Gardening and Observing Life in SW Washington  Tend and Befriend
By: BriarCraft, 12:08 AM GMT on March 29, 2012 +2 As regular
visitors here know, I had total hip replacement surgery on March
15th. I'm doing fine and looking forward to being able to take
walks again and to tend my garden without pain. Someday. But
recovery from hip replacement takes time. Bones and tendons and
muscles have to heal before I can bend and tote and stretch like
I want. That's okay, because I can feel myself healing and
getting stronger every day.  In the past month, I have learned
-- or more accurately -- relearned that there is strength in
friendship and value in humor. I was reminded that "cheerfulness
and positive attitude are good medicine for a quicker recovery".
While waiting for my surgery a nurse revealed that some people
become so nervous and overwrought before surgery that they have
to be sent home to come back already tranquilized another day.
Anyone who denies feeling nervous before surgery is lying or
drugged. But to