CaminoKate0214
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- June/July 2015 (CF, 100 miles), June/July 2018 (CP, ~40 miles, too hot!)
Hi all,
It is with a heavy heart that I come to you all here, and say that my Camino dreams for this summer are dashed. My husband was recently diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer. I have to cancel my flight, and walk this Camino with him, as far as it goes.
The next time I walk the (actual) Camino, it will be to deposit his ashes at the Cruz de Ferro. Doctors have given him 12-18 months to live. We start chemo next week. I am leery that he will continue if it makes him feel terrible, and if he does quit, I wouldn't blame him at all. If he doesn't continue with chemo, then his time here, our time together, gets progressively shorter.
I am glad that I got to walk part of the Camino last summer. I met wonderful people, earned my compostela, and learned so many lessons along the way. It's bittersweet to me that the next time I go on Camino, I'll have all the time I need to walk, as long as I want. And although he won't be waiting for me at home, he'll always be with me in my heart, wherever I go.
I have a feeling this Camino is going to be life-disrupting and life-changing in more ways than I can imagine.
Katie
It is with a heavy heart that I come to you all here, and say that my Camino dreams for this summer are dashed. My husband was recently diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer. I have to cancel my flight, and walk this Camino with him, as far as it goes.
The next time I walk the (actual) Camino, it will be to deposit his ashes at the Cruz de Ferro. Doctors have given him 12-18 months to live. We start chemo next week. I am leery that he will continue if it makes him feel terrible, and if he does quit, I wouldn't blame him at all. If he doesn't continue with chemo, then his time here, our time together, gets progressively shorter.
I am glad that I got to walk part of the Camino last summer. I met wonderful people, earned my compostela, and learned so many lessons along the way. It's bittersweet to me that the next time I go on Camino, I'll have all the time I need to walk, as long as I want. And although he won't be waiting for me at home, he'll always be with me in my heart, wherever I go.
I have a feeling this Camino is going to be life-disrupting and life-changing in more ways than I can imagine.
Katie