Today a group of friends came over to play some games. We played Cards Against Humanity (twice!) and Settlers of Catan. It was the first time I played either one of those games. I enjoyed myself, though I won neither game. Good company, good games, good times. It was a healing experience. Once again, I thank all…
I just came back from my primary care physician. He prescribed tramadol. I took some 30 minutes ago; no pain reduction yet, but I'm still hoping. I've also lost 30 pounds in the past two months. I don't know if this is stress, the result of taking two diuretics (one for high blood pressure, one for intraocular…
Two codeine tablets and I'm still in pain. I want this to be over. I hope the doctor is right.
I visit my eye doctor today and tell him, "I'm having pain my eye, the worst I've had so far." His response: "No, you're not!" *Sigh* OK, I think I know what happened. What he heard was that I had an infection in my left eye. He's tested for that, and I don't have one. That doesn't…
Something nice happened to me today: called, to ask for some computer advice. Medical issues have dominated my life the past week, and will probably continue to do so for at least the next week. Lately I've been doing little but sitting at home and watching TV. That one call was a ray of light in an…
The surgery is complete. I'll know more tomorrow when I see the doctor and he removes the eye bandage. In the meantime, I have to keep my head down, face towards the floor, constantly. This is hard. It reminds me of one of the punishments in Dante's Inferno. I may have to keep doing this for 2-7…