Glad you enjoyed it! Each Christmas we give the year's new snowflake to our Grands. When they grow up and leave home they will have the complete collection of their life, for their own first tree. :-)
Bill, I'm glad the con went so well! What's the status on getting your glasses fixed? Recognizing people is next to impossible for me, so I sympathize.
I called this morning at got through. I think calling in the morning is the secret. They have set me up an appointment for the 26th. I have a strong feeling they are going to want to do another refraction even though this prescription is only 2-1/2 years odl. Waste of everybody's time, IMHO.
Thanks! Mah*Sweetie and I are sitting here at the specialist's office waiting for them to have chance to fit me in. I'm to see the senior doc, so that's good. My left eye has been dilated twice today, so far. The doc and office people being their dogs to work! Ha!
I do have what is known as Posterior Vitreous Detachment, but there is no aneurysm involved. =Whew!=
What happened was the substance in the eye which is gel-like (called the Vitreous Humor) begins to turn more liquid as we age. When this happens, it shrinks a little and pulls away from the Retina lining. In my case, this action caused a little bleeding into the Vitreous Humor cavity, and I could see the shadow of the blood cells as "floaters" in my eye...like hundreds iof dots and swirls. It's kind of creepy looking. This will last a couple of weeks, during which time I am at increased risk for retina tears. So I have a recheck on March 5th, and meanwhile can't use a trampoline or pogo stick or play basketball (no jostling).
Never get old! Love & Gratitude, A Much Relieved listener & and her Sweetie Cheering Squad
In the immortal (purported) words of Molly Pitcher, "Well, that could have been worse." And I am also glad to hear it.
I suppose jousting is also out of the question... Play it for all it's worth!
We had a bit more rain last night; they got a couple feet of snow (on top of bare ground) in the mountains while we got rain down here. A beautiful day today, and I got off work early for a change. I mean to get to bed early; still awfully tired from working the weekend.
Forget fun. Since we know you pogo stick to work, I guess the books will just have to take care of themselves for a fortnight. *grin*
The name of the condition really does sound dreadful, but I continue to be greatly relieved that it isn't quite as alarming as it sounds and will resolve itself.
Y'know what's really weird? My eyes are still dilated from the exam! They were first dilated around noon today. Then again around 2:00pm as we left the eye doc's office because he hoped I could therefore be seen immediately at the specialist's. But we had to wait long enough there that they needed to dilate them again and they used a double dose. So the pupils of my eyes have been huge for about ten hours! (I'll have to pole vault in the dark now. LOL!)
That reminds me of a scene in the movie "Must Love Dogs." The heroine's sisters are giving her advice on dating and romance. One sister reads in a magazine that dilated pupils, are a turn-on to guys so she says, I kid you not, "Quick, dilate your pupils!" Needless to say, the heroine doesn't think much of this suggestion. but, ahem, if you notice your sweetie behaving in an unusually amorous manner, well, those dilated pupils do it every time. *grin*
Having engaged in some eventide relaxation and cleaned up some consulting work to the extent desired for today, I shall now spend an interlude with Lady Molly of Scotland Yard [Click], and thence to a peaceful night's repose.
Unevenly dilated pupils signify head injury. That's how I looked from about noon 'til 4pm yesterday when they gave me a double dose in both eyes. When the meds began to wear off, the one eye stayed more dilated than the other for a few hours. Not at all romantic!
Sitting in Shelburne upstairs from Howard's old office (still Judy's) waiting for my left eye to dilate. Stay tuned!
ReplyDeleteWhoa!
Delete"Complicated vitreous detachment with aneurysm at the disc."
Need to go to the retinal specialist.
Sounds complicated. Wish I could suggest my retinal specialist, but I think the trip to the doctor's office might be a bit extreme. :-)
DeleteI left a comment on Saturday's through under the impression it was yesterday's.
ReplyDeleteListener, thanks for the snowflake link on the last thread. Breathtaking!
