Hope your surgery goes well and can be done with a scope. I had rotator
cuff surgery in 2000 and foolishly thought all was as strong again and
went
merrily on lifting 40 lb bags, hauling bricks and stones, and worked for
hours steadily in my garden and the UT Trial Garden as a volunteer without
giving my arm a rest. So, it was a gradual thing. This time, one of the
tendons had to have supplemental tissue to build it back up and four other
muscles and tendons had to be tightened up. Needless to say, I am taking
care not to get myself back into the position of needing more
surgery...next time it will have to be a joint replacement with much less
mobility.
Our weather has been very warm so some blossoms I mentioned yesterday are
already starting to fade. East Tennessee is now into what is called
"Dogwood Winter"...a cooling off when dogwood is blossoming. Last year,
we
had a record setting hard freeze that killed a lot of fruit and other
plants...first in over 100 yrs. This year, forecast is for 32 degrees
with
temperatures back up to the 60s and 70s later in the week.
[Original Message]
From: Patricia <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Date: 4/13/2008 1:37:34 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] TN Blooms
Your garden sounds beautiful. I just had to reply to let you know that I
am
having my right shoulder fixed on May 13th. That is the soonest I could
set
it up. My left was done last April and is doing great. I fell down 3
little steps on the curies we took 2 weeks ago and tore the rotator cuff
but
I knew surgery was going to have to be done before the fall. I just had
hoped it could wait until fall so I could work in the garden this year.
My
husband had to take care of everything last year.
What did you do to your shoulder that required surgery?
We have lilacs, redbuds, peach trees, kerria japonica, hellebores,
pansies,
and some great buds on everything.
Tricia
----- Original Message -----
From: <holmesbm@usit.net>
To: "gardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:00 PM
Subject: [CHAT] TN Blooms
> I've been mostly lurking because of my shoulder surgery. My right arm
> has been out of commission since January. Fortunately, I'm now in PT
> and
> beginning to be able to do more and more. My DH mowed for me...did take
> down two little garden patches because they were so overrun with weeds.
> I can only weed with the left arm for about 30 minutes at a time so it
> is very slow going.
>
>
> But spring is beautiful around the yard. The service berry and Scila
> siberica just finished blooming but now we have lilacs, fothergilla,
> dogwood, redbud, Alabama snow wreath, second round of daffodils (Bridal
> crown & Cum Laude among others), Cumberland laural, blueberries,
> creeping phlox, Carolina Jessamine, grape hyaciths, hellebores (my
> latest w/yellow blossoms is beautiful), wild geranium, celedine poppy,
> candytuff, vinca minor, deep purple iris, dames rocket, lavender,
> rosemary, buds on meadow sage. The varied Heuchera bed with Lysimachia
> nummularia Goldilocks is beautiful again so last year's terrible
> drought
> didn't hurt it.
>
>
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