Wow! You have so much going on! I'm really sorry all of this is happening at the same time.
But I am super glad the doctor thinks he can fix you, even if you won't be good as new. But new things are too expensive anyway. I'm certainly glad you'll be in much less (hopefully no) pain in the (hopefully not too distant) future!
I've also had times when a specialist told me I should have seen him sooner. Well, maybe if I hadn't been required to get a referral...
The surgery timing sounds pretty good with a 6-month recovery time. You'll be pushing it for NaNo, but I think you can do it. After all, I need my best cheerleader out there! In truth, you have a big impact on my success in NaNo, but I could probably do it without you if I had to. Most importantly, I want YOU to be okay -- happy, healthy, and pain-free! If that means you miss a year of NaNo, so be it. YOU are more important.
Norma, it's good you have your surgery scheduled. I think you'll feel so much better with pain relief. My husband had carpal tunnel surgery and he is happy that his fingers don't go numb anymore.
Elycia Lee ☮ Try cutting back your plants. Then try dusting them gently. They breathe through the surface of the leaves.
I found this on Google about rubber plants:
Water when the soil is almost completely dry. ...
Spray with a mister every few days, they like to keep their leaves moist.
Place in a bright room, but keep away from super sunny windows to avoid sunburn Between 15°C to 25°C is their optimum temperature.
I never overwater them, but I think I'm underwatering them. The leaves are curling. When I put them out, their leaves burn. When I wipe them, lines appear on them... I really wanna start over, but I don't know how to... My rubber plants bottom stem leaves have dropped. Only the top is growing. For one of them, their baby leaf hasn't been growing for over 6 months now... Sounds like you've got quite the green finger there.
QPdoll It was good to be out and work in the garden. We were both tired after, but that's okay. Digging in dirt always helps. There is always dirt in our lives. We have to dig up through it to get to the shining world on the other side.
Elycia Lee ☮ Well, if your rubber plants aren't doing well, try dusting them. Prune them. Don't overwater. I always am cutting back things. Makes people nuts. But sometimes you have to cut back the dead to to get to the living. A metaphor for lots of things in our lives.
I'm actually jealous that your fallback plan to stress-relief is gardening. Can you infect some to me? Currently, all I have is an iron plant and two rubber plants. My rubber plants are not doing well. Your job does sound interesting.
If you asked your friends to describe you using only three words, what would they say? And why do you think so?
Loyal, funny, dramatic
I mean what I say, I follow through. If I say I will do something, I do it. If I commit to do a project, I will do it. Or have a darn good excuse why I cannot. And if I cannot, I will call and cancel.
I think I have a pretty good sense of humor. It can be pretty dry, as the term goes. Not everyone finds what I say funny, but then again, what I say is sometimes hilarious. To each his own.
I like to make a big deal of things. I tend to go overboard. I have to pull back constantly. I tend to talk loudly and have been chastised by employers in the past for being too loud. But you know, being loud does have a place in the world. Theater. I love community theater. I speak to that deaf man in the back row. And never get criticized for being too loud.
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