Well I have a cunning plan. As som of you may know I am due in hospital 21st April for a complete hysterectomy, and they are having a bit of my liver too (date to be decided) as it has a bit of cancer in it.... so back to serious stuff  I cannot lift anything heavier than a cup of coffee for a fortnight then nothing over 1kg for the next two weeks...Argghhh.... Well this will impact timewise on my gardening.......so I have come up with a cunning plan.

I will slowly start to line then put compost in my hanging baskets before I go in hospital and get the plants sourced and put near them so I can plant up....when I feel a little better, just need someone to hang them for me. No problem there.

I have also started clearing out some (okay lots) pots/tubs and refilling with new compost so now I am accumilating a garden (front and back) full of................wait for it............. yes you are right...... plant empty...compost full... pots/tubs...which will be positioned in correct place (before I go in) and therefore ready to plant up .....give me something else to do when I feel up to it.

Cannot have gardening withdrawl symptoms....

Hope all goes well for you but FWIW I think you have totally the wrong idea.  Surely what you need is a hot nearly naked gardener doing the hard work and you can sit back and watch the garden developing ;)

> Surely what you need is a hot nearly naked gardener doing the hard work

Woman after my own mind!  :-)

Hmmm....yes but would just be eye candy for 6 weeks......maybe week 5&1/2 ;)

Go with cheekychows idea. My friend you will not want to do a lot when you get home, but the ideas sound fine. But do not forget to rest, I had cervical cancer and a hystorectomy in 1995 and I was bushed for about three weks and went back to work after 6 weeks, but about two months later I felt so much better and realised how rough I felt before. The most important thing is rest and recovery, but by all means get the gardening done, Id order in some seed catalogues, books and try to take things easy... plan a virtual garden lots of lists but I like the naked gardener idea, mind you our gardener is about 70 and deaf so I think it might not be a visual pick me up! in my case.

BOL for the op's.

Viv
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I like your positive approach,but don"t over do it.I  had this same scenario some years ago,and was surprised how tired I felt at first.I think it takes a week to get over the anaesthetic,so pamper yourself for a while,but then comes the clever planning.I wanted to cook for when the family came home for dinner,so put empty pan on cooker ,then small jugs of water to fill it,then added veg in wire basket so no heavy full pans to lift  etc.Loaded and unloaded washing machine a few items at a time!no heavy baskets Later on when shopping,use twice as many shopping bags with only a few items in each,its all a bit of a challenge and a right nuisance but stick with it and do not be tempted to break the rules,no matter how well you feel.My OH threatened to take the vacuum cleaner to work in the boot of his car to be sure I did not try to use it.I use the garden as therapy so good luck with that.The naked gardener would die of pneumonia poor chap unless this winter weather ends soon.The bedding plants
will not be going in until July at this rate.

Best of luck with the surgery and a rapid recovery. Rhona

Kazz - wishing you all the best with surgery - like others I had this years ago (in my case, almost when wheels were square!) - but even after 13 days in hospital, I bounced back and was commuting to London 7 weeks and working full-time 7 weeks post-op!

The one thing I do remember when I came home is just how hard I did find it to do simple things for the first few days - I'd been told to fill a kettle cup by cup, and I thought yeah, yeah, yeah - but the first time I tried to just fill the kettle - I really did find that I needed to do it cup by cup!  So after that, I did do as I'd been advised - I pampered myself and let the others do things that needed doing, and I'm sure that helped my recovery.

Sending {{hugs}}

Margot x

Sending you a speedy recovery after your op, good luck and hope all goes well x dont overdo things when you get home. Naked fit gardner sounds ideal X

sending you wishes of speedy recovery!  (((hugs))) and yes a nearly naked gardener sounds wonderful......

Kazz sending you healing thoughts for after you go in, but just a thought, if you know someone who has a gardener, see if they can 'take you on' for a few weeks until you recover. We are usually booked up for the summer but will take on customers friends that need help for a few months while they recover. And we would do what you cant so we could move bags of compost to where you need them while we cut the grass etc (I hasten to add I do not live any where near Kazz so NOT touting for business!!!) Worth a thought!!!
Lea :) :)