Mindless Jumble of A Retired School Teacher
If my vision doesn't improve soon, I'm afraid I can't recommend this procedure to others. I can close my right eye and see distance fine;likewise, I can close my left eye and read fine. The problem arises with both eyes trying to see. My brain just hasn't adapted to this one eye thingy! I'm not very optimistic right now!
I love Texas, but 99 degrees in May is just too much! The last two days broke 100 year records by 5 degrees. Now we get used to HOT gradually and usually don't see temps this high until late July or early August. Hello!!!! This is May....a time when we should be able to play golf without a complete meltdown. I just want to be on a mountain somewhere!!!!.......................... Stepping down now from my soapbox!
Well, everything that broke last week is now fixed. The windshield has been replaced at a cost of my deductible, and the tooth has been crowned at a personal cost to me of $600.00. Dental insurance is the one thing I miss most about working!!! My friend, who is a dentist, told me I would never have to pay for any dental work again. Unfortunately, she lives in Dallas.....just too far away. I would never impose on her anyway, but it is good to know!!!
Tomorrow will be two weeks since my CK (Conductive Keratoplasty) procedure. I was a little concerned that my vision is still blurry. He showed me that I could see distance with my right eye covered and I could see close up with my left eye covered. The bluriness is because the brain has not yet adjusted to seeing distance with one eye and close up with another. Of course, I had to know if my brain was just slow......he assured me that it wasn't (whew!!!) It usually takes 6 weeks to two months for full brain adjustment. I just hope mine does. Sometimes it happens that the brain never does adjust. I hope that doesn't happen because it is quite annoying to have blurry vision all the time.
This one fell into the DAYS category and it isn't over,yet! The day started on the golf course where instead of being paired with beginners, like I should be, I was paired with two ladies who just came back from playing the State Seniors Golf Tournament WHERE ONE OF THEM WON A CONSOLATION PRIZE! Hello......Can we say INTIMATION!!! On hole #1 I could not hit the ball for anything and when I did, it hit every tree on the hole. I wasn't even half way to the Par 4 hole green and I already had 4 strokes. I politely told the ladies that I was going to slip off by myself and play the back nine. Well, I couldn't even do any better there where there was no one to intimidate me. I quit and went shopping.
Did my day improve there? Not one bit. Nothing looked right...nothing fit right! I have gained 5 pounds and I am not a happy camper. So....without buying anything (that's a good thing), I headed for the gym to work out. I drove around the block 3 times without turning into the parking lot. Finally, I decided just to take my butt home and stay there
Did my day improve there? Not one bit. I broke a tooth chewing on a Jelly Belly!!! Jelly Belly's are not HARD! My dentist's office is already closed and they do not open again until Monday. I guess that is God's way of telling me to STOP EATING JELLY BELLY'S!!OK...I got the message! AARGH!!!!
As I left church this morning, I was handed a Mother's Day gift. It was a beautiful pen and bookmark. I guess that all women are considered mothers. I am not a mother, but it was assumed that I was. That's OK with me. I don't mind at all, but I wonder if those women who wanted to be mothers, but for some reason were not granted that joy were offended or hurt by being handed the gift. It could have reminded them of the sorrows they felt for not being a mother.
I have a wonderful 80 year old mother whom I should have been with today. Last night I attended an engagement party here in my town, which is 4 hours away from where my mother lives. It was my intention to get up early this morning and drive the 4 hours to surprise my mom at church. That didn't happen for whatever lame reason! No reason is good enough for my shortcomings on this Mother's Day. I know that future Mother's Days with my mother are numbered and I should have gotten my butt out of bed and hit the road at 6 A.M.
Even though I am not a mother, there is always one very special person who calls to wish me a Happy Mother's Day. If I had a daughter , I would want her to be just like Denise!!!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well -preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!" I cannot take credit for this quote, but I like it a lot! I wish I had said it, but since I didn't I am going to borrow it and continue to live exactly this way.
To make this ride a little smoother, I hope, I took the plunge yesterday and had a CK (conductive kerotoplasty) on one eye. It's a relatively new procedure for aging eyes that will permit me to get rid of the glasses!!! Even yesterday after the procedure, I was reading things that I couldn't read without glasses just a few minutes before. There was no pain involved, but today has been quite uncomfortable at times. My vision is blurred, but will continue to improve over the next couple of weeks...I hope!! None of this stopped me from going to my golf lesson yesterday afternoon or playing 18 holes today before going to a meeting concerning a bridal shower for which I am a hostess. I had trouble seeing the golf ball today, but the ladies with whom I was playing were very accommodating. I shot a 114, which, for me, is not a bad score. I've done worse!!!
I have just returned from a whirlwind trip to visit my parents in North Louisiana. Today is my dad's 83rd birthday and on Wednesday of last week I took him for a heart cath. His shortness of breath is not from a blockage! Could it be nothing more than AGE! I think so, but it is hard for him to accept. Since he and Mom have been attacked by age-related infirmities, I have tried to keep their yard manicured and plant all the spring flowers. Mom loves her flowers and he loves his garden, so last week I did both! I have become quite the farmer and , yes, I can run a tiller! I work so hard while I am there that I can hardly move at night, but when I leave, the place is beautiful. Did I mention that we are talking acres here.....not a tiny little suburban yard? It takes me 3 hours to do all the mowing and that's on a riding lawn mower!!!
It didn't take me long to get back in MY world today....that would be losing golf balls on the golf course. Do golf balls have magnets in them that are attracted to water? I think mine do! Hitting a ball in the water automatically adds 3 strokes to the hole and that's only if I don't hit it in the water a second time!!! AARGH!
Tomorrow, I am very much looking forward to getting rid of my glasses by having Conductive Keratotomy on one eye. I fully expect to be on the golf course for my golf lesson at 4:30 after having the 3-5 minute procedure at 10:30 A.M. I may be expecting too much!!!
