I am talking about posting this blog. I like to make sure I have a new blog every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. But this Monday I had an appointment with my eye doctor who once again thought it necessary to inject my eye. I have swelling in both retinas because of my diabetes. So it looks like I will be getting these injections on a pretty regular basis. Yesterday my right eye was injected, in three weeks it will be my left eye, this will continue until we can get the swelling down and it is manageable.
This is another example of how diabetes affects your body after several years. It is a very upsetting and scary situation for me. I have periods where the sight in my left eye is blurry, which makes me think about the possibility of losing my sight. My retina specialist is great. She is optimistic about saving my sight. She tells me every time she sees me stress will impacts my vision and could cause it to just get worse. By the way, she was happy to hear I did not let the Yankees loss to the Rangers affect me; hey if the players did not look liked they cared why should I?
So why was there no blog yesterday? I procrastinated. I knew I was going to the eye doctor and my vision would be limited. Knowing this should have written a blog the night before. Procrastination is another terrible habit of mine. I do not get small things done on time and put off taking making calls to my physicians when my health is acting up. This is not good. I know that, but it continues to happen. Some could call this insanity.
So here I am coming clean about one of my character defects. I hope this helps me by making me more diligent/focused about getting things done. The more attention I pay to accomplishing what has to be worked on today, the better I get at taking care of myself. The better I take care of me; there will be more baseball games to watch, movies to see, sunsets to enjoy , and more importantly more time to find out about the accomplishment of my grandchildren as they grow. And it gives me more to spend time with the people I love.
This is another example of how diabetes affects your body after several years. It is a very upsetting and scary situation for me. I have periods where the sight in my left eye is blurry, which makes me think about the possibility of losing my sight. My retina specialist is great. She is optimistic about saving my sight. She tells me every time she sees me stress will impacts my vision and could cause it to just get worse. By the way, she was happy to hear I did not let the Yankees loss to the Rangers affect me; hey if the players did not look liked they cared why should I?
So why was there no blog yesterday? I procrastinated. I knew I was going to the eye doctor and my vision would be limited. Knowing this should have written a blog the night before. Procrastination is another terrible habit of mine. I do not get small things done on time and put off taking making calls to my physicians when my health is acting up. This is not good. I know that, but it continues to happen. Some could call this insanity.
So here I am coming clean about one of my character defects. I hope this helps me by making me more diligent/focused about getting things done. The more attention I pay to accomplishing what has to be worked on today, the better I get at taking care of myself. The better I take care of me; there will be more baseball games to watch, movies to see, sunsets to enjoy , and more importantly more time to find out about the accomplishment of my grandchildren as they grow. And it gives me more to spend time with the people I love.
So, no more excuses, and I begin today. I will get things done when they come up or write a list so I remember to take care of business later and to make sure I can provide current and timely blogs. By making this change I am taking better care of me.
1 comment:
good for you Vince, and my prayers to your health!! :)
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