Well, last Tuesday, December 23, I had cataract surgery. A rather strange experience.
When I went for the follow-up on Wednesday, I had better vision in my left eye without my glasses than I had with my glasses before surgery. Woo hoo!!!!
The surgery for my right eye is scheduled for Tuesday, January 6. The problem is that I still need glasses with my right eye but not with my left, need bifocals for both and if I wear my glasses, I get really nauseous.
However, I have felt really good and except for the restrictions (you cannot lift anything over 5 lbs and am not allowed to bend over to pick ANYTHING up -- until tomorrow when I go for my next follow up) I am feeling really grand.
So, next week, I am going to work on Monday and will be out Tuesday and Wednesday and back to work on Thursday. It seems to be very bizarre to not take any sick time for over a year and then have four days within a couple of weeks. Of course, it will look good on the "books" since it has been spread out over two years -- LOL!!
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I was going stir crazy because I couldn't knit or read. I can increase the size of the font on the computer and did manage to convince my younger sister to write out a pattern for a scarf that I am making Lindsey. She printed it out on an index card and after the fourth repeat I have it memorized. The pattern only goes over four rows, three of which are straight knitting. The pattern is from One Skein Wonders. The pattern row is a simple combination of YO and K2tog. It looks loverly!!
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Our holiday was grand and the weather was great for those who had to travel. My sister and her family drove up from Kentucky. My other sister and her husband drove to Florida to spend the holiday with his family. They have now all returned home and the weather held nicely so that none of them had to travel in horrendous weather. Actually, this past Saturday, we broke record high temperatures in Cleveland with a 66. We went to a huge swim meet on Saturday evening (12 teams -- it took hours). It was so incredibly warm and humid in the pool area that most of my pictures came out rather steamy!
Wishing all who read this the best for a safe and happy new year's eve and a blessed and joyous 2009!
3 comments:
I'm glad you are doing a bit better, but ot being able to read, knit, etc. must really suk! My dad had the same problem when he had his first cateract done, so he called to see if he could move the appointment up to have it done sooner.
Have a good second set of "sick-days!"
a very happy and 'insightful' new year to you!
So good to hear from you. I actually saw your post on WhoDuKnit earlier so i knew you were good, but it's still nice to see you blog.
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