A Conversation with
Elizabeth
1998
Crazy Day
From:
LMixson
To:
Elizabeth
Sent: Thursday,
May 28, 1998 9:25 AM
Subject: Crazy Day
I was going to send a note yesterday afternoon but before I was able to
do so I got a call from Julie. She had been seeing floaters in her
eye for a couple of days and then started having the bottom of her
vision being grayed out. She went into to see the optometrist who
then sent her to the ophthalmologist who said she had a detached retina
and sent her to the surgeon. She called me to meet her at the
surgeon so I had to leave early. Well she has a detached retina
sure enough, at the top (12 o'clock position). Julie kept seeing
the problem at the bottom of her vision but of course the eye inverts
everything so the problem is at the top. I once got something
stuck in my eye which I thought was at the top of my eye and kept
looking for it at the top. When I went into the doctor she found
it at the bottom. I knew the vision was inverted but didn't know the
feeling was too. Well Julie is scheduled for eye surgery today,
probably between 4-7pm but may get called earlier so I may have to leave
anytime. The surgery will be done by making two little cuts in the
eye and they go in to do something with the fluid in the eye and then
they use a laser to tack the retina back into place. It takes
about an hour and is done on an outpatient basis. The surgeon does
a couple of dozen a week and says it is no big deal but Julie is quite
scared of such procedures so she takes a lot of calming down.
You can usually find Boca burgers in the frozen food section. The
health food store should also have them.
I don't know about my triglycerides, I was supposed to go back in April
to have another blood test done but didn't get around to do it. I
have been taking the extra niacin. Perhaps in June I'll get in for
another blood test.
Julie also has bouts of tiredness and she takes Ginseng and several
other herbal remedies to boost her energy. I know what you mean
about the "help" you get in the health food stores, people thing that
just because someone works there they are experts on health subjects.
Julie does a lot of reading on the subject and has gone several times to
nutritionists who specialize in herbal remedies.
well, enough for now.
Larry
Updated: 04-07-2024