Eye surgery update, body

Walked four miles yesterday.

Slowly.

No exertion.

Couch potato pace.

Decided to water the palm trees, without exerting myself. Another four miles walking without leaving our yard.

This morning Cheryl and i walked four miles together. Same drill, slow pace.

Another four miles in the yard.

Back to back eight-mile days.

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Healthy mindset

NOAA hurricane Idalia tracking screen shot
NOAA hurricane Idalia tracking screen shot. Note the red circles. At 5am, with 130mph winds, landfall is an hour away.

Healthy living facilitates physical resiliency. Physical resiliency mitigates stress, and accelerates illness and injury recovery.

dad

Hurricane Idalia should have been our second hurricane we weren’t home for, since 1982. Hurricane Ian was the first, less than a year ago.

Emergency eye surgery August 17 (13 days ago) cancelled my August 19 return to Glacier.

So far we have not experienced any adverse weather. Heading out soon for the drive downtown.

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May i ask you?

Medical doctor appointment reminder card
Dr Kumar won’t be in the office next Friday (a week from today). Thursday is always his dedicated surgery day. Wednesday (five days from now) is the next best option. i do not want to wait more than a week for a progress update.

May i ask you if the breakthroughs in eye surgery where made by people playing it safe?

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Feels good physically

If you’ve ever been ‘legally’ blind in one eye for a week, you know how scary it can be to have no guarantee for full recovery.

That said, late yesterday and continuing through late today i’m able to perceive movement and some color.

This is huge because in the beginning only a week ago it was mostly dark with virtually no light perception.

Eye feels ‘heavy, watery, and puffy’ from the four pairs of eye drops every four waking hours. Every pair is a drop to fight infection and a drop to fight swelling. This is day four. Still ten more days of drops.

In summary, feels like we are heading in the right direction, quicker than i expected after four days.

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Not Back to Glacier, body

Man pushing wheel barrel in tropical yard
Photo: Two months ago was spending 10-12 hours working in the yard. Daily. For half a year straight. Now, the Doctor requested i become a couch potato for two weeks. No bending. No looking up. No lifting anything over 10 pounds.

Sitting passively, resting, feels like prison.

dad

In jeff-land, sitting for prolonged periods is a dangerous activity.

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