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  1. D

    Leaving from Arles April- Haute Languedoc wild water availability

    Hi again everyone My next question. As some minor ailments (atrial fibrillation causing mild breathlessness and mild knee arthritis) will slow me down a little bit I plan to do short distances in the first week or two. I plan about 10-12km, slowly building up to 15-20km after about a month as my...
  2. Aurigny

    LIVE from the Camino Walking the Norte Trail: Journey Interrupted and Resumed

    ...26-km leg to Gernika (Guernica) bears a strong resemblance to an electrocardiogram trace of somebody with an acute case of atrial fibrillation, so I wasn't expecting to make great time. My hope was to reduce the number of kilometres remaining to single figures before I was obliged to resort...
  3. C

    Anybody out there doing a Camino with A Fib?

    ...others are not. When the ablation works, it can be very liberating. Some people have initial success with ablation, but later have recurrent atrial fibrillation. Your cardiologist can give your better information about the likelihood of success of an ablation in an individual patient's case.
  4. Old Git

    Anybody out there doing a Camino with A Fib?

    I agree go before you are told you can't go. I had 3 strokes at 70 and it was found that I had atrial fribulation. With a mis spent youth that has caused a knee revision and a lumbar spine problem I decided it was time to take control. If I am lucky I do 15 km a day, it is your camino do...
  5. B

    Anybody out there doing a Camino with A Fib?

    ...late 60d men with various chronic medical issues. Two of the three in our group were on beta blockers and Xarelto or Eliquis for atrial fibrillation. By the time we departed the USA to start, one of us had an ablation 2 months before our Camino start date. We did part of the CF, and were to...
  6. C clearly

    Anybody out there doing a Camino with A Fib?

    A forum search for "atrial fibrillation" brings this list of posts, that might be interesting for you. One year, I walked with someone with a-fib - we started the VDLP. However, she wasn't feeling great so we switched to the Camino Frances where the infrastructure is much better and we could...
  7. C

    Anybody out there doing a Camino with A Fib?

    Many people who are in atrial fibrillation are never in a sinus rhythm. I think that the real question is your exercise tolerance. There are plenty of hills and mountains that do cause exertion. How do you perform in those situations with your atrial fibrillation? Are you taking...
  8. CaptBuddy

    Camino #4 - From zero to hero (everything I learned so far and how you can walk 40+km as well)

    ...Our second Camino (my wife and I) was in the Fall of 2016. It came right after my two failed ablation procedures to correct the atrial fibrillation in my then 68-year-old heart. To complicate matters, my wife has a bad knee, so we were concerned about that. We had done a Camino two years...
  9. B

    Walking with AVN ( avascular necrosis)

    ...pharmacies in Galicia), and we also used Salonpas(camphor, menthol patches). Since two of our three were on blood thinners for atrial fibrillation, we could not take NSAIDS by mouth. Good beds made a huge difference. In Palas de Rei, we used an apartment that had an excellent massage...
  10. B

    What do you do when you cannot walk anymore?

    A very touching post Susanwee. Having Ptsd, I have had my own deep holes to "claw" my way out of. Walking has helped and it is good that you are rising above your issues to plan a two week walk. What ever the distance and whatever the pace, you are brave to move forward this way. I find the...
  11. volleyjanice

    Free medical treatment for pilgrims?

    Most certainly true! My husband was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation just a couple of months prior to our first Camino. I expected that we would have to pay a hefty premium when we walked into BCAA to obtain insurance. We were completely honest about the situation and were shocked when they...
  12. lissie45

    Travel Medical Insurance: Do. Get. It.

    No coverage for Nz residents- that was before I got to preexisting
  13. alhartman

    Travel Medical Insurance: Do. Get. It.

    @lissie45 Squaremouth https://www.squaremouth.com/travel-insurance-quotes?clear=true has a checkbox for covering pre-existing conditions. I haven't played much but that is what I will need for next camino. My atrial fibrillation diagnosis gives insurance a big way out of any heart coverage.
  14. A

    Help & ideas needed for disabled person

    ...ways to make it possible. Some history first : february 2014 I got a TIA ( transient ischemic attack = heart rhythm problems/atrial fibrillation) Mai 2017 a pacemaker/defibrillator was inplanted due to heart issues . December 2017, the same year, I was told by the specialists 'they weren't...
  15. urbanhiker

    The best laid plans ....

    ...the Le Puy route to SJ. My surgery was complicated. A valve replacement, a double bypass, repaired an aneurysm, and repaired my atrial fibrillation. After my surgery I could barely walk 20 feet, but I did everything I was asked to do in recovery and recovery quickly. I was back walking over...
  16. miguel_gp

    A Short Blog on Tapas

    ...And I didn't even get to try this particular plate of Pulpo, served up somewhere between Redondela and Pontevedra on the Portugues, as I was down at Vigo Hospital helping to translate for a walking companion who had woken up that morning with a bout of atrial fibrillation. Mig
  17. skilsaw

    Advice on health matters

    ...up again where the camino crosses the road. If you decide to walk instead of taking a bus tour, your age isn't an issue, but the atrial fibrillation is. First talk to your doctor about your desire to do the Camino, and then start a long term training plan involving lots of walking. You...
  18. V

    Advice on health matters

    ...I know age is not a barrier - I'm "only" in my late 60s, but in the last couple of years my health (my heart) has declined - atrial fibrillation which makes it hard for me to walk up steep hills or climb stairs - I'm OK on the level. Whilst I remain keen to do the Camino, I guess I have to...
  19. A

    Warfarin

    Hi Pilgrim, I'm on Warfarin after a major heart attack in 1990 I also have atrial fibrilation and Diabetes type 2!! I walked the Camino Frances Roncesvalles - Santiago in 2002 and enjoyed it so much that I went back in 2003 and walked the last 100 km again. In 2007, when I will be 70...

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