I know all of my faithful followers are used to my posting schedule, but unfortunately, we have a bit of a problem this week.
Call it:
Garden: 1
Roberta: 0
We finally had a nice day and I went to ready the perennial beds for summer. Apparently, that was a mistake.
I did something that did not agree with my back on Sunday and have been rather incapacitated ever since.
OK, enough with the niceties – it hurts like bloody hell. And you cannot blog or write in a prone position.
So please bear with me for the next few days as my normal publication schedule is interrupted. I do have a few articles nearly prepared and I’ll see what I can do with those.
And as for that cliffhanger…I really didn’t do that on purpose. Seriously.
In the mean time, there are almost 700 articles on this blog and it’s fully searchable by key word in the search box in the upper right hand corner – so maybe this is a good time to read about something new!
My apologies.
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I hope your back gets better soon. Love your blog.
Thank you. I think it’s time to find someone to help in the garden😊
Hope you feel better soon. Been there and it’s frustrating.
You’re right. Extremely frustrating.
I just did the same thing last month so I understand this completely! I rested but not enough, so please try to stay down a bit longer than you might want so that you can heal.
Thank you. Right now I have no choice. Thank goodness for my iPhone is all I can say.
Hope your feeling better soon. Backs are gnarly!!!
Isn’t that the truth. This isn’t the first time but it’s worse than before.
Definitely take a time out and the time to heal! This time we can say “you deserve it” and really mean it! We can easily busy ourselves with reading all the amazing things you’ve posted already. Take care.
I’m sorry about your back. I think it’s ironic. I am laying in a recliner as we speak recovering from an L4-L5 back fusion. Just got home from the hospital yesterday, so still figuring out “no bend, lift, or twist” for 3 months until the bone graft sets up. Also I’m supposed to move, lots, correctly ( like take walks with the back brace in). Anyway, here’s what I’m going to try today. I got a “lap desk”, and I’m going to try to prop it up on my lap as I lay in the recliner, and put the laptop on that and just start on looking at all my e-mails on the computer and see if I can compute from this position! Good luck, I hope you start to get better soon! Might want to consult a doc (who knows what kind!) to see if you are doing the right thing thingis to get better. When I hurt my back the first time, in 1980, I was put on complete hospital bedpan bed rest. Horrible thing to do! Things just spiraled down and I got weak. New treatment is much more movement oriented. Good luck! Clytee from Utah.
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I had back surgery in 1986 and things have definitely changed s lot. I was hoping that a few days of rest and pred would do it but it hasn’t. Back to doctor tomorrow and expect a referral. The medical system works slow as molasses. Glad you’re on the mend.
Why of course. There is no question, when health related or personal. Wish you – get well soon. 🙂
Thank you.
So sorry about your back!
Thank you. Very inconvenient.
I hope you get to feeling better very soon!!
Thanks Pam. I keep thinking about our poor ancestors who didn’t have heating pads. 😊
Yes, a heating pad is the best elixir! That was going to be my suggestion.
This time is a well-deserved respite for you and your body.
Will enjoy some of your past articles.
My sympathies. I will miss your articles, of course, but hope you take all the time you need to feel better. Virdie
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I hope to be back on my normal schedule very soon. I hate not writing the 52 ancestors article this week🙁
Feel better soon.
Thank you. All these good wishes help a lot. 😊
Sorry to hear about your back. Take care of yourself and hope you feel better soon! Joan
Thank you.
Please take all the time you need to heal. You have given us so much in the way of information, education, insight, support and encouragement through your blog that I can’t imagine any of us not understanding and wishing you a full recovery. Thanks for the treasure trove of articles.
Thank you.
May you recover quickly and well. Your blog posts are a bright spot in my day.
I really enjoy writing them too and feel pretty useless right now. 🙁
I had cervical spine surgery last May and still have a lot of pain. So do not feel rushed and do things too soon. I think I overdid too soon and now I am paying for it and hope I will not require additional surgery.
We can wait and we appreciate all you do. Best wishes that you feel better soon and do not worry about getting back on schedule – take care of yourself.
Hope you feel better too.
Sorry to hear you are under the weather. Rest is what is needed for the back. I do back exercises every morning & evening hoping to avoid surgery. My husband has had back surgery twice & is still not right. Oh well, that’s my story & don’t mean to bore you with it. Please take care & we’ll all do fine reading your past articles to refresh our brains. REST & let others do for you.
I think my husband wants me to recover as much or more than I do.
Hugs! Gently of course as not to exacerbate the injury. Love your posts and hoping you heal fast.
Thank you. Me too.
Beautiful daffodil, Roberta. Take care of yourself first… we can wait!
I took that photo Sunday. There had to be something positive.
:/ Good thoughts coming your way for healing and freedom from pain!
Thank you.
Hope you are feeling completely well again soon! I too love gardening but cannot do what I used to do! I love beautiful flowers & fresh summer vegetables. But my knees and back don’t enjoy pulling weeds too much!
Yea, and all I was doing was getting rid of the dead stuff. Nothing that should have caused this. Like you, I love the flowers and color.
Bet wishes for a speedy recovery!
Thank you.
Take care and don’t rush your recovery. Time is the best healer for a back injury.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:36 AM, DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy wrote:
> robertajestes posted: “I know all of my faithful followers are used to my > posting schedule, but unfortunately, we have a bit of a problem this week. > Call it: Garden: 1 Roberta: 0 We finally had a nice day and I went to ready > the perennial beds for summer. Apparently,” >
Patience is not one of my virtues.
yes, i hope you get better soon! your fans are thinking of you!
