Another journey. Yesterday was the cataract surgery to prepare me for the retina surgery in March. It all went well and the surgeon was pleased with what he saw this morning before I came home. I was prepared for...well, I don't know what. There were lots of memories at the hospital that I thought would do me in but The Peace Of God surrounded me as again, as by myself I faced another challenge.
My friend from work, Jan took me to Rochester after work Tuesday so if we faced some bad weather, we would not have to drive the day of the surgery. I stayed with Julie and Phil for 2 nights and after the check this am, Juli brought me home then Charley arrived as another friend brought him home after caring for him. Rachel helped me take down the Christmas tree as it was too heavy for me to do alone and vacumned for me.
Thank you to those who prayed as I felt comforted by the surgery team who was wonderful and I was ready to leave the hospital about a hour after surgery. The car is getting some repairs also so I might go in to work tomorrow for 1/2 day to do some end of the month paper work. Blessings to all--I am doing well. I have to put 3 different meds in my eye 4x/day for a week. Now I can really relate to some of my clients!! Shalom, Ann
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Reflections
Christmas is past, a new year has begun and on we go. The other day as I was sitting in my "quiet room" for some meditation, I had a candle lit as it always helps me focus and I love candles. I didn't get the windows covered this year, so they were a little frosty. I noticed however, that the frost was slowly melting as the heat from the candle kept burning. That spoke to me as a illustration. The light shines and the warmth melts the frost and I think that is how I will describe that lesson for myself.
Christmas was spent with Karen, Mike and Ethan and we had a good time "creaming" the guys in bowling with Karen's new Wii. New Years was quiet at home with a movie and reflecting.
Last year seems like many "breakdowns" from the land and machinery. Now as I start another year, there seems to be a break down in my eyes. I have a macular hole in my left eye with a cataract. I will let you Google the word and find out all about it. I certainly did not expect that news as all I went in for was to get new glasses. Another stretch and learning experience to say the least. My cataract surgery will be the end of the month and then the retina surgeon will do the MH repair about a month from that at Mayo. The surgeon says that my right eye is vulnurable for the same thing. The good news is that the surgeon said that I did not have to lie on my stomach for two weeks with my head down. He said that he requires my head to be down for 24 hours. I asked why the change from what I had read? He said that the literature is not quite up to date but that he has had 100% repair success. He also said that I would probably not have full 20/20 vision again, but I should see better than what I see now. A friend of mine from work took off work and drove me. What a gal.
It was so good to hear from so many of you the past two months. It warmed my heart to be in touch with so many again.
It has been difficult this week-end as Micah and Natalie have been sick. They have Micah at urgent care now and it is hard to be so far away that I cannot help. I have experienced the Peace of God which is not understandable, but it is there.
Shalom, Ann
Christmas was spent with Karen, Mike and Ethan and we had a good time "creaming" the guys in bowling with Karen's new Wii. New Years was quiet at home with a movie and reflecting.
Last year seems like many "breakdowns" from the land and machinery. Now as I start another year, there seems to be a break down in my eyes. I have a macular hole in my left eye with a cataract. I will let you Google the word and find out all about it. I certainly did not expect that news as all I went in for was to get new glasses. Another stretch and learning experience to say the least. My cataract surgery will be the end of the month and then the retina surgeon will do the MH repair about a month from that at Mayo. The surgeon says that my right eye is vulnurable for the same thing. The good news is that the surgeon said that I did not have to lie on my stomach for two weeks with my head down. He said that he requires my head to be down for 24 hours. I asked why the change from what I had read? He said that the literature is not quite up to date but that he has had 100% repair success. He also said that I would probably not have full 20/20 vision again, but I should see better than what I see now. A friend of mine from work took off work and drove me. What a gal.
It was so good to hear from so many of you the past two months. It warmed my heart to be in touch with so many again.
It has been difficult this week-end as Micah and Natalie have been sick. They have Micah at urgent care now and it is hard to be so far away that I cannot help. I have experienced the Peace of God which is not understandable, but it is there.
Shalom, Ann
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