I had my second cataract surgery earlier this week. Everything went well. I am healing well too. There are some things that I have noticed. First being that sometimes I can even read with out the readers the eye doctor recommended. Things are definitely brighter and I can’t go outside without sunglasses. So I keep a pair in my purse and a pair by the back door. I have also noticed that the colors are more brilliant. Today’s trip through Costco was amazing. I made John go up and down every food aisle even if we did not need anything on the aisle just to look at all the colors. The packaging was an amazing Kaleidoscope of colors. I am not sure if it was dorky or my inner artist coming out from a years long nap.
The strangest side effect of the surgery involves the scale. As of this morning I have lost a total of 8 pounds. Strange right? I am not craving sweets or other carbohydrates. I am not eating to keep myself awake. If I am tired I take a nap. I am actually happier than I have been in a long time. It’s almost like I got rid of the cataracts and my body is coming back into balance. I can’t wait to see where I go with this.
I woke up from a nap and reached for my glasses and they were not there it took me a few minutes to realize that I did not need them anymore. Well except for my readers. I now have four pair and I know that a day will come when I can’t faint a single pair. So I have them strategically placed around the house.
I have not wanted to do any fussy knitting like hats, gloves or shawls. Instead I am working on 2 different Operation Gratitude scarfs. One for the car because I am still not driving. I can also knit these with my eyes closed if the sun is at a bad angle. I need to give my eyes time to heal and balance out. The good news is that I figured out what I thought needed a small revision in a pattern and will fix it as soon as I feel like taking pictures and editing a pattern.
It’s getting late so it’s time to call it a day.