Fans. How funny. I never thought about it they way. I think of you all as friends, many of whom I just don’t know well yet. And I’ve met so many cousins through DNA testing.
Dear Roberta,
I hope your doctor can take away the pain. We will all miss your delightful and informative blogs but getting better is much more important.
Sincerely,
Alberta L. Schumacher
Thank you. Believe me, I’ll be back as soon as I can.
Praying for healing to happen quickly. Back problems are no fun.
Diane
Thank you.
OUCH !!! Unfortunately, been there done that. Rest easy and with I knew if you are to heat or ice the back ~ sorry. – Ally
In my case heat with a cat on the other side for good measure😊
Worst thing I ever did TO MYSELF in the garden was pull a big weed. Bent my legs so I wouldn’t hurt my back. Back was fine. Broke two ribs !! AND I DID IT TO MYSELF!! Love gardening and your blog. Please take your time and make sure you are 100% ready when you return to us.
The weed got you😊
I broke ribs once rescuing a swan. Powerful birds.
Ah, nothing like the “can’t sit, can’t lie down, can’t move without pain” dance necessitated by a back injury. (ugh)
Heal fast. We’ll be here, waiting, with bated breath. ☺
I see you know that dance.
With needle in hand
You don’t need to stand.
Piece a quilt
Without guilt
For the time away
From your regular day!
Jan
I’m also a quilter but I don’t hand piece. Maybe that will change. My step-father’s grandmother left an unfinished hand pieced quilt. Hmmm…
Roberta, yes, I happily know you’re a quilter and ‘they’ are among my favorite people. You wrote an interesting blog once that included some quilt history. It was so well done that I forwarded the link to my American Quilt Study Group List.
Should you need fabric for your step-father’s grandmother’s quilt, I’ll happily raid my period ‘stash’ and send some to you. Hey, quilters NEVER turn down free fabric!…or any kind of fabric, for that matter!
Jan
What a sweet offer to make. As soon as I can I’ll take a look. I need to finish that for “him” anyway. I did buy some civil war period fabric for it. The biggest problem I have is that some of the original red pieces have deteriorated and need to be replaced. I’m trying to decide whether to be a purist or not😊
Have you had it dated or, do you know the date on it? I’ve done a lot of restoration work so I have all periods if you decide to go purist. I can likely help with fabric. Except, if you’re dealing with a 19th century turkey red. I’m working on an 1870s basket {red, green, and orange} right now that needs a lot of turkey red. Interesting, 19th century reds usually hold up well. It is the iron oxide in those blacks and browns that usually disintegrates first. I’m happy to send what I can so keep me in mind when you decide.
PS send a photo when you get around to it – love the old ones to death. I’m deaccessioning my quilt and textile collection and it is like auctioning off my kids.
Jan
I will send you a picture as soon as I can. Which won’t be for at least a few days.
I did his genealogy to try to figure out the date of the quilt and I think I’m working with civil war era fabrics. He was born in 1920 and his grandmother made it.
Best Wishes from Yorkshire, UK. Get well soon. At least I will now have time to catch up with the excellent articles I haven’t read yet on your site!
Thank you and enjoy.
A backache is the worse. I was working in my front yard this morning and tripped over the brick border this morning while planting flowers. Smack down with my face in a shrub. Had to crawl on my knees to get to something strong enough to pull my self up. Both knees replaced and it is hell trying to get up and being 80 doesn’t help. Nothing broken, a lot to be thankful for. Take care and find what drugs you can to take. Melba McGee Niemuth
Prayers for you Melba. So glad the fall wasn’t worse.
Been there, done that. We sometimes forget that we are no longer xx years old, much to our chagrin. Get well soon.
Thank you.
I put “like” but I really don’t “like” your back problems, just your column and efforts. Please feel better soon. I learn so much from you!
Thank you. I will try to get time sensitive news articles out until I can really write again.
Hope you are up and about soon.
Thank you. Me too and so does my husband😋
I hope you feel better soon!
Thank you.
I hope you heal quickly. My back is permanently like that with limited mobility so I know how frustrating and painful it must be for you.
I am so sorry. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
Rest but not too much it will not help your back, heat and some movement is the best. Begin flat on your back, deep breaths as taught in yoga, best way to begin ! Good luck, he’ll to get old – I know 😀
My husband keeps reminding me that it beats the alternative.
I love your blog, hope you get plenty of rest and recoup quickly. You need tender love and care. Your bloggers will understand.
Get better!
I hope you get well soon and there won’t be lasting trouble from this misadventure.
I’ll make sure to be careful when I’ll tackle my own garden in a few weeks (there are still a good measure of snow).
Brrrr….snow. We had that until about 2 weeks ago.
It’s 18C today, so it’s not much “brrrr” even if there’s a two foot snow pile next to the rhododendron.
I’ll stop complaining about how long our winter has been.
Roberta, Get better soon, and take it easy. Pat Lorenzo in NJ
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Thank you.
I never forget for even a moment how old I am. Every bone and muscle in my body reminds me every second of every day. But life is worth the pain when we can pursue our addiction to genealogy.
I hear that Helen and you have a few on me😊 But you’re right about still being able to pursue the things close to our heart. Right now I’m particularly thankful for cell phones that are smart.
Sorry to hear about your back. i will look forward to your next blog contribution, after you feel better! Take care.
Feel better Roberta.
So sorry to hear of your garden hazard. I just returned to Mi to my gardens and my body is also protesting. That bug looks like a strawberry root weevil – beware – however they usually eat at night.
I hadn’t even thought about the bug. Hmmm…
Hope you feel better soon, Roberta.
How are you feeling? Is your back better?