Accessible Gardening: #19 Practical Matters for Physically Challenged Gardeners , 1 by BetNC

BetNC wrote:
Hi ya, everybody new and not so new! What I've been "up" to:P tending my Tomato Jungle (watering, picking tomatoes / finding people to give the daily surplus to, dealing with my temporarily-not-thinking cvlearly grandmother, babying a not normal leg. . . in short, same old, same old.
I found out WHO it was & called the referred doctor MYXSELF as I STILL hadn't gotten a call to make an appointment. Turns iout, my general ddoctor'[s office had dropped the ball: yep, they sent all the info needed for making a referraol. . . EXCEPPT the little crucial bit of information know as patient's phone number or contact information! Although I had askied to be referreed to a vein specialist, theeee GP referred me to a SURGEON!! Knife hap0py maniacs, the bunch of them!
I'm being "worked in" (translation: no set appointment so bringa book, your lunch & super etc) on an emergency basis tomorrow afternoon as it's been a whole month since the first blood clot in my leg. I am SSOO tired of further limiting my activity and "babying" my porr leg! I could go on, but I won't. Doctors do NOT make good patients! Especially when faced with incompetence!~!

Snakes. . . there are two kinds, of course: poisonous and non-poisonous. . . . BOTH bite: the poisonous ones may kiill you but the non-poisonous ones can make you wish you were dead!
LOL The weirdest encounter with them I've had: in my first job (a summer camp counselor), I was hiking up the heavily forested, steep mountain trail and when I got to the top, a bunch of campers were pointing at me and screaming "SNAKE!!!" I whirled around and looked but couldn't see it. . . . until I looked down at my feet: a copperhead (poisonous) was thrashing, trying to get loose after having sunik its fangs into my leather boot. I calmly reach for my pociketknife (Boy Scouts aren't the ONLY Scouts who are prepared! :P) grabbed its whipping tail and sawed its head off. Since I couldn't miss taking my campers in for lunch, I took off my boot and left it (snake head still firmly attached) in the dirst outside and led my charges indoorws. (Snakes can still bite for some time after they're dead / bodiless).

Staples vs stitches: I'd rather not have either. I've had them both and opt for stitches everytime. I had abdominal stitches once and they were always catching on each other. Besides, stitches I can take out with scissors and tweezers: staples require a specialized tool. Staples are VERY easy to put in while sutures takes more skill. The newest trend now uses something like Super Glue to glue the surface skin closed. I'd positively FREAK if I looked under a bandage and see myself GLUED back together!

Surgery looms and morbid thoughts abound!!!

Her's this morning's yield from ONE plant!