It's been 3 weeks since I've written in my blog. Please forgive me dear readers as it's been a weird three weeks. If you are brave read on...if not...skip to the end where I say "We're all in this together."
About a month ago I had the headache from h*ll. I wrote about that last time. The headache is gone and it's replaced with double vision. What we don't know is why I have double vision. I do not recommend double vision.
Remember we had planned a cruise to Hawaii? Needless to say, the cruise was canceled. I had more tests. The tests were inconclusive. I was put in the hospital and I had more tests (this is why I call this edition the testing edition). I've been "tested" in so many ways!
As of now, I had 5 CT scans, with and without dye, 2 MRIs with and without dye, and 1 lumbar puncture (which used to be called a spinal tap in the old days). I am waiting for the tests to be completed and interpreted. Thank goodness for insurance! What we do know is significant. I did not have a stroke. That is great news. However, what I have is unknown as I write. I do have double vision.
Double vision is correctable with glasses and I'm ready for that to happen. I hope the reason for double vision is correctable too. I have an appointment with an ophthalmologist in early February to find out more. Slowly I'm getting depth perception and that's a good thing.For now I'm relying on my wonderful friends and neighbors in Geezerville to take me to the doctors, to the store and everything else. My family is helping too...my niece came down for a week and I wished it was longer. I'm blessed and lucky to live in such a wonderful place. In the meantime, I'm wearing an eye patch and I look like a pirate.
As you might know, I like to write about upbeat things and this is certainly as "un-upbeat" as it gets. That's why I've not written. I'm learning how to navigate my house with and without the walker. I'm finding that the walls are not jumping in front of me as they did at first. It takes awhile to adjust to seeing with only one eye. I'm trying to wean myself away from the walker but it's a great security blanket, for lack of a better phrase. The walker gives me extra support as I get wobbly once in a while. Gees...I'm sounding like an ancient person with all my maladies. I do know that I went from "abled" to disabled in a nanosecond. Things change quickly.
Think of that the next time you take out your best clothes and you say "I'll save them for later." DON'T DO THAT. Dress up now. When you think I'll wait to go to the lake or the mountains or see the kids...don't do that...do it now...things change quickly, I know. I just had it happen. Enjoy stuff NOW as now is where we are. Enjoy what you have. I'm enjoying my life and I have at least one more cruise to go on...and I'm gonna do my best to go on it. You need to do that too. Remember, we're all in this together.
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