Gleefully awaiting an epidural to temper/mask/reduce/resolve his ongoing pain from severe spinal stenosis.
An epidural (from Ancient Greek ἐπί, “on, upon” + dura mater) will hopefully reduce The Idiot’s inability to walk more than a block without being put out of action by intolerable pain in his hips, hamstrings and legs. Without knowing it, pain from severe spinal stenosis plagued him on the autumn MedTrek from Syria to Gaza down the coasts of Lebanon and Israel. Inshallah.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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