Comments on: Via Francigena http://www.lukebuehler.com/2009/05/20/via-francigena/ About the life of a pilgrim Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Neville http://www.lukebuehler.com/2009/05/20/via-francigena/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Neville Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:33:43 +0000 http://www.lukebuehler.com/?p=132#comment-300 Hello Luke This is strange world we live in. My wife and I walked the Via Francigena last year (September and October) from Switzerland to Rome. Like you we are currently blogging about our experiences during the incredible journey- mind you we are blogging post the actual walk. At the same time I am researching about this famous pilgrim route, so each time we make an entry we like to include other relevant information. This is how I found your site. What caught my attention is your entry about having guillain barre. You might be surprised to learn that I myself got guillain barre just over 4 ½ years ago. It seems from you have indicated you like myself only received a mild case of guillain barre. I was in the hospital, semi paralyzed but only 2 weeks. However I did spent the next two-three months learning to walk again. Much like you I came down with it during the winter (on New Year Eve to be exact but the symptoms actually started about 2 days before). By April I was able to walk again. However it did take another year or so to get completely rid of all the minor symptoms (fatigue being the most common one). So be prepared for this. The good news since then my wife and I have walked the Camino de Santiago (May 2007) and now the Via Francigena. And we plan to walk some other pilgrim trails in the years to follow If you are ever interested in want to talk more about guillain barre please free to contact me directly - there are not too many of us as you are probably discovering. Warm regards Neville Hello Luke

This is strange world we live in.

My wife and I walked the Via Francigena last year (September and October) from Switzerland to Rome. Like you we are currently blogging about our experiences during the incredible journey- mind you we are blogging post the actual walk. At the same time I am researching about this famous pilgrim route, so each time we make an entry we like to include other relevant information. This is how I found your site.

What caught my attention is your entry about having guillain barre. You might be surprised to learn that I myself got guillain barre just over 4 ½ years ago. It seems from you have indicated you like myself only received a mild case of guillain barre. I was in the hospital, semi paralyzed but only 2 weeks. However I did spent the next two-three months learning to walk again. Much like you I came down with it during the winter (on New Year Eve to be exact but the symptoms actually started about 2 days before). By April I was able to walk again.

However it did take another year or so to get completely rid of all the minor symptoms (fatigue being the most common one). So be prepared for this.

The good news since then my wife and I have walked the Camino de Santiago (May 2007) and now the Via Francigena. And we plan to walk some other pilgrim trails in the years to follow

If you are ever interested in want to talk more about guillain barre please free to contact me directly – there are not too many of us as you are probably discovering.

Warm regards

Neville

]]> By: Dan Krusi http://www.lukebuehler.com/2009/05/20/via-francigena/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Dan Krusi Thu, 21 May 2009 09:35:48 +0000 http://www.lukebuehler.com/?p=132#comment-297 Lovely to hear from you! I am glad all is well and you are enjoying it so much. As promised, every night before I go to bed I imagine where you are; what you are up too. Lovely to hear from you! I am glad all is well and you are enjoying it so much. As promised, every night before I go to bed I imagine where you are; what you are up too.

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