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Mary Connor, 69, fully expected to have to take her time while recovering from her second hernia repair surgery. Four years earlier, she had her first traditional hernia repair surgery, which required an incision across her stomach. “My mind was saying get up and get going, but my body was saying let’s lay down,” Mary says of her recovery. When the pain and hernias returned three years later, Mary was told she was too high risk for traditional surgery. Over the last year, her pain continued to worsen, requiring her to pull back on normal activities to not agitate her hernias.

Gregory Stone –Tooling Up to Achieve His Goal

Recently, five children in Fresno, CA discovered limes and sunlight don’t mix well when they come into contact with your skin. The friends are now recovering from burns on their arms and legs after playing a game of smashing limes with rocks. Doctors determined they suffered a condition called phytophotodermatitis, a form of skin irritation that can occur when photosynthesizing chemicals found in citrus fruits react with ultraviolet light from the sun.