living in a van, 2 years (off and on, 5 year spread

nikto · 05-09-2016, 01:09 PM

and quite a bit of hiking and hunting has rendered me uninterested in said camping and hiking if I'm not testing shtf type gear. When such a life is your reality, it SUCKS, dude. There's reasons why people want a bugproof, heated, AC, secure building to live in. :-) Outside, It's almost always too hot, buggy, windy, raining, cold, etc and if it IS nice, it won't remain that way more than a few days (typically) and often it changes radically in a few hours. Also, places with nice scenery and climate are CRAWLING with people.

nikto · 05-09-2016, 01:25 PM

for 4 months of that, I wore a catheter and leg bag. If you've never had a urine blockage, you don't know what physical pain IS, I guarantee it. Took VA that long to do the prostate surgery, damn them. I am now anti-biotic resistant, thanks to their bs.

in a house, catheter sucks, van living, without a catheter, sucks, and van life WITH a catheter sucks so bad that few can even imagine it.

Terry G · 05-09-2016, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by nikto

for 4 months of that, I wore a catheter and leg bag. If you've never had a urine blockage, you don't know what physical pain IS, I guarantee it. Took VA that long to do the prostate surgery, damn them. I am now anti-biotic resistant, thanks to their bs.

in a house, catheter sucks, van living, without a catheter, sucks, and van life WITH a catheter sucks so bad that few can even imagine it.

I hurt my knee last week after a ten mile hike. The VA scheduled me for an appointment two day's after I called them. I had a knee brace and med's the same day as the appointment. Fine now, but they called me for a follow up. Maybe they just hate you.

MichaelRS · 08-31-2017, 03:16 AM

I was fortunate but my friend met with an accident and we all were sort of seriously disturbed, when he stamped down, unknowingly, through a sharp rod and it pierced through his feet and was bleeding so much blood and all in a hiking trip we went last year. Now he is OK, the cut has burned out but patch can be seen as well he says sometimes that he is yet having pain.

05-09-2016, 01:09 PM	#1
nikto Registered User Joined: May 2014 From: USA Posts: 3,050	living in a van, 2 years (off and on, 5 year spread and quite a bit of hiking and hunting has rendered me uninterested in said camping and hiking if I'm not testing shtf type gear. When such a life is your reality, it SUCKS, dude. There's reasons why people want a bugproof, heated, AC, secure building to live in. :-) Outside, It's almost always too hot, buggy, windy, raining, cold, etc and if it IS nice, it won't remain that way more than a few days (typically) and often it changes radically in a few hours. Also, places with nice scenery and climate are CRAWLING with people. RAEINDUSTRIES likes this.

08-31-2017, 03:16 AM	#4
MichaelRS Registered User Joined: Aug 2017 From: Burlington, Ontario Posts: 11	I was fortunate but my friend met with an accident and we all were sort of seriously disturbed, when he stamped down, unknowingly, through a sharp rod and it pierced through his feet and was bleeding so much blood and all in a hiking trip we went last year. Now he is OK, the cut has burned out but patch can be seen as well he says sometimes that he is yet having pain. RAEINDUSTRIES likes this.

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05-09-2016, 01:25 PM	#2
nikto Registered User Joined: May 2014 From: USA Posts: 3,050	for 4 months of that, I wore a catheter and leg bag. If you've never had a urine blockage, you don't know what physical pain IS, I guarantee it. Took VA that long to do the prostate surgery, damn them. I am now anti-biotic resistant, thanks to their bs. in a house, catheter sucks, van living, without a catheter, sucks, and van life WITH a catheter sucks so bad that few can even imagine it.