GALLERY
I’m testing out the gallery shortcode, it seems a little off but I’ll keep messing with it.
A LONG TIME HAS PASSED
A long time has passed since we last caught up… So. Fun times. The droopy eyes are completely gone and a lot of the fogginess as well. I’m still taking my meds, but I seem to be having some trouble with keeping up with the afternoon ones. Either I think “I’ll catch up when I get home” or “I forget to take the pills with me” after I leave for work.
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
The Medical Bit Well, apparently being able to breathe at night vastly impacts how good your vision is. Fun fact, a person can stop breathing in their sleep for mroe than 10 seconds. This can happen up to 5 times per hour for a normal person. However, if you are me, you can stop breathing 85 times in an hour. So, with that issue identified, I now have a CPAP machine (pretty sweet deal, too) and I breathe more when I sleep.
GETTING BACK TO THE SWING OF THINGS
The Swing Rather than complain about my eyes more, I’d like to get into more about things. So, I’ve updated the main box to Windows 11, which has some subtle changes, but hopefully this should fix the crashiness of my MTG: A games. So far, it has been pretty rock-solid, but the XBox app still crashes whenever I hover over some elements in the UI. Then again, I don’t really use it - all I have it for is PSO2 and I haven’t even played it on my desktop.
EYE PROBLEMS
Double vision and other fun things So, I went to an ophthalmologist around the middle of last week. They ran many tests, had me follow a pen or a finger with my eyes, and put some drops in. Then came the bad news, I had nerve damage controlling my eyes, and it was because I had a few mini-strokes. Again, they told me to go to the ER, which I had done the last week of December.
MERRY XMAS
Merry Christmas Y’all We’re nearly done with the year, and it’s been an interesting one - as I am sure everyone else is aware. I think I am fully recovered from the DisneyWorld trip and have so much to say about it. Though, I brought back something with me as a final eff-you in the form of a virus. I am fairly sure it is a cold since it feels like one that isn’t the coof.
ON PROPERTY VS LIVES
Lives are more important than property Answer: that depends I’ve been seeing this argument bandied about in the last few months regarding BLM, Kyle Rittenhouse, and the “protests” (riots) that have been happening in well over six years. Frankly, I’m dumbfounded that this is even a thing. People spend 40 hours of their life a week doing something for someone else, exchanging labor for compensation. Twice of those weeks, they get a paycheck that has people sticking their fingers in it to get their slice.
LAST DAY OF THANKSGIVING WEEK
Happy post-Thanksgiving What a week Post-meal happiness I’m not a huge fan of turkey, but man, do I love stuffing. I’m sure if I had it every day, it wouldn’t be that great of a staple, but in its rarity - I enjoy it—mash potatoes, fruit salad, also good. Let’s not forget the pumpkin pie! I would like to point out at least that I am thankful for having a family.
VISION PROBLEMS
This is getting old … and I’m not excited about it. Dry Eyes A while ago, I had gotten Lasik surgery. I was super excited about not having to wear glasses anymore and was hitting the limit on my age. Once I have my mid-40s, it wouldn’t be an option anymore. The big thing that they warned me about was the potential of getting dry eyes. My thought was that it wasn’t near my tear ducts; it shouldn’t be an issue.
WHAT A SCARY WEEK
Something pretty scary happened The stroke scare of 2021 So, my buddy I’ve known for the last 30+ years had an aneurysm, and I had to take him to the hospital. There’s been one other time I had been around someone who had a stroke was his dad. It’s a scary thing to see someone who is there, they are aware of what is going on, but they can’t communicate, they’re getting confused at why, and everybody is rushing around like mad.