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Ok. So, I had my follow up appointment regarding my cataracts and glaucoma with my optometrist. She did lots of testing but, of course, did not tell me any results of that testing. What she did do was refer me to the ophthalmologist  she recommended do my cataract lens replacement surgery. She picked him partly because he also treats glaucoma so maybe he could do something for it at the same time.

So, now I’m in the preparation phase for that appointment. That means I am still putting prescription drops in my eyes every night for the glaucoma but I am also putting over-the-counter artificial tear drops in my eyes four times a day. I’m using TheraTears because I was already using those occasionally but I have a list of others I could use if I choose to do so. I do the drops right before meals and before bed because that’s the only time I’m sure I will remember to do them.

Now, it’s just waiting until the day of my appointment for consultation arrives.

Isn’t this exciting?

TTYL,

Linda

 

Part 3

Well, I had my consultation. The ophthalmologist could not tell me if the drops to reduce pressure were helping because they didn’t have a starting pressure against which to measure.

The assistant put drops in my eyes to dilate them then put a second set in saying they were the ones this doctor preferred to use. When the the doctor came into the room he immediately put a third set of drops in my eyes. I had blurry vision for hours after the appointment. Was this third set a duplicate of the second set?

The doctor recommended a procedure to be done during the cataract surgery to help with the glaucoma. When he went to give me a brochure about that he couldn’t find one so he wrote down the name of the item for me to search on. I am allergic to one of the components in that item. (Nickle)

The doctor also could not keep his mask up over his nose but he seemed totally unconcerned about that in spite of me having four co-morbidities if I get Covid.

In the week after the appointment, I sent the doctor two messages about my concerns. He never acknowledged either message.

Is this someone you think I should trust with my eyesight?

Wordle has been sold to the New York Times so, if you want to play it now, you need to go to their website to find it.

Wordle was the first of these games I played and it keeps score in a way that makes you want to find the answer in as few rounds as possible.

Then Cheerful Monk introduced me to PuzzWord, an app for my iPhone. PuzzWord keeps score in a way that makes you want to guess as many words in a row as you can.

That made me start seeing the game differently so I gave myself two new guidelines:

1. It’s OK to use all six rounds to figure out a word.
2. It’s OK to enter a word you know is not correct to learn something helpful.

Using those two guidelines I got my win streak up to 50 words!

I’m so proud of myself. 🙂

TTYL,

Linda

When that inner voice says I can’t do that or should not want that or any other negative thought I need to learn to respond, “Says who?”

Who taught me that?

Under what circumstances?

Does that fit me for who I am now?

Does that fit me for who I want to be?

Says who?

TTYL,

Linda

Apparently I really upset someone.

That person made appointments in my name with various professionals. I knew nothing about them. Until I started receiving bills with “no show” charges on them.

How do you fight that? How can you cancel appointments you don’t know have been made?

Fortunately, that all happened in last night’s dream.

Apparently, the diabolical mind is mine.

TTYL,

Linda

Our friend Bill, who lives alone, recently slipped on some ice and fell. He was wearing an Apple Watch which recognized the fall and asked if Bill was OK. When no one responded the watch called 911. The EMTs found him unconscious. They took pictures of him lying in his spilled blood, loaded him into an ambulance, and took him to the hospital where remained unconscious for a few days. He is now recovering while having therapy several times a day.  He does not remember the fall. He does believe that, if he had not been wearing that watch, he would have frozen to death before anyone found him.

Yay for technology!

TTYL,

Linda