This is Part 1 of a 3-part blog post series regarding events leading to a second Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery, taming surgery anxiety, and post-surgery recovery. Read about my first TKR here. In the days leading up to the surgery, all I can think is – Am I a masochist? Why am I doing …
This is Part 3 of a 3-part blog post series regarding events leading to a second Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery, taming surgery anxiety, and post-surgery recovery. Part 1 is about the decision to have surgery and you can read it here. Part 2 is all about taming surgery anxiety once you make that decision. …
You’ve been struggling with physical things lately. Increasingly you need help. Your joints are swollen, you’re losing energy to keep up with the things you used to do all day long. Your doctor runs tests. You spend a few weeks anxious about the results. And then they finally return with the results and jovially claim, …
Having just had knee replacement surgery, I was unprepared for another surgery so soon! But life gives us answers we don’t want sometimes, and this past week (birthday week by the way), I spent in the hospital having an emergency appendectomy. Your pain is not real! Have you ever had laparoscopic surgery? A lot of …
Are you caught in a gardening quandary? Gardening is your passion and it’s what you want to be doing, but your body’s not cooperating? There are many good reasons to continue gardening well into old age. Gardening’s good for your health and well-being Gardening provides movement for your body and joy for your mind Gardening …
All disease begins in the gut – Hippocrates Studying Korean Natural Farming (KNF) has me learning about the soil microbiome and how important it is to plant health. Spraying topicals on a plant might bring temporary nutritional benefit or disease protection, but nothing affects its health more than the soil it’s grown in. And what affects …
I need a new mattress. I hate mattress shopping. You want to get a good deal and not overpay but it’s so confusing and impossible to comparison shop. Plus, shopping is exhausting when you have chronic pain. When my old mattress was about ten years old, I started trying to shop. I compared different types of high-end mattresses. The Fixer …
Mix up a piña colada and cue the Yacht Rock Radio to read this blog post. Although I don’t live near a body of water my soul craves its presence. I was born in the sign of water and it’s there that I feel my best… Ok now that I have the Yacht Rock song …
By now, you are seeing CBD everywhere and you may be asking yourself, “What is it and why do I need it?” or “Will I get arrested if I have it?” This blog post will give you a brief overview of CBD but if you want to dive a little deeper in it, sign up for …
I have a love/hate relationship with pharmaceuticals. I don’t really hate them. They are absolute miracles in most cases. But with chronic pain like arthritis, I think we can do better. There has to be a better way than exposing yourself to serious long-term side effects daily. Thank goodness the anti-narcotic movement has led doctors …