Past 3 Months

It’s been both a frustrating and pleasant 3 months. It started in October when I went to the County Tax Office to get my driver license renewed. I failed the eye test and had to go to my optometrist for an eye exam. He said I had very heavy cataracts in both eyes, but thought he could improve mv vision enough to pass the eye test by doing cataract surgery to my left eye. So I had the surgery done November 9th. That same day, I was notified that my kid brother, Chuck, had died. I was not able to drive to the Veteran’s Cemetery at Bushnell, FL for his funeral. It hurt!!!

The good news is that the cataract surgery to my left eye was successful, and the surgeon gave me a form certifying my vision as being good enough for my driver license. On November 17th, I mailed it in with a check and a mail-in driver license form. My computer showed that the check was cashed on November 22nd. 

Then around December 10th, something happened to the vision in my right eye.  It was dim and fuzzy.  So I went back to the eye surgeon for another eye exam. He was puzzled as to what happened and called in a Retina Specialist. The retina doctor gave me a thorough exam and finally gave up, saying that the cataract in my right eye was so heavy that he couldn’t see through it. So an appointment was made for cataract surgery to my right eye. It was to be done on December 22nd. 

I e-mailed Kris when I found out I'd have to have surgery on my right eye, and I suggested she and the girls might want to reconsider coming to Florida for their annual visit, if I was going to be restricted in my activity.  I didn't want those granddaughters to be mad or feel like their visit would be boring.  Kris called me as soon as she read my e-mail and wouldn't have any of that!  She said they were coming, and the only reason the girls would be mad is if they weren't able to come.

Kris, Adrian and Katie arrived on December 21st. Thankfully, the surgery on my right eye was successful, and the doctor seems to think the vision, though still a little fuzzy, will improve over the next few weeks. As of right now, I cannot read newspaper print, but my distance vision is excellent.

The granddaughters and I have been to the swimming pool three times so far, and they played nine holes of golf on Christmas Eve with their mother and I taking carts and caddying for them.

And, probably the best news of all, I finally received my driver license in the mail December 23rd.  It doesn't expire until December 30, 2016!  I doubt that I will need to renew it again!

Since I turn a true nonagenarian this Thursday (December 30th), I plan to keep my blog more up-to-date for the foreseeable future.

Sorry for the interruption in stories, but I hope you understand.