ReplyDeleteI am very concerned about your eye news. Sending lots of healing vibes♥
Glad you enjoyed it! Each Christmas we give the year's new snowflake to our Grands. When they grow up and leave home they will have the complete collection of their life, for their own first tree. :-)
DeleteBill, I'm glad the con went so well! What's the status on getting your glasses fixed? Recognizing people is next to impossible for me, so I sympathize.
ReplyDeleteI called this morning at got through. I think calling in the morning is the secret. They have set me up an appointment for the 26th. I have a strong feeling they are going to want to do another refraction even though this prescription is only 2-1/2 years odl. Waste of everybody's time, IMHO.
DeleteThanks! Mah*Sweetie and I are sitting here at the specialist's office waiting for them to have chance to fit me in. I'm to see the senior doc, so that's good. My left eye has been dilated twice today, so far.
ReplyDeleteThe doc and office people being their dogs to work! Ha!
being = bring
DeleteCrisis Averted!!
ReplyDeleteOkay, here's the scoop:
I do have what is known as Posterior Vitreous Detachment, but there is no aneurysm involved. =Whew!=
What happened was the substance in the eye which is gel-like (called the Vitreous Humor) begins to turn more liquid as we age. When this happens, it shrinks a little and pulls away from the Retina lining. In my case, this action caused a little bleeding into the Vitreous Humor cavity, and I could see the shadow of the blood cells as "floaters" in my eye...like hundreds iof dots and swirls. It's kind of creepy looking. This will last a couple of weeks, during which time I am at increased risk for retina tears. So I have a recheck on March 5th, and meanwhile can't use a trampoline or pogo stick or play basketball (no jostling).
Never get old!
Love & Gratitude,
A Much Relieved listener & and her Sweetie Cheering Squad
To quote Woody Allen (didn't Cat say the same thing on the last thread?), "Getting old isn't so bad when you consider the alternative."
DeleteGlad to hear it's not as bad as first thought.
In the immortal (purported) words of Molly Pitcher, "Well, that could have been worse." And I am also glad to hear it.
DeleteI suppose jousting is also out of the question... Play it for all it's worth!
We had a bit more rain last night; they got a couple feet of snow (on top of bare ground) in the mountains while we got rain down here. A beautiful day today, and I got off work early for a change. I mean to get to bed early; still awfully tired from working the weekend.
--Alan
Yes, Alan, sadly no jousting, no figure skating spins, no pole vaulting either.
DeleteWhat ever will I do for fun?!
Forget fun. Since we know you pogo stick to work, I guess the books will just have to take care of themselves for a fortnight. *grin*
DeleteThe name of the condition really does sound dreadful, but I continue to be greatly relieved that it isn't quite as alarming as it sounds and will resolve itself.
:-D Thanks, Bill!
ReplyDeleteHoping all goes well for your appointment, too!
Y'know what's really weird? My eyes are still dilated from the exam! They were first dilated around noon today. Then again around 2:00pm as we left the eye doc's office because he hoped I could therefore be seen immediately at the specialist's. But we had to wait long enough there that they needed to dilate them again and they used a double dose. So the pupils of my eyes have been huge for about ten hours! (I'll have to pole vault in the dark now. LOL!)
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of a scene in the movie "Must Love Dogs." The heroine's sisters are giving her advice on dating and romance. One sister reads in a magazine that dilated pupils, are a turn-on to guys so she says, I kid you not, "Quick, dilate your pupils!" Needless to say, the heroine doesn't think much of this suggestion. but, ahem, if you notice your sweetie behaving in an unusually amorous manner, well, those dilated pupils do it every time. *grin*
DeleteI thought dilated pupils were symptomatic of a concussion; maybe there is some overlap there with being lovestruck?
Delete--Alan
Having engaged in some eventide relaxation and cleaned up some consulting work to the extent desired for today, I shall now spend an interlude with Lady Molly of Scotland Yard [Click], and thence to a peaceful night's repose.
ReplyDelete-Alan
Unevenly dilated pupils signify head injury. That's how I looked from about noon 'til 4pm yesterday when they gave me a double dose in both eyes. When the meds began to wear off, the one eye stayed more dilated than the other for a few hours. Not at all romantic!
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