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    Spain at 22.00 (10pm) last night...

    This is why I keep returning to Spain. The people express their feelings and this particular expression is inspiring.
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    Walking through cancer. A thread for inspiration.

    I am also a cancer survivor and will be walking in September. I hope we meet up.
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    Walking through cancer. A thread for inspiration.

    Congratulations, I am also a cancer survivor. I have walked the Camino 9 times and feel healthier each time. 2 questions, when are you volunteering in St Jean and where? My husband and I will be there in May volunteering at Beilari. Also what medication is your wife on? And how long is she...
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    Walking through cancer. A thread for inspiration.

    Good luck with your biopsy. Something that got me though the uncertainty and fear is feeling the moment. I tell my hospice patients "All anyone has is the moment they are in and that moment is the same for all of us". As I went through chemotherapy and fear I told myself there's nothing...
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    Where to get a port-a-cath flushed?

    A couple of questions. 1. Are you planning more treatment? I had my port removed immediately after I completed chemotherapy. 2. Ask how long the port can go without being flushed. Maybe it's longer than than the standard flushing schedule you are on now. 3. I would get the flushing...
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    Walking through cancer. A thread for inspiration.

    12 years ago I underwent treatment for breast cancer. 4 and 1/2 months of chemotherapy double mastectomies and just when my hair was growing back a follow-up CT scan showed spots in my lungs and my liver. Being a hospice nurse I knew those were the spots that breast cancer can metastasized to...
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    Preventing Black Toe ?

    I used to get black second toes and since I started wearing these no more black toe. I get it because my second toe is bent and the nail bed hits the bottom of my shoe. Zen toes come in two sizes and I wear the large size on my big toe. Last fall I met a woman with a painful blister under her...
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    Orthotics for Morton's Neuroma

    I wear Super feet extra cushion (pink, mens are orange) Altra shoes a size larger and this pad. I have to tape the pad in place with a little KT tape because the sand I get in my shoes interferes with the reusable adhesive. Superfeet are available many places .Here is the link for the pads...
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    Continuous itching after returning home

    Every fall when I return to the dry weather of Washington ---I start itching. The itch is miserable. It starts at the back of my neck and goes down my left arm. I develope a few bumps like you describe after I scratch the area. Sometimes it also affects my right arm. Benadryl helps. After...
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    I probably won’t do this again

    117 responses and no update. He is probably sleeping under a tree like Rip Van Winkle. I wonder if birds snore. LOL
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    I probably won’t do this again

    You sound very tired and grumpy. Please know that the universe is not out to get you. Buy some good earplugs and consider how you can think kindly and with consiideration towards others when it's difficult. The Camino teaches so many valuable lessons especially not to take everything...
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    Injury in Astorga

    Update. I am safely home and already planning my next Camino. My bruises are gone and although my hamstring is still painful with certain movements I am confident I will heal completely Two words of advice from this incident. Look where you are going when walking briskly. I still don't know...
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    Injury in Astorga

    Update. I am limping along and the bruise extending from my butt to calf is fading but still dark enough for sympathy. The Camino slapped me in the butt to get me to slow down. Even though I was still walking I felt unhappy until today when I met Paul. Paul is a quad being pushed in a...
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    Injury in Astorga

    Thanks for the support. The MD said I can walk in 48 hours but here's the problem. I know I can take a taxi tomorrow part way to Foncebadon but am not sure if I can walk all the way to Molinaseca as planned. Has any one found a taxi coming down. Thanks
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    Injury in Astorga

    LOL my trusty trekking poles let me down. I was looking at another person and fell at an angle. I felt like a tree I went down so fast. I like your advice and the doctor said despite bruising covering my entire back of the left leg I had no muscle damage. So I will live to walk again soon but...
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    Injury in Astorga

    I have very good news. I was directed to an emergency clinic only 1 kilometer away and was told after two days rest and lots of antiinflammatories I can walk again. I am glad I went to the clinic because now I am relieved to know what do. Thanks for your support.
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    Injury in Astorga

    I am in Astorga by bus after tripping 2 days ago a few miles before Sahagun. I fell forward and felt a painful pull in my left hamstring. The bruise now covers the end back of my leg and is larger than yesterday. I went to a pharmacy and got some cream but I wonder if I should should see a...
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    Toe nails

    Thanks for the hint. I received these yesterday and for the first time in years my second toe on each foot didn't hurt after walking 12 miles. I wish I would have known about them sooner because the toes are already black and blue from last week's walk.

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