PlantFiles Pictures: Cypress Spurge, Bonaparte's Crown, Graveyard Moss (Euphorbia cyparissias), 0 by Toxicodendron

Toxicodendron wrote:
No, I have not heard about the new refresh liquigel. Sounds great. I will have to look for it next time I get out of this rural area I live in...I am assuming it is over the counter?
The doctor has me on Restasis...a new treatment that is terribly expensive but might arrest or even reverse the dryness. So far, no improvement for me but I have not given up hope yet.
The arthritis is the pits...sometimes I feel pretty good and get in a real working fit and then pay for it with weeks of pain. I am slowly learning to pace myself and to give up on the new projects in my head that I no longer have the joints to carry out. I used to double dig the entire vegetable garden in a day or two and then plant and mulch it, too...in between spring rains. Now I do well to fire up my little Mantis tiller and do a small patch.
Donna, you are right about one thing, we do have a break from gardening chores during the long wet winters.
Here is something I did in a couple of days year before last that made my hands swell for weeks: