Twice !
LOL
I haven't had glasses in over 10 years. Just something I never really wanted to spend the money on or do for some reason. Well... They broke. They broke really good. I have the kind that doesn't have wire on the bottom of the frame but a kind of plastic that keeps the lenses in the whole frame like fishing line. I patched them with glue and called the ophthalmologist.
I got lucky and the ophthalmologist had a cancellation the next day. I went but hubby waited in the truck for 2.5 hrs. since I didn't know if I could drive after dilating my eyes. Poor Hubby! Well it took a while. They just couldn't get my eyes to behave well enough to get a prescription. Turns out he said I have dry eyes. I asked how that was when I always felt like they were moist and things I looked at looked like I was looking through a rain drop sometimes? I told him I drink water, I haven't had any antihistamines or anything to. He said anyone after 40 stops making as much tears as they use to. It just so happens I have large tear ducts he said so the fluid I do make evaporates too quick and my eyes dry out.
So what do you do about dry eyes?? You plug them of course! No joke he has tiny little plastic silicone like plugs that will fit into tear ducts to make them smaller and keep your eyes from drying out so much. Naturally he had to fit me with the largest "plugs' for my tear ducts. I told him there ain't anything on me small. The doctor says open your mouth and say aahhh.... and he can see all the way down to my belly button !
I am supposed to go back next week and use dry eyes drops until then so he can give me the proper prescription for my eyes.
You can rub the pugs out if your eyes itch too much. It isn't a surgical thing. He did numb the eyes some but he just looked into my eyes with some machine with a light and made things bigger and literally dropped them in with some tweezers.By the time I got home I could feel them just a tiny bit kind of like a little tiny bit of dust in the eyes but no big deal.
I told hubby about it when I got out in the truck and he said "WHAT ????" I explained and answered a couple of questions and it was like hmmm didn't know they could that!
Daughter texted me about appointment and I tried to explain the best you can in a text. She said what a couple of times and I finally called. Still had to explain a few times and pretty much all she could say was..... leave it to you ! LOL
Well next week we will see what happens.
He didn't find anything medically wrong with my eyes. Everything looked good. I just have dry eyes. Not only is it common for people after 40 yo but also a person with hypothyroidism is also prone to this ailment and I do have a thyroid issue.
Well one more medical adventure! At least it was a simple one. The only thing was I could smell latex on his hands and antiseptic. He said he was in surgery that morning. I was there at 1:30 so I guess the blood hound in me was doing overtime.
Love
Ranchmama
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
The Things You Learn !
It has now been 1 year and almost 1 month since my cancer surgery. I keep finding out all kinds of things!
My daughter told me yesterday that I didn't just have one fast response with my heart. My BP kept bottoming out 3 or 4 times (trying to kick the bucket I guess) after that for some reason. They just couldn't keep it where it belonged.
Then she also tells me they thought I had some mental deficit from the 5 hour surgery because I kept saying I was seeing angels! They asked her if that was normal for me she told them yes if nothing else so they wouldn't put me in the funny farm. I told her no that was before the surgery I saw angels around the operating table. She said no .... you were saying you saw angels like in the corner of the room ! I told her I have no memory of seeing or talking to angels in the room! She said they had you on so much heavy duty drugs I wouldn't have been surprised if you said you saw fish hanging from the ceiling ! Well I just counted it up and I was in there 12 days. Only 1 or 2 of them were without heavy sedation maybe or at least there was only a couple of days I am aware of anything afterwards.
Now a doctor thinks some of the things I see, know or talk about are loony toons. A religious person would say God was watching over me protecting me. I may not remember diddly but considering I was shown the Angels around the operating table before the surgery and drugs I will choose the idea of God sending Angels to look over me and I probably was seeing them in the room. It just makes sense to me.
I wonder what we chatted about if we did ??
Love
Ranchmama
(it's nice to know I'm being watched over when needed)
My daughter told me yesterday that I didn't just have one fast response with my heart. My BP kept bottoming out 3 or 4 times (trying to kick the bucket I guess) after that for some reason. They just couldn't keep it where it belonged.
