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Surgery Week #2
May. 25th, 2014 11:19 pmKimberly had her second cataract surgery this last Wednesday. Unfortunately, it was somewhat more trying than the first, in large part because the Oakland hospital refused to use the same anesthetic as had been used over in Walnut Creek the week before. The result left her anxious and tense during the surgery and achey, headachy, and nauseous ever since.
She also found out that there's a sad difference between the hospitals in Walnut Creek and Oakland, where she had her two surgeries. The first totally pampered her, while the second was abrupt, rude, and/or stingy. It's a pretty said commentary on how we treat people in different economic circumstances (as exemplified by the different economics and demographics of the two cities).
Anywho, the actual results of the operation seem good. She had the second eye corrected slightly differently to improve her close-up vision, and despite the eyes being different, it all seems good. The biggest problem from here on is (hopefully) that it'll take her eyes about a month to settle, and she shouldn't get prescription reading glasses until then.
So that's (hopefully) stressor #1 out of the way.
On the downside, she's still having headaches, but that might be due to the bad anesthesia. Hopefully it'll be getting out of her system soon.
Kimberly has really not been biking this year because of the cataract problems, so she was eager to get out and bike this weekend now that she has two fixed eyes. So today we rode the Ohlone Greenway to El Cerrito Plaza and back (stopping for lunch at Rubio's while there). It was an absolutely glorious day and the biking was great. All around a pleasant experience.
I haven't really been writing about my own (minor) health issues.
First up, I changed beta blockers (for my blood pressure) last week and the immediate result was tiredness all day long and some GI issues. I *hope* they're both improving. Certainly, the tiredness seemed a bit less every day. I haven't noticed it at all this weekend, but I was out on a bike by noon each day, so it's a bit of a different thing. We'll see how things are over the course of the work week.
Second, I managed to hurt my shoulder a bit over a week ago for pretty much no good reason. (I was vigorously shaking a neti pot.) In the last few days, it's seemed better, except when I was coughing this afternoon. Hopefully it's on the way to recovery.
Third, I guess, are my eyeglasses. The optometrist actually got new glasses in last Wednesday, but I didn't feel like starting a new optical battle during the weekend. I'll try to schedule to pick them up this Wednesday. (Monday is a holiday and I have Skotos plans on Tuesday that might keep me constantly busy).
The machine move continues at Skotos. It continues to be a ton of work, but not only can I see the end in the distance, but I also FINALLY got someone at our cool to talk to me about our move-out, three weeks after I started, which had previously super-frustrating.
I've decided to work on Monday (a holiday), and of course I'll keep working through the week, and perhaps for two weeks afterward. And after that I'm going to take a couple of days off work to have enough time to really relax again.
(Because that'll be another major stressor out of the way.)
She also found out that there's a sad difference between the hospitals in Walnut Creek and Oakland, where she had her two surgeries. The first totally pampered her, while the second was abrupt, rude, and/or stingy. It's a pretty said commentary on how we treat people in different economic circumstances (as exemplified by the different economics and demographics of the two cities).
Anywho, the actual results of the operation seem good. She had the second eye corrected slightly differently to improve her close-up vision, and despite the eyes being different, it all seems good. The biggest problem from here on is (hopefully) that it'll take her eyes about a month to settle, and she shouldn't get prescription reading glasses until then.
So that's (hopefully) stressor #1 out of the way.
On the downside, she's still having headaches, but that might be due to the bad anesthesia. Hopefully it'll be getting out of her system soon.
Kimberly has really not been biking this year because of the cataract problems, so she was eager to get out and bike this weekend now that she has two fixed eyes. So today we rode the Ohlone Greenway to El Cerrito Plaza and back (stopping for lunch at Rubio's while there). It was an absolutely glorious day and the biking was great. All around a pleasant experience.
I haven't really been writing about my own (minor) health issues.
First up, I changed beta blockers (for my blood pressure) last week and the immediate result was tiredness all day long and some GI issues. I *hope* they're both improving. Certainly, the tiredness seemed a bit less every day. I haven't noticed it at all this weekend, but I was out on a bike by noon each day, so it's a bit of a different thing. We'll see how things are over the course of the work week.
Second, I managed to hurt my shoulder a bit over a week ago for pretty much no good reason. (I was vigorously shaking a neti pot.) In the last few days, it's seemed better, except when I was coughing this afternoon. Hopefully it's on the way to recovery.
Third, I guess, are my eyeglasses. The optometrist actually got new glasses in last Wednesday, but I didn't feel like starting a new optical battle during the weekend. I'll try to schedule to pick them up this Wednesday. (Monday is a holiday and I have Skotos plans on Tuesday that might keep me constantly busy).
The machine move continues at Skotos. It continues to be a ton of work, but not only can I see the end in the distance, but I also FINALLY got someone at our cool to talk to me about our move-out, three weeks after I started, which had previously super-frustrating.
I've decided to work on Monday (a holiday), and of course I'll keep working through the week, and perhaps for two weeks afterward. And after that I'm going to take a couple of days off work to have enough time to really relax again.
(Because that'll be another major stressor out of the way.)