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Mighty Fine Week

Posted on March 9, 2018
bird on a picnic table
OK birds. You know the rules: Pigeons on top, Ducks on the bottom

 

It’s been a couple of weeks since my “blood pressure event” and I am certainly feeling better. I’m stronger, my stamina is coming back, I can walk, I can talk. even my brain seems to be making a return to its former confused and extremely short attention span  self.

I’m going to put the last few days down as a Mighty Fine week!

Well, you think to yourself, “if he’s that high on his week there must have some news.” And right you are. Early in the week I visited my GP for us to go over my hospital visit. He listened, he nodded, he smiled, he frowned ( mostly smiled), He adjusted my blood pressure meds a bit. I was telling him I snore at night,  am always tired, have no energy, wake up a lot at night and that Mare had caught me not breathing for a bit, than waking myself as I reacted to my severe lack of oxygen. No smile now, Now we get action. As he grabs his notepad he tells me I’m going to a sleep-over with a cute nurse or two because it sounds like I have Sleep Apnea which means I probably need a CPAP machine. With that device I will not snore, I will sleep all night and awake well rested with lots of energy. Sounds like a great outcome right?

That was Tuesday. Thursday I had an appointment with our optometrist. It’s been a couple of years since I got new glasses so it’s probably time. We go through all the tests and I’m confused: As he completes my exam he talks about new luxury cars.

Oh, sorry, I am confused. He didn’t say Cadillac. He said cataracts.

Easy fix though he says. They just snip a little slot in your eyes (excuse me while I freak) and in about 15 minutes ( the time it takes to climb in my eye, smash my lens and pull it out with their Hoover vacuum cleaner and then put in a new lens, all while I’m fully conscious and awake) I put on my sunglasses and say good bye.

And the bonus is that after the operation I may not need glasses.

 

Pidgeons feeding on lawn
Who let the Birds out?

 

 

Wow! I’m a very lucky guy. In just one short week I find out I’m going to feel better, may have my energy level restored to that of an 18-year-old and won’t be bothered by my glasses every time I go to see something.

And the icing on the cake is: Marilyn bought me an early birthday present. I am the proud owner of a really fun 360 camera. More on the camera later. First, I have a lot to learn.

a panoroma of trees with snow

“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you”

You sure are a good reader! You deserve a STAR.

8 thoughts on “Mighty Fine Week”

  1. Sheila Webster says:
    March 9, 2018 at 2:10 pm

    Isn’t this getting old thing fun??? Good for you to see the ‘funny??’ side of things!

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    1. Larry says:
      March 9, 2018 at 2:22 pm

      Sheila, we have an older and wiser friend who insists that the only thing golden about our “golden years” is our pee. She’s probably right.

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  2. Bonnie says:
    March 9, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    Glad to see your sense of humor is still shining through all of this!

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    1. Larry says:
      March 9, 2018 at 2:27 pm

      Bonnie, we go with what we’ve got. Right.

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  3. Terry says:
    March 9, 2018 at 2:31 pm

    As always Larry, very amusing and entertaining! I have to have the sleep apnea test done in May when we get back from the sunny south. Jeez, there was frost on the truck this morning!

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    1. Larry says:
      March 9, 2018 at 2:48 pm

      Maybe you need to go further south Terry.

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  4. George Yates says:
    March 10, 2018 at 7:42 am

    Hey there glad you are getting all tuned up and brand new again.Keep up the good work.

    Reply
    1. Larry says:
      March 10, 2018 at 9:07 am

      Thanks George

      Reply

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