Ouch!

I'm really happy as I am able to hoe the garden all in one go and it takes me about 15 minutes.   As little as few years ago I couldn't hoe more than a couple rows without aching and feeling completely sore and  exhausted - this is what Fibromyalgia does to a person.    It seems that every couple of days I have to hoe -which is ok - because now it is quick and not a whole lot of effort and pain despite at the moment going through a bit of fibromyalgia flare.

I sprayed against dandelions the other day and today I will once again spray my front yard because it will be hot this afternoon and I just want to ensure that it helps to remove these stupid weeds.   

My fingers and knees are swollen but here is a funny thing that happened early this morning.   I couldn't sleep over night because my left leg was swollen and sore so I put this Delon Angalgesic Gel and it has this applicator (plastic with three steel ball bearings).   I really don't know how this happened, I rolled my PJ pants just above my knees and started applying this to both my knees and calves.  For my left leg I was laying down with my left angle across my right knee (somehow the gel must have fallen on my PJs or ran down my leg).   I put the cap back on the gel and pulled my PJ pants back down overtop my knees and then put the blanket over me.   Fifteen minutes later, I feel the inside of my left leg and crotch having that same feeling when you put menthol on your skin and it tingles and feels hot/cold at the same time.  (Where menthol and thyme is part of the ingredients of this stuff.)  Of course this was happening on my knees and calves when I rolled it on and maybe that's why I didn't feel it elsewhere.  So, as these sensations start burning I'm like WTF is going on?!?  I didn't feel the gel running up my leg when I was laying down and applying it to my left knee.    Needless to say at 2:00 am I had to feverishly wash down my crotch and leg.   I can see the humor in it now, but then I was thinking to myself:  how do I get another PJ pants on without getting this stuff back all over myself because of course I didn't wash my right lower leg and you can't always get everything when you wash this stuff off.   So very very carefully I put on some undies and back to bed with the tingling starting to wear off.  Thirty minutes later and also a couple of robax, I was able to drift off to sleep.    I think I'll be usintg tiger balm instead as this doesn't go anywhere when you put it on.  HA HA HA HA HA

Time to get out there and spray again while it is hot and that it will absorb into the ground.