I have a slight headache that just won't quite go away. I took a BC Powder, and it helped a little, but I don't want to take another one right before bed because of the caffeine.

I ditched my annual physical with my PCP today. I just did not feel up to it. There's a $25 fine if I don't call two hours ahead to cancel, and I made it by five minutes. They rescheduled me for next week. This is the 2nd time I've rescheduled, so I suppose I will really have to go next week. I got a 4 p.m. appointment, so that should give me plenty of time to get ready and get there.

Kind of blue. My sister and I decided to sell Mom's house as is, after we take a few things out of it that we want. It's really kind of depressing to decide which things I want. But at least we don't have to go through the whole estate sale/Goodwill/take things to the dump rigamarole. My Mom is a neat freak, but also a hoarder. At least everything has a place and it's all put away. There's no clutter. Her house is neater than mine could ever hope to be. It's pretty close to looking professionally staged for sale. Unfortunately, it's also tragically 1980s in décor.

My Sister and I agreed that the easiest thing to do, in order to avoid ending up with more clutter in our own houses, is to make lists in advance of the things we want. Then when we go to the house we should pretty much try to stick to the lists. Other than some gifts I gave my Mom and my Dad, and a few mid-century modern pieces, I don't really want much of anything. I plan to go through the Christmas ornaments for things that we handmade.

Our Mom has most of the photos with her at my Sister's house, where she now lives. My Sister and I thought about just leaving the house intact, so our Mom could visit when she wanted to, but Mom has no interest. The last few times she has been there, she just wanders around and asks my Sister who the people in the photos are. She acts like it's someplace that she thinks ought to be familiar to her, but she can't quite remember ever being there. Also, we just had to pay the taxes and insurance on the place and we really just can't afford to keep it empty.

Thank goodness this is not the house where I grew up, or I'd be a basket case. Mom and Dad retired to this house after my Sister and I left home. And thank Goddess we are not waiting until Mom passes away to do this. I think it is the saddest thing to have to pack up somebody's possessions after they die. It's sad enough as it is; with her dementia, it's like Mom is passing away slowly, a little bit more every day.

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Monday Blues:seeingstars:

I'm really pissed off. Naked homophobia is on display in a politically partisan column written by an official in THE major motorcycle rights org magazine. The people I work with most closely in that org are upset and have been properly responsive. The President/CEO has not. His lackey answered me with a non-apology that manages to be dismissive AND condescending. She didn't even bother addressing the homophobia.

I hate this. It's supposed to be about riding motorcycles.

Little bit stuffy. Haven't been sick in 3 yrs I don't think. Guess constant hand washing and sanitizing and mask probably helped that.

We have heavy pollen right now so I really believe it is allergies

Relieved. My dog ran off today, and thank the Goddess she didn't get lost and she came back after about 20 minutes.

Like my lower spine has been twisted to the left :blink:

Really down and blue. I don't know if it's just the rain or something else.

I haven’t really felt myself ever since my first bout with COVID-19 back in 2020. Never fully got my memory back or my taste and smell. Then I got COVID again last month. Thankfully not as bad but I’m still tired all the time and I’m really down. My doctor says my memory may never come back, my taste and smell may never come back, and I’m having a really hard time dealing with all this. I just want the old me back……..:blink:

Feeling now.
 

Feeling pretty good . My brother came into town today and I made us some sirloin burgers with tater tots and battered onion rings. I had ice tea and he had milk.

Better. I've been able to rest a lot this week.

Good and anxious. Ready to get surgery on the right knee. My left leg is so damn sexy now that it's straight.

Have been approved to drive but am still waiting on approval to ride my exercise bike. Go figger. Maybe I'll get approval tomorrow when I go to PT.

I have almost no swelling from elevation and ice (ice and pillows are my friends). That makes it easier to move my knee and ankle when exercising and that makes it easier to reach the goals the surgeon and PT have set.

I'm still using the walker at times, but I need it for my bad knee more than I do for the replaced knee.

Semi-relieved. The boi had a biopsy on hys lung today, and all went well. No anesthesia problems, which is always a concern with hym. The worst thing is hy has a sore throat from the intubation, and hy is grumpy because hy hasn't been able to eat since yesterday morning. I guess that's a good thing - if hy has the energy to be grumpy, hy must be alright.

Good. Got the right knee replaced a week ago and it looks good and is doing well. I don't think it's doing as well as the left knee but I'm not sure because the first couple weeks after surgery on the left knee is a haze to me.

Haze. The Percocet/oxycodone is working well, regulated well, and now I take less than they recommend. Haven't developed an addiction and don't expect to, but this shit keeps me crying. I have cried more in the last 8 weeks than I have in the last 8 years and I'm a cryer who doesn't hold back. Crying is often a therapeutic device that helps me when I need to accept things and move on. On Percocet/oxycodone I start crying if I see a tv commercial with a puppy or a kitty. Will be glad to soon be off these pills.

Apart from that, the knees look sexy as a mf and every time I pass my full-length mirror I stop to gaze at them (g'on girl). And can barely wait to show them off later this summer or early in the fall.

Lucky me.

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I am having my right eye operated on Thursday. My macula opened again so that has to be re-done. And then cataract removal. The following Thursday I have my left eye’s cataract removed. I am having insurance problems at this late date which may delay the surgery. The next available surgical date is in August!
AND our house keeper/aid came to our house on Saturday with a full snotty nose and a cough. Guess what I have today? A cough. This too could postpone my surgeries.
I can barely see out of my right eye. I hope Thursday happens. I can feel my worry beginning to take root as panic.

I just found out Monday I'm going to need to have cataract surgery. Well I suppose I don't have to but it turns out that's what it is. The surgery center is backed up so it won't be for awhile. Late July was the soonest J said they could get me in. It's helpful to hear others talk about it.

I had my first cataract surgery today, and it was easy Peezy! From the time I walked in to the time I walked out it was only two hours. No pain whatsoever. I can’t wait to see what kind of vision I’m going to have as my eye heals. I’m so relieved that it went as well as it dead. I’ve had numerous eye surgeries, and this was the only one I was really fearful of. And there was nothing to be afraid of!