Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Nearly in the home stretch...


 


Have any of you ever tried harder than you would like to hold a bodily noise from coming out of you?

 
Not the flatulence type, who has control over that?

 
Hiccups, sneezes, and coughs may all come under the category that I am referring to... not as easy as some may think, hmm?
 
Laughing and crying are emotions and I am more than sure at one time or another you have not had total control over stopping  that either?

 
You see, what has come to pass is that the determining factor for my impending eye surgery to take place, is whether or not I can stop myself from coughing for more than a half of an hour. Easy to do for anyone without said cough, but with one it becomes more of a challenge, you can bet your sweet tushy on that one!

 
Timing one's self puts the pressure on, ever notice that?
I guess not if you have not done that particular thing, but if you had, it would be, I would think, nearly the same with anything you were trying to prevent from coming out of you, naturally... vomit comes to mind, sadly, vomit comes to my mind...

 
Any-who, simplicity is nice in life and most would think that going for cataract eye surgery is a walk in the park...
 
And for most it is.
 
But I have never ever done anything easy, statistically, a given, for me, that is.


So this bacterial infection that my doctor told me to continue with the Mucinex indefinitely taking since the Cipro was done Monday, and it has been approved with two of my many prescriptions prior to surgery, my blood pressure, my thyroid and now this OTC one, with a small sip of water to wash all four pills down only! Two of the three are the Mucinex, got it?



Nothing to eat or drink after midnight, but you all know the routine, and yep, I will be under anesthesia for this simplistic surgery that millions go through daily and that I have been through for lefty a little over four years ago.


No difficulties then.


No boatload of meds then either or infections or concern if I will actually be seeing you or not…


My coughing appears to not be as bad as when I lie down then it is a bit worse, and that is what worries me, although I don’t think I should be lying down for this type of surgery!

But when the pre-op nurse who finished my forms with me called back, Corinne, she spoke with the anesthesiologist asking if I could take the Mucinex and also about the cough, and of course that a fever is a no go too…


I have been dropping those golden drops, (more than $150, bargain priced ala insurance only $70 for just a teensy weensy amount) into my eye, i.e. righty, for these last three days as I was told to do…hate for it to be for nothing, ya know?



Did I mention that Hubby made an unbelievable dinner for me tonight, and that he euphemistically has called it,  my “Last Supper”? HOPE NOT! Yes, he bought from the fish monger at our grocery, two lobster tails and from their produce asparagus and small potatoes to round out the meal. We eat early, so all is done and gone, saying that it is was amazingly wonderful would be quite the understatement.



I have hinted through out this dissertation when this surgery will occur and that is as far as I will go… but wishing some one luck who is frightened, although, I have been through many a surgery over the years with anesthesia.

Perhaps, it is what I have on the line this time, sight or no sight…for an eye that was said to be not worth the effort by my previous neurologist…



On that note, I am going for hope and we will see what we will see!

Truer words never said before by this gal…



So allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a happy good night and ask all of you to count all your blessings and we will too!



And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!


 

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