And new physical problems are arising almost daily. I'm getting problems from a painful trapped nerve in my shoulder, where my rucksack strap has been pinching it, and I can't straighten my arm above shoulder level - soon I will be limping like Richard III. By now my back is covered with eczema, the result of a perpetually sodden shirt and rucksack pressed against it day after day in this heat. In one place my pack has rubbed a painful hole in my skin through the eczema; carrying my rucksack was unpleasant before, but now it is purgatory. This eczema must be partly due to eating bad food for so long - I never had this problem at home. I'm expecting my teeth and hair to start falling out before long, and I've got more or less a permanent acid indigestion from eating so much junk. Week after week I've lived on lukewarm Coca-Cola, stale buns and doughnuts, slurps, green bananas, powdered milk and far too many cigarettes. With all the rubbishy food and sugar soft drinks I've been consuming, I'll see the east coast through a hypoglycaemic haze. Fran Sandham
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After months of hiking, hiking and more hiking, my body is telling me that it needs some rest. The stress of the hike is wearing me down. My body finally caught up with my mind in the form of a large red rash on my back. The rucksack has been rubbing my back all day, and I have been in pain ever since.

My feet hurt because I have not been breaking in my new boots properly, and also because my socks are soaking wet even when they are dry. Within a few days I will be starting to get a rash on my face that will eventually go away on its own. As for the scabs on my feet, they will never go away because I do not have any footwear that can protect them from rubbing against rocks when I walk.

My hair has been falling out for months now. It is too hot to wear hats or scarves, so I have lost all semblance of hair except for what remains in clumps at the top of my head. If I were home, I would wear sunscreen every day, but here it is too hot to wear anything other than shorts or sleeveless shirts that leave most of my body exposed to the sun.

These are just some of the physical problems that have arisen since I left home almost two months ago.

Source: Traversa

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