Eleven
I went to the ophthalmologist this morning and my eyes are in the same condition as they were four months ago. No deterioration in glaucoma is always good. However, although I thought I was well over the benign positional vertigo {bpv} attack, the fact that I had to look up at the ceiling three times in rapid succession to have drops squirted in my eyes has brought the bpv back again. {It is also occasionally called "top shelf vertigo" because so many people get it for the first time when they tilt their head back to look for something on a shelf above them.} Anyway, this isn’t horribly bad and perhaps will have worn off by 7 pm when I am supposed to be driving to the library for the book club meeting. If it hasn’t, I won’t go. I don’t mind driving in the dark now I have my "new" eyes, but I am not driving in the dark if I feel dizzy…
I am reading Wideacre by Phillippa Gregory. The heroine is a person who has changed so much during the course of the events in this book that I am not sure I actually believe in her. Well, of course, she is not a real person but Phillipa Gregory usually writes so well that one can believe in her characters because everything they do seems so logical. So, let’s see– our heroine Beatrice Lacey has so far had two children by her brother, 
given the girl to her brother’s wife to bring up as hers, tried to persuade her own doctor husband that the boy is his, killed her own mother with an overdose of laudanam, and now is in the process of fencing off the land traditionally used by the peasants so she can grow more wheat and make a lot of money. Oh, I forgot to mention that she had her husband declared mentally incompetent so she could get her hands on his money! I think I have reached the official "I can’t believe this" point! 
I am also rereading Gone with the Wind yet again, a book with a totally believable heroine!
Yesterday I walked on the treadmill for 15 minutes in the morning and in the afternoon. In fact, up to today, I have done at least 15 minutes of walking every day. Today I have done none. I left the house early to go to the ophthalmologist and have been dealing with the bpv since I got home. As well as vertigo, I have an upset stomach and the need to drink lots and lots of water…
QUOTATIONS:
"There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way."
Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957)
I’m glad that you had a good report at the ophthamologist appointment today! That’s great! I agree that the heroine does seem quite unbelievable. It’s hard to immerse yourself in characters that give you the heebie jeebies! LOL Yay with walking on the treadmill, but boo on still having the vertigo and upset stomach. I hope you feel better soon! (((Hugs)))
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Funny enough, she sounds very very VERY vaguely like Scarlet O’Hara in spirit! A do-all to be on top personality, no? Although all those actions are a bit less believeable than Scarlets : ) *HUGS*
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That’s a pretty fantastical character alright…. and not in a good way either! :o) !! Come to think of it, I HAVE experienced vertigo, when I’ve put my head way back so I can look straight up! I’m glad your eyes are the same as they were at your last check up! hugs, Weesprite
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That’s good about the eye doctor. Rotten tho’ about the vertigo. I had an impossible time reading about Beatrice Lacey myself, I kept wanting to throw the book at the wall.
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My mother used to have that type of vertigo – she couldn’t scan the shelves in the supermarket without feeling ill. At least you know you have a book you can depend on… each and every time.
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Stick with the book! Two more chapters in the alien spaceship arrives and takes her to Atlantis!
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I can believe that there are people like Beatrice Lacey, but I would think of her as an anti-heroine. Thanks for the tip. I won’t be reading that book.
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Hope you feel better soon.
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