This last week has been pure entertainment. You can;t tell it, but sarcasm is all over that statement. You see, I went in for the emergency retina surgery last Friday. Since then, literally head down 50 minutes every hour each day. Not to mention I can only sleep on my left side. This has something to do with the air bubble they inserted to help hold the torn part of the retina in place.
Now that the first week is over, the seond week puts me at 45 mintes each hour I am required to have my head down per hour. Next week I can go to 30 minutes per hour hour. After that I have to keep my head down for up to a total of around five hours per day.
ALl in all it is not much of a sacrifice to keep my vision. However, it is an eye opener. Pun Intended
I have noticed without my other eye, my vision is not as keen, depth perception is off, and I get off balance rather easily. Now, I imagine that would pass with time because many people adapt to missing an eye, but surely it takes lots of time to adapt.
Just typing this post is a little bit of a struggle as my vision is blurred and I have a blind spot on the keyboard were my hunt and peck typing is hindering progress. Thankfully I have coffee to fuel me on.
The one cool thing about having my head down for 50 minutes a day is that television and the computer are kind of off limits for most of the day. That has freed me up to become singularly focused in a way.
I have spent the better part of the week making contact with people I haven't spoken to in a bit. We talked about getting together after I am able to lift my head up and having breakfast or lunch to catch up more, fishing trips, old times, good times, bad times, kids, wives, and solved the world problems sometimes.
Yesterday was my first week follow-up and all was well. I plan to celebrate today by making more calls and sending more messages. Setting up more lunch dates, breakfasts and fishing trips is the plan.
Until then, I am trying to work on my pirate talk, not get a peg leg, and find me a parrot that can cuss well.
That's all for now. My 15 minutes was over sometime ago.
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