pattymo97206
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Walked 360km (2012) Planning 790K May (2014)
I walked the Camino for the second time in the spring of 2014 and haven't been on the Forum since. I returned home after two months in Spain and on the Camino and found the transition back to my daily life confusing & painful (physically) . I had developed very painful tendonitis about three quarters of the way across the Meseta. I needed 5 days rest and some ground trnsport, but I walked 400 miles. It took another month after returning home to completely heal. Then, I found I couldn't walk more than 3 miles without serious pain in both knees.
Then in 2015, I began an entirely different kind of journey. In January, I had my first knee replacement. At age 72, it was my first ever surgery other than the in and out kind (arthroscopies). Then in October, I had my second knee replacement. It was a year of pain, rehab, depression, mind numbing exhaustion, uncertainty (will I be able to walk again). Every time I visited my PT, I visualized a doll that looked just like him and I poking needles in his knees. I honestly don't know how those that have both knees done at once handle it.
Now, in July 2016, seven months after my second surgery, I am pain free, my energy is back and the desire to walk is stronger than ever. On September 7th, I leave for Scotland and the 220k walk on the John Muir Way. I'm also planning on returning to Spain in 2018 to walk a Camino. I like to tell people by then I'll be 76 years old, but my knees will be just 3 years old.
It is so good being back! And life is good!
Then in 2015, I began an entirely different kind of journey. In January, I had my first knee replacement. At age 72, it was my first ever surgery other than the in and out kind (arthroscopies). Then in October, I had my second knee replacement. It was a year of pain, rehab, depression, mind numbing exhaustion, uncertainty (will I be able to walk again). Every time I visited my PT, I visualized a doll that looked just like him and I poking needles in his knees. I honestly don't know how those that have both knees done at once handle it.
Now, in July 2016, seven months after my second surgery, I am pain free, my energy is back and the desire to walk is stronger than ever. On September 7th, I leave for Scotland and the 220k walk on the John Muir Way. I'm also planning on returning to Spain in 2018 to walk a Camino. I like to tell people by then I'll be 76 years old, but my knees will be just 3 years old.
It is so good being back! And life is good!