FridayMotivations

your future…

(image by artsydee)

3 Positives:
finished last bday card for April and 4 sympathy cards
chat with a good friend
one of my sisters welcomed a new great grand daughter. How exciting for their family!

Our Journey Notes:
UGH! The insomnia cycle has made a return. The only upside at the moment is that I’m getting some additional reading time in – finished a book and started another. We’ll see how tonight goes…

see them all!

3 Positives:
success with the test cut — I love the look!
b-day card assembled and ready for mailing
T’s eye appointment went very well.

Our Journey Notes:
T’s appointment left him hopeful. That was good to hear and see the change in his demeanor. He has to continue with the two eyedrops for the time being, but administer only 2x a day now. Another procedure was scheduled for next month to lift the flap in the left eye as the pressure is still a bit on the high side and the doctor can’t see the flap well even though the swelling and post op blood has pretty much cleared. The doctor also indicated that clearing the cataract in the right eye should help with his vision a bit and new lenses should support his ability to see more clearly. We’re actually seeing a bit more light at the end of the tunnel. Not sure if it will be treated as a secondary cataract and “fixed” with laser or if he’ll be able to have a lens replacement. We have to wait another month to know that answer. But it is hopeful!

Behind the storm…

3 Positives:
It snowed here in the valley and in the mountains
delicious soup on a cold spring evening
repaired the zipper on T’s heavy winter coat. He can now wear it today.

Our Journey Notes:
T’s eye appointment went as expected with just a bit of good news. Both eyes have stabilized, but the left eye pressure is still a little on the high side. Right eye is 20/80 and the left eye didn’t have a reading listed when I checked the visit notes. He’s down to two meds instead of the 6 he was on prior to the surgery. From the sound of things — he’ll continue with those for the long term.

I heard from my doctor about a med that he’d suggested stopping this year. His recommendation was to continue taking it until our next appointment this fall. I agreed and called in for a refill. The new health app makes it a lot easier to get answers and fairly quickly without having to call in and ask for a callback and have to go through a list of questions before getting to the real reason for the call. It’s like one and done with the app.

I’m still using lists to help with memory stuff. Routines are definitely helpful – and if I get out of sync, I can generally fall back to the routine fairly easily or check the list and start there and not get freaked out about having “lost my way.” Still tweaking the planner/calendar thing to tighten a few things up, but for the most part, we’re doing good at the moment.

have hope…

3 Positives:
fans are working
ideas are forming
BP looking a bit better

Our Journey Notes:
BP numbers are definitely looking better, but still on the high side in the am and at bedtime. Lunch time has the best overall numbers. Today’s to-do list is a fairly short one for a Friday — so that’s a good thing and I should be able to spend some time in the studio working on a birthday card design. I’d like to try to get it done today if possible and have it checked of next week’s list.

T’s left eye is still swollen – but they were able to get the flap loosened a bit and the pressure down a bit more. Change in his meds again, and I fear that this will be something that happens every week until he’s released from his post op appointments.