AS I WAIT FOR CATARACT SURGERY, I have my concerns about what I will experience. Prayerfully all will go well. This surgery has been a long time in the making. I started seeing halos around lights years ago. Maybe 10. Gradually the cataracts have gotten bad enough to have surgery one eye at a time.
I went to a Ophthalmologist two years ago. She told me my eyes were not bad enough for surgery according to medicare. I left a bit disappointed with the verdict. Struggled two more years with blurry vision, halos about lights and challenged to focus reading labels in the grocery stores with the items on the shelves. Trying to read the SONIC DRIVE-IN menus was next to impossible. Driving at night was dangerous.
Went in for regular eye exam last year and he referred me to a different Ophthalmologist which said he'd do the surgery in 2024. Scheduling worked something out and I've been waiting. Now as the day approaches I'm preparing the house for when I have two surgeries two weeks apart. Then I will not or should not be bending over or picking up heavy objects while recovering. I will be next to helpless when it comes to working about the house. This will be challenging AGAIN. There will be two surgeries so I will be out of commission about a month or so when the time comes.
I pray for successful surgeries. The other day, I was thinking about procedures I have had. I really never thought I would have so many. I prided myself in the fact that I hadn't had very many in my youth. As I have aged, they have increased. Just thinking about being healthy doesn't make it so. It isn't mind over matter at all.
I seem to go around the house not wearing my glasses and when we go out for a meal the glasses come off and I place them on the table.
My Mom, Dad, and older brother all had cataract surgery. I wish this was behind me.
I woke around 5:00 Thursday morning and took a nap mid afternoon. Monday and Tuesday were both action packed days. I'm needing a rest to catch up with two days in a row that were so busy. Laundry is going. I fixed avocado toast for breakfast and chicken salad sandwiches for lunch. Supper was PIZZA.
This go round I chopped up a couple of hard boiled eggs with the avocado to make avocado and egg toast. It turned out super good.
Started out by toasting two pieces of Killer's Dave bread in our small oven. While it was toasting, I scooped out the avocado into a bowl and mashed it then added about a half of a cup cottage cheese to it. Squeezed a small amount of lemon juice into the mixture. Peeled and chopped the 2 boiled eggs adding to the mixture. Stirred well adding about 1/4 cup peach salsa. Stirred some more. When the mixture was ready I topped the toast with the mixture. Served.
It made for a delicious Avocado Toast with Egg.
Hubby cleaned on the back yard. A large pile of trash is out by the street as the Sanitation workers come in the morning. I probably should have worked on the flowerbeds as pretty as it was. Weather in the high 60s. This may be our SPRING weather before it turns out so HOT. The weather is unpredictable.
26 days until SPRING!!! I will be walking a mile each day come SPRING. More salads. I have patiently waited for the SPRING. This WINTER hit me hard, but I stayed busy going through boxes and doing my best getting settled into our tiny COTTAGE.
I think I'm back to letting go of stuff instead of holding onto it. That struggle of keeping stuff seems to keep creeping back. Like being addicted to chocolate. I'm having trouble giving it up. Take a deep breath and let go. It will feel so much better being FREE from this stuff than hanging onto it wondering where and how I will house it.
The Dining room will be up and going in a few days before SPRING. My goal is to work on a different room each month and make huge headway. Moving into the Cottage getting settled to where we have a roof over our heads and getting the Kitchen situated has taken almost 4 months. Unreal. Being realistic about the amount of time it's taking has taken me by surprise. It's ongoing. I have seen a side of me that needs dealt with concerning having my act together. Being carefree I am not.
The week-end will be here before I know it. I just need to sit a bit beforehand. I think we'll take a long car ride today and admire the beautiful weather for the month of February. When I was dating my Hubby 50 years ago, we had the most beautiful month of February where we rode ten speed bikes thinking we were so sporty.
We were riding side by side and got distracted colliding. Down we went in the street. The fall tore the knee out of my bluejeans and hurt my knee. My sister lived near by so we hobbled over to her place to get patched up.
I was young once. In love. Wanting a future with my Hunny. Here we are 50 years later. I don't think I will be riding a ten speed bike anytime soon. Hubby still has the bike. I sold mine moons ago. Forget about it and go on. Today just walking has it's place. I still fall. It hurts just as bad.
