billbennettoz
Veteran Poster
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances 2013
Camino Portuguese 2014
Via di Francesco 2015
It's been two and a half months now since I completed the Camino, and I still have very bad knee pain. So a couple of days ago I had x-rays, and went to a specialist.
He said it was a "miracle" I walked 800kms on my knee.
I have bone on bone. And the doctor said there's not much that can be done to fix it, other than a complete knee replacement. Ouch.
My knee started hurting during my training prior to leaving for the Camino. It's an old injury, and I made the decision before I left that I wouldn't seek medical advice on it.
But was that the right thing to do?
I believe so. If I'd had those x rays before I walked the Camino, I might not have finished. Knowing that I had a major structural fault in my knee, I might have lost my resolve. I might have put common sense in front of my determination to complete the pilgrimage.
The walk, at times, was excruciating. I walked for thirty one days on a daily diet of 1800mg of Ibuprofen. I went through three tubes of Voltaren. Was I stupid? Yes. Do I regret it? No.
Because my need to complete the Camino was greater than my need for my well being.
I wonder how much a knee replacement costs...?
He said it was a "miracle" I walked 800kms on my knee.
I have bone on bone. And the doctor said there's not much that can be done to fix it, other than a complete knee replacement. Ouch.
My knee started hurting during my training prior to leaving for the Camino. It's an old injury, and I made the decision before I left that I wouldn't seek medical advice on it.
But was that the right thing to do?
I believe so. If I'd had those x rays before I walked the Camino, I might not have finished. Knowing that I had a major structural fault in my knee, I might have lost my resolve. I might have put common sense in front of my determination to complete the pilgrimage.
The walk, at times, was excruciating. I walked for thirty one days on a daily diet of 1800mg of Ibuprofen. I went through three tubes of Voltaren. Was I stupid? Yes. Do I regret it? No.
Because my need to complete the Camino was greater than my need for my well being.
I wonder how much a knee replacement costs...?