Then she also tells me they thought I had some mental deficit from the 5 hour surgery because I kept saying I was seeing angels! They asked her if that was normal for me she told them yes if nothing else so they wouldn't put me in the funny farm. I told her no that was before the surgery I saw angels around the operating table. She said no .... you were saying you saw angels like in the corner of the room ! I told her I have no memory of seeing or talking to angels in the room! She said they had you on so much heavy duty drugs I wouldn't have been surprised if you said you saw fish hanging from the ceiling ! Well I just counted it up and I was in there 12 days. Only 1 or 2 of them were without heavy sedation maybe or at least there was only a couple of days I am aware of anything afterwards.
Now a doctor thinks some of the things I see, know or talk about are loony toons. A religious person would say God was watching over me protecting me. I may not remember diddly but considering I was shown the Angels around the operating table before the surgery and drugs I will choose the idea of God sending Angels to look over me and I probably was seeing them in the room. It just makes sense to me.
I wonder what we chatted about if we did ??
Love
Ranchmama
(it's nice to know I'm being watched over when needed)
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Cancer Doctor
Thursday Jan 10th I went to the Cancer Dr. in OKC for my 1 year check up. Actually it has been 1 year 14 days since the surgery. I showed her my latest blood test results and she said everything is great and wonderful!
I was talking to the doctor and said just think a year ago my husband didn't think I was going to get to go home. The Dr. said ..... "yes after what I did to you you were not getting around to good." I told her yes and all those good drugs didn't help on that matter. She said she was sure glad I was moving around. ( I keep imagining taking out the insides putting everything on a table or just moving everything over to be able root around and find all the cancer. ) She said last year that there were times she didn't think she would be able to get to a area then it would just open up so she could.
Now think about that..... the Dr. said "after what she did to me!" Doesn't sound like she was very confident of my recovery either.
Now I try not to make a big deal out of stuff usually. All this last year everyone including husband and several relatives that was waiting during the surgery told me it wasn't a good thing at all. I can't imagine what they were thinking when the operation took 3 hours longer than what was expected. Some of them even told me the nurses were really worried and taking extra good care of me. Hubby has told me several times during the year I was lucky to be alive! I don't remember much afterwards. I know that my daughter came to see me I think the next day and had to step out in the hall and tell the nurses I was coding. I just remember a bunch of people coming in at one time and that's it. I asked what the heck happened after that and she said basically they just loaded me up with ativan. No wonder I don't remember anything ! LOL Everything after that was a blurr until about Jan 8th when I got to go home. They kept trying to put me in some kind of nursing facility thinking I wouldn't be able to cope at home. I don't know why all I know is hubby called and told me I HAVE TO GET UP AND WALK AROUND if I want to go home ! Believe me..... it wasn't a easy task at all after getting gutted with a 12'' incision and being drugged for days and days. They tried helping me walking around down the hall but it must have been like getting a drunk to walk a straight line. I didn't impress them at all. LOL
I don't know what normal recovery is like after a surgery like that. No clue, but evidently I was way far away from normal. They say ignorance is bliss and I guess I am proof in this case. I had no clue how bad off I was. All I know is I had to get through it. That's it. You do what you have to do at that moment. I do know I made up for lost time when I did get home. The nurse said I healed up at least 2 weeks quicker than her other patients with that incision and she had some that didn't heal completely for 2 yrs! She was in tears when she saw how well I healed. I told her God, Hubby waiting on me hand and foot, eating 60 grams? of protein a day lots of good vitamins and laying in this recliner as much as possible!
Now we know why God sent me a protection detail of Angels surrounding the operating table. It was a rough operation. Why all my ancestors were there I don't know but I guess they just needed to be there.
Speaking of God. I felt a hand on my right shoulder all the way to the doctors appointment Thursday and for a hour afterwards. I told him while your there why don't you fix that messed up shoulder. LOL
I asked the Dr. if other people encounter talking to dead people after a operation like that. I told her I have had people put in my path with loved ones that have died and I can connect with them and give them messages " ? ". I get tears and hugs and thank you's afterwards. I never know when it's going to happen. She said no but your special. LOL now that can be taken a couple of different ways but lets just take it I'm not completely goofy ! LOL
So 2019 is starting out much better than 2018 did! This year not only am I on the right side of the grass the weather is so much better! Last year hubby was having to take care of the ranch in below 0* temps all by himself and worry about me. This year it's just a wet muddy mess but I can help when needed. I spent the first 6 months recovering completely. Last year was just sooooo hard...... With my surgery, hubby had health issues... he had anxiety so bad it looked like Parkinson's with all that shaking going on when stressed even a little. Then we also decided to try and retire. To actually sell the ranch we have been doing for many years. Lots of emotional stress and physical stress. But like I said this year is starting out better. I am doing good. Hubby is doing soooo much better. We had made the decision to retire and now we can accept that easier. It's just a matter of time now and paperwork.
