I Graduated from Chemo!!

Well, I could say a different journey has begun. Yesterday I went to my oncologist for the last chemo session. The feeling was wonderful and yet scary. Wonderful because I and everyone else there tells me I am finished. On the other hand, scary because I am still in need of further testing. The unknown, yeah, that's what's scary. What will those tests reveal. In my heart I feel done. My mind, playing its little tricks says, "Not until the fat lady sings". Well, it didn't really say that, it just wants to be clear that all the tests will come back negative. Then, I will feel even better.
SO..... time to start my preparations for my Camino. I got my backpack last week, an Osprey Aura 35 and it feels good. It took quite the research and luckily my Trail & Ski store took alot of time helping me pick it out, ordering it for me, fit it to my body, and weighed it, so I could feel how it wore.
I wonder how it will feel with all the stuff in it for hours as I walk? That will be part of my preparation. Then the shoes. That is probably the hardest thing for walkers on the Camino. Walk through trails, city streets and everything in between.... should it be sneakers, hiking boots, sandals or all of the above. I narrowed it down to sneakers or hiking boots and Chacos or Crocs.
I am walking alot more these days as my energy and strength increases. So I will wear all those I have picked out and make a decision as I near the time I leave. That way they will be broken in real well and my feet will know what feels better. I have seen so many pictures of torn-up feet, full of blisters in many websites and I do not want to succumb to that. It would be devastating to feel so ready for the walk and then ruined by shoe problems. I know one thing... my feet are starting to feel a little firmer and when I get back from Spain, I am headed to one of those salons and getting a real pedicure. :)