[pct-l] sharing my pain . . . .

[kborski at yahoo.com (Karen Borski)]

Sorry to hear that, Yogi.

I commiserate....I was very ill after the AT and
didn't think I'd ever be able to thru-hike again.  I
proved myself wrong.....Then, this past year on the
PCT, I developed foot pain that they've diagnosed as a
special case of tendonitis caused by collapsing
arches.  I walked with the pain 2300 miles - just told
the foot, "sorry, but I have to keep going."

Some wear and tear has to be expected, but I
understand how you feel.....very scary to think of any
physical problem ending the possibility of
thru-hiking.

Nocona

--- yogi <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I thought I'd share my pain with all my PCT-L
> buddies.  About 500 
> miles into my 2004 CDT hike, I had pain in my right
> foot which I 
> eventually nick-named "my bulge".  Being the
> stubborn soul that I 
> am, I of course kept walking.  I was NOT leaving the
> trail.  After 
> finishing the CDT, I had a few appointments with a
> foot doctor here 
> at home, and he said three scary words:
>  
> Premature Degenerative Osteoarthritis
>  
> Big words for:  "your joints are old and
> overworked."  Ugh.  They're 
> working on a second pair of orthotics for me. 
> Hopefully, these 
> orthotics will fix my old joints.  If not, my doctor
> said "I may have 
> to put you in a cast for 6 weeks".  Double ugh.  
>  
> yogi
>  
> www.pcthandbook.com
>  
>  
>  
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