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If you are in need of immediate assistance the staff at Hotel Jacobus are most helpful and I am sure will assist you with travel arrangements, medical appointment, pharmacy locations etc. It is also a very clean and quiet place for recovery. I am not associated with this hotel but spent to days there on my Camino in 2014.Must cancel my pilgrimage. any suggestions for best way travel home from here?
Try asking someone else if you can. We had to call a taxi twice in very rural areas (to send my mom and the baby ahead in super bad weather) and never had any trouble. They charged a lot to come out so rural, but they came.The manager here at Le Mesón pretty much laughed at me when I asked for a taxi.
This is really unfortunate and surprising to hear. I needed to use a taxi a few times on Camino recently and all accommodation owners were very helpful and sympathetic. If you find you need a taxi tomorrow I would suggest walking to the nearest bar and asking them to call for you (maybe after ordering a coffee!). I am sure they will be happy to do so, especially if you say you are sick.The manager here at Le Mesón pretty much laughed at me when I asked for a taxi.
I agree with annie try staying at a quite place for a day or two. The place near entrance to city is nice by the church have stayed there a few times..the best.I'm so sorry.
Can you not rent a private room for a few days until you recover enough to carry on?
Agree with this. If you've been sick that long with those symptoms, it's probably mild heat exhaustion. Even if it isn't and it's something like food poisoning, you will still be dehydrated from the symptoms. So treatment for both is the same. Go to the farmacia and get hydration salts. Avoid coffee, tea, and other drinks that dehydrate you. Drinking more water and/or fruit juice won't solve this problem alone. Rest 24 hours. If no improvement, I'd see a doctor before going home. I'm thinking you'll be back on the trail in 2 days for short walks in the mornings.I'm not a doctor.
But from a first aid perspective ( and from half way around the planet) I'm wondering if you are suffering from heat exhaustion.
Here is information about heat exhaustion. Note the bit about resting for a week.
http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/heat-exhaustion
So sorry to hear of the tough time you've been having. Am sending positive thoughts your way.This will be a short update until Rest up a bit but I really wanted to let you all know where I am and that I SO MUCH appreciate your thoughts and assistance. I got up this morning and for the first time in a long time actually peed normally so I thought I was strong enough to make it to Fromista. It was a VERY rough day and I did not make it all the way. I had to stop in Boadilla del camino which is an awesome place to recover. Enel Albergue is great and the single rooms are almost brand new. I feel like even after a shower I will get the sheets dirty.
But I have also hurt my foot pretty bad. I think because I was really struggling to walk, that I caused more problem. I have now literally peeled the flesh back on the bottom of my heel. It just rolled back.
On the bright side, no diarrhea today. No major bathroom breaks along the way....and even better, no embarrassing change of shorts on a populated trail!
So I will stay here a few days or call a taxi.
@DebraS., I am SO pleased that you felt stronger (if not yet on form), whilst I'm sorry that your foot is also giving problems. As others have said, only you can decide what's best for you, but I pray that a few more days rest (in a nice place) together with some of the other suggestions here, will have you back on the road again. TAke care, and let us all know how you're faring........I got up this morning and for the first time in a long time actually peed normally so I thought I was strong enough to make it to Fromista. ....So I will stay here a few days or call a taxi.
Eduardo can summon a taxi for Fromista, if you need it. He is the best hospitalero on the Camino!
Steamed rice also will help.Glad you're feeling better.
Try eating some yogurt mixed with applesauce.
My kids call it "diarrhea medicine."
Works great.
Steamed rice also will help.
So sorry you've had to make this difficult decision. The Camino will be there for you next time. Warm Camino hugs......Well I have sadly decided to stop and save my trip for another time when I am well again. I just cannot get my strength back in this heat.
There has been so much great information and support! I really appreciate it.
Cinnamon also helps with loose stools. Used to pretend I was sick as a child so my mother would make cinnamon toast.Yes, for bulk.
The yogurt replaces the good bacteria in your gut and the pectin in the apples firms up the stool.
I usually add cinnamon to warm the gut also.
And yes, plain white rice is good for bulk and doesn't usually irritate an already inflamed gut.
First, I think it is wrong to vilify one town. She did not become ill in Castrojeriz, she stopped there because she was ill. IMO, I suspect, like several other current threads, she overdid it and became dehydrated and was suffering heat exhaustion. Current temperatures in the Meseta are pushing the limits of extremely hot. Walking in that sort of heat is risky business.I'm sorry to hear of your illness.
It's interesting that you became ill in Castrojeriz. I became violently ill on June 1 when we were in Castrojeriz walking the Camino. I was lucky, in part because my wife took charge and within an hour found a taxi and moved us to a pleasant hotel in Fromista next to a medical clinic and partly because we were carrying meds for illness in the developing world. It still took 4 days for me to recover and be able to eat.
I'm wondering if there is a connection, someone else we recently spoke to became ill in Castrojeriz.
Biarritzdon, the meds are meds, they work against disease. The disease spreads from person to person.
If you leave disease mucus, fluid bacteria virus on an albergue pillow, the next person has a risk of catching it.
It is very easy for travellers to bring a plethora of exotic diseases from all over the world into the popular camino.
My friend who did not get sick on my everest trek, the only one i met, said her yoga instructing job, core strength is great in preventing disease. Plus she drank juice.
Hygeine is number 1 in preventing gastro etc.
The health department is militant in its inspections in australia. Not sure how spain compares?
As already stated Spain is not a 3th.world country. The health care in Spain is more than o.k.Biarritzdon, the meds are meds, they work against disease. The disease spreads from person to person.
If you leave disease mucus, fluid bacteria virus on an albergue pillow, the next person has a risk of catching it.
It is very easy for travellers to bring a plethora of exotic diseases from all over the world into the popular camino.
My friend who did not get sick on my everest trek, the only one i met, said her yoga instructing job, core strength is great in preventing disease. Plus she drank juice.
Hygeine is number 1 in preventing gastro etc.
The health department is militant in its inspections in australia. Not sure how spain compares?
As much I would like to respond to a "certain pOZter," I think it's quite obvious where I am coming from to say that he is out of step with the Camino we all enjoy year after year.Spain compares very well too! Like Biarritzdon already stated : Spain is not a third world country, on the contrary. The health care system works very well, doctors, nurses and pharmacists are very well trained!
And Castrojeriz is not Mogadishu....
It is probably a good idea in the planning stage to consider what you would do if you cannot complete your camino. When I did the Camino Frances I was not sure if I would be able to manage the pilgrimage but I did. I had a backup plan for what I would do if unable to finish, checking out transportation options from various locations. Last year I was unable to finish the Camino Portuguese and ended up convalescing in Southern Portugal, thanks to being able to book online with Booking.com and some preliminary planning. I understand that it adds a bit of negativity to the planning process but it may be helpful if things go wrong on your camino
Which developing world??.??and partly because we were carrying meds for illness in the developing world.
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Spain is not a third world country. I don't really like the term third world, find it quite disparaging, but even if I accepted it Spain is far from it. .
That is one of the best reasons I can think of for living in France. And the health care is a bonus.David,
Another reason, of course, is champagne.
That's its historical root but its meaning has changed over timeActually the term third world refers to non-alignes countries during the cold war: 1st world was the "west" and its buddies. The 2md were the communist countries, the Third: the rest, the non-aligned.