You’ll be happy to know that after starting antibiotics & steroids
my tooth has calmed down. But this is its last hurrah – that sucker is coming
out on Tuesday. If I’d known we were going to eventually pull it, I probably
wouldn’t have gotten that root canal in 2021.
Sunday, October 5th
I saw this Jeep on my way home from church and thought What Fresh Hell is this – you just never know what a giant flag might mean, but it’s often something awful. Turns out it’s about suicide prevention! Made my heart happy.
Monday, October 6th
I’m doing my best to help out the Girl Scout Economy. In fact, I’m so invested in it, I might have to order a couple of more boxes of these very delicious sea salt caramel dealios.
The only photo is this shot of the palmetto cheese sandwich I had for breakfast. It was delicious!
Wednesday, October 8th
Things I learned this week: I have a CD player in my car! It still skips when I hit a bump! Nostalgia! I should have the Christmas cantata memorized by next choir rehearsal. (Note: I will not have it memorized.)
I’ve been struggling with my glasses ever since I got new lenses in June. I’ve wondered if my eyes had changed since my previous eye exam (last October), or if they’d used the wrong prescription. This week I became convinced that they’d put the left prescription in the right lens & vice versa. They definitely work better upside down in some cases (in fact, I have them on upside down while writing this). Weird. I have an exam tomorrow so I’ll have the doc check it out.
Dr. M had his first eye exam in a while on Thursday (that’s him driving home post dilation). He posted this to the socials on Friday: PSA: if you’re 60+ years old and haven’t had a comprehensive eye exam in a while or maybe ever, get one and be sure they photograph your retinas. Yesterday I was diagnosed with Atrophic (dry) macular degeneration. I suspected they would find it in my eyes because Pop has it. That doesn’t mean I’m okay with the news! At present it’s a life sentence. The grid and Areds 2 vitamins are now a way of life for me as I self-monitor for changes. So is getting my eyeballs dilated and photographed every six months. AMD is real, but so is the effectiveness of these vitamins in mitigating long term damage from dry age-related macular degeneration.
Another busy day in Buglandia. First up was a Bridal Brunch with my cousin/best friend Kim’s daughter. The theme was Abigail’s Next Chapter (she’s a big reader) & it was very bookish so I loved it.
Dr. M’s diagnosis had a sobering effect on the week, despite the return of hockey (the Canes are 2-0 baby!). His dad was diagnosed at a later age, so that’s worrisome, but here is hoping that it progresses so very slowly that by the time he really needs it, there’s a cure. I don’t want to make light of things, but when I read that it’s mainly found in white men I figured that they were working Very Hard on things. Also, there’s the chance that society as we know it will entirely collapse. So we’ll see!
I really like the way the blanket came out. The border is good, and I like the white as the 'joining' color.
ReplyDeleteThat's so strange about your glasses, but it is entirely possible that the lenses got switched accidentally. I remember what it was like when I was wearing contact lenses and accidentally switchen them. After a while, eye strain would set in and I'd figure out what I'd done. I'm impressed that Dr. M could drive home post-dilation. Does he wait a while? I always factor in an extra hour or two for sitting around in the doc's office, until things clear up enough that I'm sure I won't kill myself on the way home. Of course, my eye doctor is in Houston, a full hour or so away via freeway, so I really do need all my faculties about me when making that trip!