- Time of past OR future Camino
- VdlP(2012) Madrid(2014)Frances(2015) VdlP(2016)
VdlP(2017)Madrid/Sanabres/Frances reverse(2018)
I’m quoting, above, @Richard Smith from another thread. I thought his laconic comment warranted a thread of its own. There must, after all, be quite a few fellow travellers out there.
…because metaphorically my bits are definitely beginning to fall off. It is not a coincidence that I wrote my last thread - alluding to postponement - the day after being discharged from hospital for the fourth time in ten months with the same complaint.
I have enjoyed remarkably good health combined with a high level of general fitness until last year. (My 77th is imminent). But it turns out I have an underlying condition which has actually been around for at least 5 years but was not diagnosed conclusively until last March. I won’t bore you with medical details, but my condition, (abdominal), is potentially life-threatening requiring immediate and dangerous surgery if my body does not quickly self-rectify, as indeed it has so far. Next time it may not. The specialist told me that next time could be tomorrow, next year or even never, but the experience of the past year is far from encouraging. It’s interesting, however, that immediately after a (pre-Camino) undiagnosed occurrence in 2017, I completed the VdlP with no problems.
To go, or not to go. That is indeed the question. I - and my family - can imagine possibly reckless scenarios.
…because metaphorically my bits are definitely beginning to fall off. It is not a coincidence that I wrote my last thread - alluding to postponement - the day after being discharged from hospital for the fourth time in ten months with the same complaint.
I have enjoyed remarkably good health combined with a high level of general fitness until last year. (My 77th is imminent). But it turns out I have an underlying condition which has actually been around for at least 5 years but was not diagnosed conclusively until last March. I won’t bore you with medical details, but my condition, (abdominal), is potentially life-threatening requiring immediate and dangerous surgery if my body does not quickly self-rectify, as indeed it has so far. Next time it may not. The specialist told me that next time could be tomorrow, next year or even never, but the experience of the past year is far from encouraging. It’s interesting, however, that immediately after a (pre-Camino) undiagnosed occurrence in 2017, I completed the VdlP with no problems.
To go, or not to go. That is indeed the question. I - and my family - can imagine possibly reckless scenarios.