Love
Ranchmama
(Glad God thinks it's worth keeping me around )
I was talking to the doctor and said just think a year ago my husband didn't think I was going to get to go home. The Dr. said ..... "yes after what I did to you you were not getting around to good." I told her yes and all those good drugs didn't help on that matter. She said she was sure glad I was moving around. ( I keep imagining taking out the insides putting everything on a table or just moving everything over to be able root around and find all the cancer. ) She said last year that there were times she didn't think she would be able to get to a area then it would just open up so she could.
Now think about that..... the Dr. said "after what she did to me!" Doesn't sound like she was very confident of my recovery either.
Now I try not to make a big deal out of stuff usually. All this last year everyone including husband and several relatives that was waiting during the surgery told me it wasn't a good thing at all. I can't imagine what they were thinking when the operation took 3 hours longer than what was expected. Some of them even told me the nurses were really worried and taking extra good care of me. Hubby has told me several times during the year I was lucky to be alive! I don't remember much afterwards. I know that my daughter came to see me I think the next day and had to step out in the hall and tell the nurses I was coding. I just remember a bunch of people coming in at one time and that's it. I asked what the heck happened after that and she said basically they just loaded me up with ativan. No wonder I don't remember anything ! LOL Everything after that was a blurr until about Jan 8th when I got to go home. They kept trying to put me in some kind of nursing facility thinking I wouldn't be able to cope at home. I don't know why all I know is hubby called and told me I HAVE TO GET UP AND WALK AROUND if I want to go home ! Believe me..... it wasn't a easy task at all after getting gutted with a 12'' incision and being drugged for days and days. They tried helping me walking around down the hall but it must have been like getting a drunk to walk a straight line. I didn't impress them at all. LOL
I don't know what normal recovery is like after a surgery like that. No clue, but evidently I was way far away from normal. They say ignorance is bliss and I guess I am proof in this case. I had no clue how bad off I was. All I know is I had to get through it. That's it. You do what you have to do at that moment. I do know I made up for lost time when I did get home. The nurse said I healed up at least 2 weeks quicker than her other patients with that incision and she had some that didn't heal completely for 2 yrs! She was in tears when she saw how well I healed. I told her God, Hubby waiting on me hand and foot, eating 60 grams? of protein a day lots of good vitamins and laying in this recliner as much as possible!
Now we know why God sent me a protection detail of Angels surrounding the operating table. It was a rough operation. Why all my ancestors were there I don't know but I guess they just needed to be there.
Speaking of God. I felt a hand on my right shoulder all the way to the doctors appointment Thursday and for a hour afterwards. I told him while your there why don't you fix that messed up shoulder. LOL
I asked the Dr. if other people encounter talking to dead people after a operation like that. I told her I have had people put in my path with loved ones that have died and I can connect with them and give them messages " ? ". I get tears and hugs and thank you's afterwards. I never know when it's going to happen. She said no but your special. LOL now that can be taken a couple of different ways but lets just take it I'm not completely goofy ! LOL
So 2019 is starting out much better than 2018 did! This year not only am I on the right side of the grass the weather is so much better! Last year hubby was having to take care of the ranch in below 0* temps all by himself and worry about me. This year it's just a wet muddy mess but I can help when needed. I spent the first 6 months recovering completely. Last year was just sooooo hard...... With my surgery, hubby had health issues... he had anxiety so bad it looked like Parkinson's with all that shaking going on when stressed even a little. Then we also decided to try and retire. To actually sell the ranch we have been doing for many years. Lots of emotional stress and physical stress. But like I said this year is starting out better. I am doing good. Hubby is doing soooo much better. We had made the decision to retire and now we can accept that easier. It's just a matter of time now and paperwork.
Love
Ranchmama
(Glad God thinks it's worth keeping me around )
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