Back in February, I had to pick up my son at UC San Francisco after a bone marrow transplant. It was late and very rainy. I kept telling my son that I could hardly see, that my lights were not bright enough. After I got home, I told my husband, and he "sanded" my plastic headlight covers. Nothing got better. So in early March, I ordered new headlights to the tune of over $300. Things did not seem to be a whole lot better. Then I went in to my opthamologist for a new prescription. After the exam, he walked back into the room and said, "When is the surgery?" I thought he was talking to his assistant about another patient. He repeated his question and looked at me. I said, "What surgery?" He said, "Cataract surgery!" I was FLOORED to say the least! Needless to say, I went for surgery as soon as possible! The results were AMAZING!!! Now wait just one minute. In late March, I continued to have a lot of what Southerners call "cricks in the neck." Nothing got better, so I went to the doctor again. At first, he thought I had gout; but I told him there was no way. He did xrays of my neck and said that it was not gout, but that I needed surgery on my neck because two vertebrae were "rubbing" against each other. SO, I went in for surgery on my neck. Before surgery, the doctor asked if I wanted to use a cadaver bone or a bone from my hip. "Please, please, please," I said " use my own bone from my hip." Right after the surgery, I though, "Wrong answer!!!" Recovery was sort of long for this old woman. THEN in July, my husband and I go on an across the USA trip to Orlando, then up to NC to visit family, and then even more across to visit my husband's relatives in Missouri, then home. Well, in Missouri, I fell, broke some ribs and injured my hip (yes, the one from which the bone for the surgery had been taken!!!). I went to the emergency room because I could not walk. Finally, many medicated days later, we arrived back home. THEN school began with 34 students, no aide, and LOTS of ADHD students (the second year in a row!)! ALL THAT BEING SAID, it is SO GOOD to be back on with no aches or pains (physically, at least). I must say, though, it is the PITS getting OLDER!!!!
Cherylle in CA
