Today was the second last AARP walk. This time it was in historic Bethlehem. We met at the parking lot at Union Blvd. and Old York Road. Milly and Ron were there. (She said hi to me in yesterday's workout Zoom) And Kelly, the AARP representative. And walk leader Michelle's mom. It boggles my mind that I know people in the AARP.
We headed down Old York Road, thru the industraialquarter, down Main and onto Sand Island. We only went as far as the bridgetocross to the D&L and turned around and came back. But with the warm-ups and cool downs it does take an hour.
Afterwards I wentto vote. I hate the new machines. They are touch screens. I don't deal well with touch screens. If I used my thumb it took my information. Bizarre.
For the past week or so I thought I was developing double vision. It reached the "something is seriously the duck wrong" stage Friday driving to Warren Community College. Saturday,driving to the history walk in Nazareth was just as bad. But at least I wasn't driving into the sun. (I never made the walk. I left a half hour to get there and spent 45 minutes on 22. I had planned on going thru town but the art show was on Main Street. I figured, might as well just use the highway. Really bad decision.)
Believe it or not I called the eye doctor. I only had symptoms for a week. That's got to be a new record for me. I got in at 11:30. There was a cancellation. So I can't have double vision because I don't have two working eyes. What I have is ghosting. Usually it's one ghost. But for lights it's as many as 5. Basically, my second cataract that would not normally be ready for surgery has moved. So it is reflecting light different and causing the shadows. I have to have it removed. (I really should take Bonnie with me. She'd understand and more importantly remember all the medical gobbly goop.) My doctor is no longer doing surgery, so I have to go elsewhere. My doctor said they'd remove the cataract and probably put a shunt in to release some of the pressure in my eye. Maybe I can reduce the number of eye drops I use. Maybe I won't need glasses. Mybe this new, younger doctor with all kinds of fancy new technology can fix my blind eye. Or maybe I'll just be blind.
I'm terrified.
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