Batesvillebreeze - Pacific Crest Trail Journal - 2015

Journal Entry

It was two weeks ago today that I got off trail. I'd been having a toothache off and on since Crabtree Meadows. I could handle off and on but it became persistent my last three days on trail and I just couldn't handle it anymore. I also had two incidents of hematuria (blood in my urine) from ibuprofen use (only 600mg/day) which scared the crap out of me. A big part of doing the trail was to get in shape and get healthy, that happened but then it started going in the other direction.

So anyway, I flew home and went straight to the dentist from the airport. He pulled a molar with a huge cavity in it and the wisdom tooth next to it. I stopped the ibuprofen and the hematuria cleared up.

I've decided to finish the trail next year starting where I finished this year, which was Aloha Lake, near mile 1099. I hated leaving but I knew it was the right decision.

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