Oh no just lost my reply. Very annoying this site sometimes. In summary I was saying thanks for the prompt I could easily plant some seeds whilst in recovery. Tomatoes and peppers, but fancy growing peas and cucumbers this year too.
yes, scans show no mets so all systems are go for surgery! Not going to be easy as they need to remove all the capsule that the body forms round the implant, and scrape the muscle layers to encourage them to mend together. I suspect she might think about using a compression dressing. If you’ve used any artificial product to shield those peonies, do ensure you remove it each morning for the plants to breathe!
Mumofthree it might be a bit late to sow tomatoes but you can usually buy baby ‘plug’ plants. I set my seed in around late February normally. Otherwise, peas can be sown now (mine are a couple of centimetres high now) outside, and all else except runner beans, generally they should be sown (I’m going to put mine straight in he ground) in around first week of May. I’m going to do mine the day before I go for my op. I’ve got fruit that needs tying up (loganberries) of next years canes, also my thornless blackberry. So there’s a lot of gardening to do. I also plan to cut and edge the lawn again on the day before surgery. Spring is a busy time!
A busy day…. Drove daughter to the railway station to collect her camper (she had used it to go to a 50th birthday celebration of one of her oldest friends, and had a drink or two so got a taxi back here around midnight). Then I walked into town with stuff for a charity shop, also bought some Lorne sausages from the butcher, some AA batteries and a nice loaf from the baker, sliced so I then separated slices to freeze. Had lunch and then did the cleaning (does anyone else HATE doing it?) and then pottered around a bit.
Now feet up after dinner. hugs to all you Fruit Loops xxx
moomy so glad no spread and all systems go for surgery soon. The waiting for results & treatment to start is just awful.
Not letting me tag more than one person but I've caught up on all posts. Not sure why but been sluggish this year @nd every time I'm free to do my garden pots it rains & when it's dry I've things to do so no pits dine. I'm glad I changed front doorstep pots last year for a Hydrangea & another evergreen with flowers. They are thriving, My gardener been to tidy up the front border too. I've no clue what I'm doing, I also paid a treeman recently to reduce next doors tree as they were getting so tall and overhanging my drive and blocking my sea view - I did ask him for permission, For 30 years we've cut them back to boundary but the height meant I could no longer safely do so and I'm scared of heights.
Flossie25 , yes I am on bisoprolol. I've been thinking about getting one of those watches, perhaps not an apple one though, I'm not sure our bank account would be happy if I bought one of those! Out of interest, what are your symptoms? I'm asked if I get breathless or have palpitations, neither of which I have. Just wondered if there is something I'm not aware of as far as symptoms go.
Gardening is keeping me (a bit) sane at present, Grogg , yes, tests all done but I’ve over a week of mental angst to endure before the surgery. So gardening (it’s not a big garden but enough to manage by myself) is a really great diversion especially as everything is growing so fast. I glad you got someone in to trim that tree, as we get older, climbing on ladders isn’t as safe as it used to be!
I got rather chilled though, this morning, but have done the lawn edges and mown the lawn, also decided to shape the bamboo which had become rather unruly. came in for lunch and found that two of my favourite Star Trek films are on, so watching 4 now, it’s so funny and I’ve always loved it!
I had a rotten night - again, waking before 3 and unable to sleep again for ages. Ah well…..
Dicha I got an Apple Watch as at the time it was the only one I could find with ecg facility. There are many cheaper watches that do the same now. I usually get a sudden increase in heart rate and can feel light headed as tho going to pass out. It lasts a short time and I can stop it by eg holding breath / bending over. I’ve never passed out but have had to get myself on the ground a couple of times. I’m a lot better now. I can check the watch data to see if I’ve had any spikes in HR without symptoms too. My triggers are heat, cold, dehydration, poor sleep. Sometimes happen when out walking, sometimes not. I am allowed to adjust my medication within certain parameters. I had a few episodes last summer, sent off ecg, chatted with Dr and I slightly increased dose on alternate days before my next long haul flight to India and I’ve just kept it at that.
Wow Flossie25 , thank you for that. Very informative. I have absolutely no symptoms at all, but I'm seriously thinking about getting one of the watches with ECG facility. I'm not so sure my cardiologist here in Spain would be interested in me sending any readings, but it would be interesting for me to monitor things. If anyone on here has a cheaper version of the apple watch which they are impressed with, please feel free to direct me!
