement with steroids last thursday that has helped quiet a bit and will give me another injection when i start my camino at the end of August but he said i douth you will walk for forty days (my planned camino) on either of my knees, My friend as planned is coming out for the first 10 days with me so i may just have to get the plane home with him. If this happens i will take up were i left off next year and so on untill i get to Santiagio for me its not about the destination but the journey its self i knew it would be a huge challange for me to walk it all before i made my decission to go. I am not disapointed with the result i learned a long time ago that certin things are out of my control and i have to just except life on lifes terms i still hope to meet many of you on the way you wont miss us we will be the mad Irish men having the craic (Galige for fun) so you better have a good sence of humor when you bump into us, Buen Camino my friends.
Theres a lesson in here some were dont over do it,
Picture taken yesterday on one of our motor cycle trips myself on the left and my partener in crime Tony on the right the lovely lady in the middle is a good friend of ours who just happends to bake the best fruit scones in Ireland in her tea rooms.
On my first post on the forum i mentioned i had old leg injurys mostly work related my two knees are not great the worst being my left one and i have been watching my training stopping for a rest every 4kms or so when i feel the pressure coming on, well four weeks ago i did a 9km cliff walk that is just a small path way wide enough in places for one or two people only with the cliff face on one side and a wire fence on the other with only a couple of places to rest, On the day when i arrived there was an attempt at a Guinness World Record for the longest unbroken ribbon in aid of cancer reserch taking part along the path way it was crammed with volunterrs and no place to rest i had to keep walking and at the last 3kms i knew i was in trouble not with the bad knee but the right one i had damaged one of the ligements may be 40 years ago i cant remember but it has come back with a vengence. I have been to the hospital who say they cant do anything for me as the injury is too old just pain killers, My GP arranged for me to see another doctor who specialises in these injurys and as luck would have it he is hoping to walk the camino when he retires in two years. He injected the ligement with steroids last thursday that has helped quiet a bit and will give me another injection when i start my camino at the end of August but he said i douth you will walk for forty days (my planned camino) on either of my knees, My friend as planned is coming out for the first 10 days with me so i may just have to get the plane home with him. If this happens i will take up were i left off next year and so on untill i get to Santiagio for me its not about the destination but the journey its self i knew it would be a huge challange for me to walk it all before i made my decission to go. I am not disapointed with the result i learned a long time ago that certin things are out of my control and i have to just except life on lifes terms i still hope to meet many of you on the way you wont miss us we will be the mad Irish men having the craic (Galige for fun) so you better have a good sence of humor when you bump into us, Buen Camino my friends.
Theres a lesson in here some were dont over do it,
Picture taken yesterday on one of our motor cycle trips myself on the left and my partener in crime Tony on the right the lovely lady in the middle is a good friend of ours who just happends to bake the best fruit scones in Ireland in her tea rooms.