{"id":2600,"date":"2014-07-15T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T03:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2014-06-30T02:09:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T00:09:41","slug":"limping-out-of-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2600","title":{"rendered":"LIMPING OUT OF ROME"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Had dinner with the teologo <\/i>Lanteri. Reserved a place in the carriage for Sunday the 30th, to return to France, by way of Loreto, Milan and Turin.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Roman Diary, 22 April 1826, EO XVII<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>The weather was cold and damp; I do not know whether it is to that or to being somewhat overtired that I should attribute a very strong pain in the muscles of my left thigh and such weakness in that limb that I can hardly walk. I was supposed to leave tomorrow; I postponed it till Thursday.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Roman Diary, 29 April 1826, EO XVII<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Instead of getting better, I am getting worse. Nevertheless, I forced myself to go out; but I could walk only with extreme difficulty. When I got to the Marquis of Croza\u2019s place, he wanted to have me take a ride in his carriage with him; that exercise did not do me any good, and when I wanted to come home, I thought I would not make it. If that keeps on, I will have quite a trip, since I have decided to end my stay and leave definitely on Thursday.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Roman Diary, 30 April 1826, EO XVII<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The muscles in my leg are more painful and weak than ever. I could not go out today and I was able to say holy mass only with great difficulty. This discomfort seems very much like sciatica to me. If that is the case, I shall indeed have to arm myself with patience.<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Roman Diary, 1 May 1826, EO XVII<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>I do not know if I ought to regard this delay as quite fortunate in one way; but the fact is, I tell you so that someone may not alarm you unduly, that on Saturday, I caught a pain in the thigh similar to the one which struck me in the arm two years ago. I was not able to walk so you can imagine my predicament for God knows how much I use my legs. Happily the wife of a doctor who saw my pitiful state gave me a small phial of the same ointment which Trussy had ordered for my arm; believe me three applications sufficed to remove all pain and give me back the ability to walk. I am quite well now and I am going to leave without the slightest anxiety. I would have wished to dispense with mentioning to you this minor inconvenience but too many people saw me limp and, amongst others, two Frenchmen who leave today for the south of France. I feared that they might speak of me and that they might exaggerate my trouble in a way as to give you a fright, when it was nothing.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\u00a0<\/span>I will be at Loreto on Saturday and will not leave until Tuesday; I count on being at Milan on Pentecost Day and will leave on the third day of the Feast if I find a conveyance.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to Henri Tempier, 4 May 1826, EO VII n 238<\/em><\/p>\n

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After all that misery, a final smile: \u201cThe trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the good diseases.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Caskie Stinnett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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