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hiking the at trail
Well it is offical I am going to start hiking the at trail at the start of April. I will start in Springer Georgia and work my way to Maine. I ought to find out how many of you guys live near the trail and give a shout out howdy as I walk past ! lol
I have been so busy getting ready and being sick for awhile that I totally forgot to go for my scope at john Hopkings at the end of Jan. Opps ! Charlene ( Dr. Schoenbergs nurse ) emailed me to see if I was ok. She is an angel !! They made me a new one for the 24th of feb.
I don’t know how far I will make it but hope to enlighten people about bc as I hike the trail. Alot of the people that hike smoke, so I will slip in the info when I can.
I will be hauling my house on my back (backpack) with all the junk I need plus my food and water. Hopefully I will be able to keep the weight down to around thirty pounds. My better half will be dropping me off. My grandkids are’nt to thrilled about me being gone, they are pretty used to me being around, But it is something I always wanted to try.
People ask me how far I will be going and how long I will be gone and I tell them it just depends how much I miss my family !! ( Maybe 3 days , maybe 3 months) My better half said I have to walk home ! lol
If nothing else bc has taught me to not put stuff off because none of us knows the day or time the good Lord decides to call us home. So get done now whatever it is you have always wanted to do or try !! Rocky
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The kid who just won is just barely 20. That would have been great to see live.
I’m 70, retired heat/air contractor. After 4 months of keymo ileal conduit (IC) surgery removed bladder & prostate May 2010
GO ROCKY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would dearly love to go to Datona for a nascar race! But there is no way that will happen. All my money has went to pay medical bills. Its heart breaking for me, as I’ve been saving so long to go. Oh well! As the cableguy said ” GET’ER DONE ” and have fun!
T1,NO,MO battling bladder cancer since 2005
Hi Guys, It would be so cool to get far enough up the trail to meet you guys. I set up my tent in the living room to day to check out some stuff on it. I feel like I am going to turn around and april will be here so quick.
It is nice to have my mind on something productive rather.
than all the stuff that has gone wrong for us in the last couple of years.
It is the getting it all orginized thats mindnumbing !!! lol rocky
Rocky–
I live in Maine, so if you make it that far, maybe we could get together some place. I live in Bangor, so if you make it to Katahdin (end of the trail, Baxter State Park) we’re not to far away; you’d go through Bangor on I-95 heading home!
I cannot imagine doing that trek, and really admire you. I do know people who have done the trail in segments over the course of several seasons, so if you don’t make it to Maine this year, maybe you wil next time.
Ann
Small TA Grade 1, May-06; recur (2 tiny), same, June-08; TURBTs both times. BCG begun July-08, dosage to 1/3rd May-10, completed treatment December-11. All clear since 2008.
Rocky
Wow !! how great you are living your dream!!! I think people who face BC and then scuba dive, hike the trail, camp for a month, boogie board in the keys are AMAZING!!!! I am reminded to go out live my life, love more and be the best person I can be.
Happy hiking
Julie
T1/G3-CIS 10-01-2010
10-27-2010-Indiana Pouch
Good that you are going ahead with it. I took a retirement cross country campervan trip in 07. 8400 miles, 40 days, no schedule. I don’t think I could do it now. Glad I did it and glad you are also! I’ll watch for your return post. Cheers!
I’m 70, retired heat/air contractor. After 4 months of keymo ileal conduit (IC) surgery removed bladder & prostate May 2010
What a wonderful and ambitious adventure! I wish you the best of luck in all your travels.
I live very near the trail as it passes through Abingdon or Damascus, Virginia. Would love to say hello!
Best wishes… CatherineTURBT 1/21/10 at age 55
Dx: T2aN0M0 Primary Bladder Adenocarcinoma
Partial Cystectomy 2/25/10
Vanderbilt Medical Center
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