adrianm4492
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances Mar-Apr 2017, Jan-Feb 2019
Long time reader, second time poster. Thanks for all the hints and tips.
So I've just arrived into SJPdP for my second Camino. But until a couple of days it was looking like not happening due to a very unusual ailment. I'm wondering if anyone has had something more unusual potentially sabotage their walk.
I was in Bolivia in December and spent a week in the Amazon there. I got what I thought were four infected mosquito bites around my ankles that just wouldn't heal. In fact they got slowly worse to the point where I seriously considered cancelling my walk. Antibiotics did nothing to help.
Then a couple of days ago I was in my room in Paris and noticed something sticking out of one of the wounds. When I grabbed it, to my horror, it moved! I tugged it out to discover a one centimetre long maggot. (apologies if you're eating). Three more maggots came out that night and the last stubborn bugger came out yesterday. Turns out bot flies had used mosquitoes to lay their eggs inside my legs. Disgusting, but fascinating at the same time.
Can anyone match this for bizarre ailments threatening their Camino? Very excited to start my winter walk. Weather is perfect today, hopefully it keeps up.
So I've just arrived into SJPdP for my second Camino. But until a couple of days it was looking like not happening due to a very unusual ailment. I'm wondering if anyone has had something more unusual potentially sabotage their walk.
I was in Bolivia in December and spent a week in the Amazon there. I got what I thought were four infected mosquito bites around my ankles that just wouldn't heal. In fact they got slowly worse to the point where I seriously considered cancelling my walk. Antibiotics did nothing to help.
Then a couple of days ago I was in my room in Paris and noticed something sticking out of one of the wounds. When I grabbed it, to my horror, it moved! I tugged it out to discover a one centimetre long maggot. (apologies if you're eating). Three more maggots came out that night and the last stubborn bugger came out yesterday. Turns out bot flies had used mosquitoes to lay their eggs inside my legs. Disgusting, but fascinating at the same time.
Can anyone match this for bizarre ailments threatening their Camino? Very excited to start my winter walk. Weather is perfect today, hopefully it keeps up.