This is Part 2 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 Part 1 here. So you’ve made the decision to have joint replacement surgery. What next? For me, I needed to get my anxiety about the surgery under …
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 …
There’s a big gap between being disabled and being abled. When I first started this adventure, I balked at calling myself The Disabled Gardener. But I’m not disabled, I protested. My daughter asked, “Mom, are you able to do the gardening the way you used to? Then you’re disabled.” She was right. Luckily, I still …
You’ve now got your compelling reason for fitness. Mine is the desire to get through gardening season without becoming injured and to get stronger each year. You’ve decided where you’ll workout and if it’ll be DIY or a commute, and if at home, you’ve prepared your space. I’ve chosen to work from home and prepared …
You’ve now got your compelling reason for fitness. Mine is the desire to get through gardening season without becoming injured and to get stronger each year. You’ve decided where you’ll workout and if it’ll be DIY or a commute, and if at home, you’ve prepared your space. I’ve chosen to work from home and prepared …
Step 1 was all about finding your why. My compelling reason is the desire to be strong enough for gardening the whole season without injury and to get stronger each year. So where do you start? Decide where you’re going to do your exercises. You know yourself and your habits the best. Will you be …
Step 1 – Why Find your compelling reason Step 2 – Where Make a place in your home or decide on a gym outside your home Step 3 – What Choose your program You should decide if you want to DIY your program or follow someone else’s program. Your main program should focus on a …
I’ve toyed with this idea for a few years, and I think it’s time has come. As we wind down our gardening year, more time is spent indoors, contemplating, planning, dreaming, and drooling over seed catalogs. Creating beautiful new spaces for the next gardening season, our off-season has us exercising our brains a lot more …
The State of Texas has just announced that due to COVID-19 the State Fair is cancelled this year. What? It’s not fair, I hear myself whining. I don’t like that whiney voice inside of me. I shut her up immediately. Of course, it’s fair. Despite all the people who won’t get to enjoy the annual event, all the kids …
Does chronic pain have you searching for alternative gardening methods? The methods you use are vital to your ability to continue gardening. Traditional methods are labor-intensive and hard on the back and knees. There are many different methods that are much gentler, and a lot of them fall under the heading of Permaculture. I’ll be …