The craziness has begun!  I spent the Labor Day weekend and the following weekend sorting and packing part of my house for the HOA re-piping that will occur for me on 10/25.  There’s a little left to do, but only because it’s lightweight stuff from under the sinks in the downstairs bathroom and the kitchen that I’ll be using along the way.

This week Wednesday was the first of the cataract surgeries.  As of now (Friday, 8 pm), I can read the crawlers on the bottom of my 32-inch TV without glasses and without difficulty.  The doctor seemed pleased with the healing process and said that the only thing he doesn’t want me doing is heavy exercise (tennis, running, swimming, etc.)  I was pleased with how easy an experience the surgery actually was, and how quickly I felt as if I was truly healing.  There has been no pain other than a slightly scratchy eye.  Light is much brighter than it used to be, and I’ll rely heavily on dark glasses.

The next hurdle is one I had not expected — a small growth on my eyelid needs to be biopsied, and may be a skin cancer.  The biopsy will be done this coming week, and if surgery is required, it will be fit into the calendar along the way — it’s on the same eye as the one that was operated on on Wednesday, so there’s no conflict with continuing this process as needed.

I’m hopeful now that the next couple of months will progress as easily as this past week has done..  I’m still a bit buried, but no longer as overwhelmed as I was when I last wrote about all of this.  I have lots of help, both at home and with transportation to and from appointments.