Eye Doctor Again

This morning I had an 8:30 appointment at the ophthalmologists. And, of course, the night before was one where I couldn’t go to sleep until around 2:30 am. It was not easy to get up this morning. But, all is well. The pressure in my eyes has gone down from 18 to 12. I told the doctor that I had been very conscientious about using the drops morning and night. He said he was quite aware of this because if I hadn’t, there wouldn’t have been the drop in pressure. It is interesting how I can be a little careless about my other medications–occasionally missing a dose, but for my eyes I am almost fanatical! I have even got up after I have settled down in bed to put drops in my eyes at night.

Anyway, I see him again in four months. When he looked at the right eye, the good one, he said there were signs that the cells were growing on that implant, too, but there was no need to do anything for a while since it wasn’t affecting my vision. And, of course, having had it done once, I am not a bit worried about having it done again. It isn’t invasive or painful and it works!

Right now, I am waiting for the dilation of my eyes to go back to normal. Everything is fuzzy and the weak winter sunlight outside seemed very bright as I came home. it is actually snowing in the sunshine with big fat flakes drifting down. We are having company later today. I still have a little tidying up to do but it shouldn’t take long. I did a really good cleanup of the bathroom yesterday so just basic tidying is needed there.

Much to my surprise, our landlord actually emptied the trash barrels so there is now somewhere to put the recycled paper we have been storing in the house. Fred had two bags stuffed full as do I so I will get those out today. The trash cans had gotten so full that I put my last bag of non-recyclables on top of the can since it wouldn’t fit inside. Perhaps that is why he finally got them done. When he first bought the house, he said that eventually he was going to pay a trash pickup business to come by and pick it up, but he didn’t want to do that until he was living there so he could make sure they containers get out on the street on the right days and times. Well, he now lives upstairs and he is still taking the trash to the dump himself but not often enough. Apart from that, though, he is a good landlord. We find we have to remind him occasionally about things he said he would do–an example is putting in a hand-held shower head for me after the surgery, but he eventually does get it done. Well, everything except the trash!

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"Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything."

Michael Jordan

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