I garden daily as I not only have a front and back garden, but also a houseful of plants, a conservatory, and a patio with loads of plants in them.  This takes a lot of work and therefore time.  With any disability you have to pace yourself so as not fall ill or make your disability worse.  One of the symptoms of Sjogrens disease is fatigue and another is pain.  In Scotland usually I am trying to get as much done as possible outside on good weather days, and concentrate on the indoor plants when the weather is inclement.  Do too much one day and you will regret it for the next few days.  This used to work well but these days I can only do so much at a time and have to pace myself so the jobs soon mount up.  These last few weeks have been awful as I have a pressure sore on my right ischium.  Being paraplegic, with no feeling or movement below the bra line, means I have to check my skin daily for signs of pressure sores or indeed anything else going on with my skin.  Even though I check every day I did not recognise this particular sign (dry flaky skin) as the beginnings of a pressure sore.  I did catch it early, but is still means that I now have to have many hours of bed rest!  NO GARDENING!  I can get up for a few hours per day and have to lift my behind many times to relieve the pressure on my ischium.  So as you can imagine I haven’t been able to prune some of the shrubs that have finished flowering, dead-head, weed, do slug patrols or generally keep the garden tip-top.  The patio has grass going to seed in every crack and the flowers and weeds are seeding all over the place.  I had just bought a few plants and haven’t been able to plant them out yet.  I have been up just enough to keep up with watering the house  plants, conservatory and patio.  It is sooooo very frustrating.  I will definitely have to get  continuous help with the gardening in future as I just can’t do it myself anymore.  Harry has helped with the dead-heading  but he doesn’t like gardening AT ALL and he is busy with his own hobbies.  So I am off to find someone who is reliable, knows a bit about actual gardening – not just mowing the lawn, likes gardening, and won’t charge too much.  Wish me luck.