Hello @falconbrother:
I’m also a Parkinson patient diagnosed in 2014; and did Camino in 2018. So, Parkinson’s was my traveling buddy.
Having this ailment does not mean that is the end of everything, on the contrary take as challenge. I felt...
I'm so glad to have met you on the saunter over the Pyrenees. The laughter and fun we had sliding through the mud will always be a fond memory of my Camino. I hope to see y'all out there again. You both bring so much light to the world. Truly...
My mom has Parkinson's and she turned 92 this year so it is definitely not a death sentence. As mentioned, there will be many new challenges in the years ahead which you and your family can hopefully deal with.
I have had a Parkinson’s diagnosis for about 3 years and am leaving in 10 days to walk Sarria to Santiago. The best thing we can do to slow down the onset of symptoms is to exercise, and walking is a great way to get it. I have been training...
With that attitude; you will do more than you can imagine!
You will find a way to fulfill your dreams tell yourself you can do ; and you will walk another Camino!
Buen Camino
Woody
Courage, @falconbrother ! I was recently diagnosed with a similar "affliction" and will be on my next camino later this Fall. Prayers for you and your family.
For 30+ years the Camino called. Last May through July I walked the Frances from SJPSP -Santiago. Arguably the best experience of my life next to marrying my wife. Today I got the news that I have Parkinson’s disease. I now know how I will...
Those walking in the early days of the Camino revival were far more likely to identify themselves as having religious motivations and as being practising Christians. @Kathar1na posted some remarkable statistics collected by the Roncesvalles...
Pilgrims journals from late Antiquity onwards show that pilgrims have always had a disparate variety of motivations and purposes beyond some simplistic notion of "mediaeval pilgrims had religious purposes".
Tourism and personal reasons have...
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