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May that not happen, K1!!!I'm kind of afraid I won't be able or will be forbidden to carry my backpack again.
Thanks, Lee,@KinkyOne don't listen to all the horror stories and ban those "what if" from your vocabulary! As a physiotherapist I have seen many patients who recovery just fine. Of course great that they are doing an MRI.
Find a good therapist for rehab. and let us know how you carry on.
Cheers
LT
Your words exactly why I posted this here. Nobody wants to be ill but to not be able to walk long distance again that's something else. And the only company of that sort of people one can find is right here on this forum.Hang on in there @KinkyOne no-one can tell you the outcome until the Healing Camino is complete. I had many horror stories and warnings while recovering from my fractured foot but am back to distance walking and pack carrying again.
Don't fret either about the healing journey - it zigs and zags all over the place but gets there in the end.
We'll all be walking with you in whatever way we can. Sending lots of positive thoughts
Go well
I will, TerryHey Boštjan, continue to be the positive person you've been for others! Getting back into distance walking may take some time, but strive for it even if you have to go more slowly and not as far you want for awhile.
I've been walking this latest Camino (29 Sept - 8 Nov) more slowly and taking some buses and a train due to back problems. I had to eliminate a sizeable section of the Camino (Castrojerez to Ponferrada), but this has been the most gratifying of all four Caminos!! I don't know if I'll be able to do it again, but in a few months I'll at least be planning for my next one!!!
Keep FEELING GOOD and stay positive! Prayers for you!
Terry
Thank you, AmigaDear KinkyOne
Your forum family knows how deeply meaningful your walking and Caminos are in your life. We are here because we, too, share some level of the same passion. To face potential loss of that part of your heart (soul?) EVEN TEMPORARILY can be quite fearful.
I would suspect that some part of your wavering faith in the outcome is due, in part, to the wear and tear that chronic pain creates on the psyche.
Your reaching out for a Camino hug was a perefect way to shore up that weariness and remind yourself of how you have approached other difficult ohysical journeys, with all your friends beside and behind you ( me included if I can clsim a forum friend. Hah! Even if I can't)
Nanc
Thank you for nice words!Kinkyone--who is it in this forum who carries that little tiny waist bag and has everything he needs? Is it David?
You'll never stop walking. You'll just find a work-around.
Buen Camino!
That was @Al the optimist, for summer walking. We haven't heard from him for awhile.Kinkyone--who is it in this forum who carries that little tiny waist bag and has everything he needs
Not really...
For a few weeks now my sciatic nerv has been giving me problems (@timr witnessed it) and although there was some intermediate pause (due to cranio-sacral therapy I guess) regarding pain in my butt cheek, leg and also numbness of my foot a few days ago I had to visit the doctor. A friend of mine gave me a warning having same problems but waited for too long (6 monthss) and after surgery he's banned from lifting more than 3 kilos. He's a young father and I am not. I am a walker, Caminoist and he's not. I will be send to the MR and then we shall see. I'm kind of afraid I won't be able or will be forbidden to carry my backpack again. And all the silly things went through my head. I remembered a very nice song by Nina Simone who died 13 years ago (), which gave me kind of support through many years because it's really a Camino song for me:
"Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel.
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me yeah
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me
Ouh
And I'm feeling good
Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree you know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done that's what I mean
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world for me
Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pines you know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good"
Today quite incidentally I came upon this version (at 08:25!!!):which I like even more and it gave me a real burst of energy.
Enjoy it and see you on the Road
Exactly what I intend to do, wait for the results and then deal with it.I read your post just as I was preparing to meet a friend for a hike. Now I am back after hiking 4 hours, and I stress this because from January to July of this year, I suffered from the same issues you describe. Since June 2013, I have had chronic issues with my piriformis, and in January, that issue finally aggravated the sciatic nerve. I walked the Camino Frances in 2015 and Hadrians Wall National Path in June, and I am still walking. I tried physical therapy, deep tissue massage, and acupuncture. I did discover that instead of worsening the condition, walking actually made me feel better! Then after walking Hadrians Wall, in July, I began to improve, and the sciatica stopped and the piriformis syndrome reduced significantly -- all on their own. So don't be too frustrated and anxious. Wait and see what the mri shows. Let us know the test results, but please be reassured that this might not be debilitating. Take care.
Al was last seen yesterday 01:55 AM on forum so I guess all is well with him.That was @Al the optimist, for summer walking. We haven't heard from him for awhile.
Yes there's a suspicion about something like that but will have to wait for the MRI results. And only then I'll decide what to do. If without pain and numbness I can wait another 100 years, no problemI had back surgery about 15 years ago - L5 microdiscectomy. Of course it took me a while to recover after surgery, no sitting for long periods, lifting etc., but I've no problems now. And what a miracle it was to be pain free after several months of agony.
That was exactly how it was described to me. But only as a presumed diagnosis, not the final one. Today I also got PM from another forum member with different way of dealing with that. As already said I'll just wait and hope that without much pain during that time.Oh, and about a year later my husband was so jealous of my lovely surgery scar that he had the same procedure.
He has also not had any problems. We both lift weights, and do regular household tasks with no problems.
The type of surgery that I had is where the doctor goes in through a tiny incision and removes the portion of the herniated disc that is pressing on the nerve causing the pain. It was a quick outpatient procedure.
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