basquelady
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF (2013), CF Pamplona to V del Bierzo (2014), Baztanés, then CF (2016), CF Sahagun to SDC (2017)
We've booked our crossing as foot passengers from Portsmouth to Santander on Aug 16th 2016; I am now 8 weeks post-op from a lumbar spinal fusion (L4/5) plus pedicle screws. I am grateful to be totally free of the crippling sciatica which started just one month after our last Camino in 2014. I've walked only 3 miles or so in one go so far, so have a long way to go with my rehab! We plan on taking the bus from Santander to Pamplona and will then take the local bus back to Zabaldika, which has such a lovely albergue. So our walking will start from there. These plans are keeping me going through the difficult patches of aches and exhaustion. I will be 68 and my husband 77, so we expect to walk short days again at a slow pace.
I'm sure there are others out there who have had similar surgery and then walked on the Camino? Any encouraging stories welcome!
I'm sure there are others out there who have had similar surgery and then walked on the Camino? Any encouraging stories welcome!