After SteemFest I kept in touch with @guchtere on an almost daily basis - chatting about life and work and Steem - until one day he send me a message that I didn't understand immediately and was supposed to be a joke - but was it funny? When he explained it later I was shocked. The message referred to this scary moment:
It was the start of a long long medical search to a mysterious physical pattern: pain on chest, finding himself waking up on the ground, pain on chest, seeing the world spin around him... And that on repeat, multiple times a day, for months now.
And the chest pain has nothing to do with his heart... Which seems to be working perfectly.
It's scary and tiring, but being one of the most positive-minded people I've ever met, he tries to live his life to the fullest and is still able to produce amazing pictures and blogs from his short and exhausting but needed walks or bicycle trips around his home town.
After trying to keep in touch and hear how he was doing it was time to see for myself... So I borrowed a car and went on a house visit in one of the most beautiful provinces of the Netherlands. The crazy man went to buy something sweet and doughy for me the day before. One of his most challenging trips so far I believe, by bike, just because I was coming along.
It was lovely to see him, smiling, chatting, time went by fast! Although in between the talks he often had to pause for a while, because nasty stabs in his chest would basically distract him for a good few seconds. At some point my boyfriend called because it was already dinner time and I wasn't home, so I had to say sorry because I had forgotten the time, so I told him I was going to be home late.
When I indeed did plan to finally go home @guchtere got an 'episode' and needed to lay down on the ground. Since he mentioned something about maybe needing some food a few minutes before I proposed that I'd make some dinner while he was resting, so he'd have some food - and me too.
And so it happened: I tried to find my way in a kitchen I had never seen before, while he was on the ground trying to make sense of the room that was spinning heavily around him.
We'll probably make (and have made) a few jokes about that in the future: "Being a guest @guchtere's house means you'll have to cook his dinner!"
It makes me grateful to know that in such a short time we became good friends, so much so that I worry about him often - knowing that he doesn't like people worrying about him I hope he won't read this.
Go say hi to this amazing Steemian @guchtere some day. Follow him, a great photographer, a curator for @travelfeed, and just an overall nice person. You won't get many posts in your feed for now, because being behind a screen is tiring, so you can slowly get to know him ;-)
wolves it will be a veeery late lunch. I'm looking forward to it. We met ages ago on a very different blogging platform - or was it any different at all?Tomorrow I'll have lunch with @r00sj3 - being both
Since we're talking about people I worry about, short update on my boyfriend, he had a 'just in case' check-up at the hospital today and all seems to be fine. Nothing broken or splintered, no head damage, no things to really worry about. Just a nasty knee that keeps bothering him and is glowing hot. Thanks everyone who said some nice supportive words below my post about his accident <3
Totally right about that one 😉 But I do feel honored to know that you care so much about me and I'm happy that I can call you a friend too!😊
Talking about friends, hope you enjoyed the lunch yesterday with @r00sj3. What a beautiful weather you guys had!
The cooking was great btw hadn't that many ingredients so you created something with nothing! Think only a real chef can do that?🤔👍
Also happy to hear that your boyfriend is doing OK, after such a nasty accident!
Hope to see you soon in a much better health condition! With a 🍻 and 🍕 and not to forget 🌇.
Hang loose 🤙
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And I guess that must not be a problem since you are a great chef
Yayyy, glad you both hung out and hope you’re on the mend again @guchtere. Think about you regularly so it’s good to see some updates; thanks for sharing @soyrosa
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<3 Hope you are doing very well traveling @goodwithtravels! I'll keep an eye on @guchtere in the meanwhile :D
Thank you @soyrosa. Yes please do!
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Leuk! I remember seeing @guchtere's travel posts a lot on Steemitworldmap, great stuff he creates! I thought I would see some food pictures when seeing your post title, jaja...
Hahaha - the food wasn't spectacular but I'll do a do-over when I can actually prepare the ingredients :D Yes, @guchtere is a great guy with great content <3
I love reading publications like this one, where friendship, solidarity and generosity shine through and are perceived through words. A beautiful testimony @soyrosa. A friendship like the one you seek is super valuable. I hope @guchtere can be well and so can your boyfriend. You are a very special being. Greetings.
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That sounds really crazy about your friend and my heart goes out to him having to deal with such a medical mystery. I know what that is like.
I've followed him to check out his blogs and really hope he finds the cause so he can try to work out how to treat it!
Lovely pic Rosa. It looks like you guys had a blast :)
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I.love that photo.of the two of you. Such lovely kind people. I wish they'd find out what was wrong with @guchtere... doesn't seem fair mate, hope you are up and running soon xx
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