Finally - The Wait Is Over
Monday morning after waiting three months, I will have the cataract in my left eye removed. It has been a long wait fraught with second guessing and second opinions. I was told that the first eye is probably not going to get much better which depresses me. I don't have a single pair of reading glasses that works for that eye. Nevertheless the second eye has to be done. It is my hope that by the time I go for my hip replacement the doc will have set me up with some type of reading glasses. They don't like to prescribe them until at least six weeks post surgery but I don't have the luxury of time on my side. I need to be able to see when I'm in hospital.
Meanwhile, some pictures in my garden that make me smile. The Japanese Maple survived the winter brilliantly...
I'm not too crazy about bleeding hearts but I have one anyway...
This is only a small patch of raspberries...there are a few more scattered around the garden. It will be a bumper crop. These bushes yield twice a year, once in July and again in September. Of course I'm never here for the September crop but the woman that takes care of our garden sure loves them...
We were not planning on doing a vegetable garden this year. We had originally planned on going to Greece in July and leaving the garden dormant for a year. Things change, best laid plans and all that, with the hip replacement in May I will not be traveling to Greece before September. So, there will be a garden...
Our friend Pasquale, contributed the tomatoes. The seeds for everything will go in before the end of the month...
And last but not least, I have been doing some knitting. I have 5 projects on the go right now. Two pairs of socks, one blanket and two sweaters but when I got the pattern for this wonderful shrug I simply put everything else away and started knitting. After today though I suspect all projects will be on hold for a while. That will probably include blogging and even reading which really sucks... As my friend in Germany said to me, "what's the alternative".
Labels: cataract surgery, Garden
posted by Rositta @ Sunday, May 02, 2010
4 Comments:
wishing you all the best with the eye and the hip honey. and that yarn is lovely! could you get some drugstore reading glasses and take out one lens? just a thought.
smiles, bee
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Good idea Ms. Bee but it doesn't work. I now own drugstore glasses size 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50 and 3.25. Those are the available strengths and yet not one of them gives me clear reading in the right eye. That's why I'm so betwixt. My husband says I have more glasses than anyone else, he could be right.
Good luck with that eye tomorrow. I hope it's better than you expect.
Love the shrug!
Hi Rositta, just want to wish u all the very best for your ops. I hope something more can be done to help improve your vision...? I will be prayin 4 ya. xxxooo
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