I wrote about 'the forty-ninth year' last year, I think in April. I had always had the desire to be in Kenya on the 50th anniversary of my setting foot in Africa for the first time, back in September 1968. However, ever since I returned last year, I have been suffering from some mysterious infection or illness, which I briefly mentioned in that posting, and at long last, after 14 months and many, many tests, have a diagnosis as to why I have, in the past year, had one cold after another, pneumonia, noro-virus, encephalitis, urinary infections, and so on. I have been suffering (possibly for many years) from coeliac disease ! This has manifested itself in my immune system not working, continual tiredness, weight loss, lack of bodily temperature control, ataxia, etc. etc.
(Gluten free bread, by the way, is FOUL ! It is dry and crumbly, and toast made from it, shatters, like a broken car windscreen ! But being 'gluten-free' is no big deal, its necessary, and I'll cope with it.)
But anyway, I had some months ago decided to abandon the '50th year' visit to Kenya, and go instead on another visit to Jerusalem. It is very expensive, but I will use the remainder of the money I had put by for one more Kenya visit, and somehow scrape together the rest. Determination is my middle name !!
So this year, I'll be swapping this ......
.... for this .....
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