Above 1200 Sq/FT Overcoming Good-Deal-Itis One Project at a Time

[signcrafter]

This surgery was intense! I was awake and could see everything that was being done in perfect focus! The only thing I’m really bummed about is that I won’t be able to go to SpeedWeek this year because part of the surgery requires a gas to be inserted into my eye and I have to be very careful with altitude changes over 500 ft!
I‘m sharing this because I really want to try to impress how important it is to not ignore health issues as we all age. If I would have not acted quickly I might have lost my vision in my left eye forever! Be safe, be vigilant, be happy!

Glad that they were able to get the eye issue figured out and fixed!

 

[Old Man Roger]

Damn!

 

[LXCam]

I’m stoked that operation went well bud.

 

[loganb]

Damn...awesome trip, shop is looking awesome and great to hear the problem was fixabke and you're mending up well!

 

[madison069]

Yellowstone is a very nice place! I took so many pictures through my spotting scope that I need to weed out the good ones still. This was 2 years ago.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

Glad to hear you're on the mend!

 

[Swanny1953]

Sterling, glad to hear the surgery went well! I hear you on listening to your body's complaints!

 

[SilverJimmy]

I’m looking at 4-6 weeks of recovery but I can already see that the macular hole seems to be fixed. My vision is now basically like I’m looking down thru a glass of oily water but if I look closely at print (almost touching my nose!) I can see it clearly with none of the distortion in the middle like before. Hopefully as the gas is absorbed and replaced with eye fluid over the next few weeks it will get better and better, more normal. Time will tell, can’t wait till I can get back to working on my shop and around the house. My wife is really embracing her roll as Nurse Ratchet and making sure I’m being a good patient, no bending at the waist, no lifting anything over 15 lbs, eye drops at the prescribed time. With her care I’m going to live to 120!

 

[signcrafter]

Saw this a little while ago from Yellowstone, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bison-flips-yellowstone-tourist-8-feet-air-rcna572639. Pretty crazy how many of these stories you read about each year. We saw lots of elk and buffalo when we went 15 years ago but stayed far enough away to not have any charge. Also seemed like park rangers showed up immediately anytime an animal was spotted. Like they were hiding there waiting.

 

[Jgaz]

Does the gas bubble in your eye require you to keep your head positional?

 

[SilverJimmy]

I saw that too this morning! When we were in the Lamar Valley there was a Buffalo herd, maybe 10,000 head. Out in the middle of the herd was a group of photographers trying to get a once in a lifetime picture, less than 10 ft away from bulls as big as that one! They had absolutely nothing to protect themselves from those animals! People are stupid!

 

[SilverJimmy]

Does the gas bubble in your eye require you to keep your head positional?

Just need to sleep on the opposite side from the eye that the surgery was on and don’t ever let my nose point at the sky. The only time I do look up is while I’m putting in the eye drops 4 times a day.
Really happy and relieved that I haven’t had any real pain or discomfort from this entire ordeal. Worst part was the dread and apprehension from when I first noticed the problem and then the wait for the procedure.
Kinda funny, but the closest thing I can compare it to was my first colonoscopy, the thought of that and the dread of the prep was many times worse than the actual procedure!

 

[Old Man Roger]

Surprised they don’t have you using one of those face down thingamajigs.

 

[Jgaz]

Just need to sleep on the opposite side from the eye that the surgery was on and don’t ever let my nose point at the sky. The only time I do look up is while I’m putting in the eye drops 4 times a day.
Really happy and relieved that I haven’t had any real pain or discomfort from this entire ordeal. Worst part was the dread and apprehension from when I first noticed the problem and then the wait for the procedure.
Kinda funny, but the closest thing I can compare it to was my first colonoscopy, the thought of that and the dread of the prep was many times worse than the actual procedure!

That’s great to hear.

I’ve had a detached retina repaired in both of my eyes.
I had positional requirements after both surgeries but neither were face down, thankfully.
The gas bubble in my eye after the second surgery took much longer to dissipate than my first procedure.

I know exactly what you mean about being weirded out during the procedure. I distinctly remember being able to hear the doctor and the gas passer talking. I also remember being able to tell that there were several instruments in my eye at the same time!

I‘m not sure how your Macula procedure compares with a retinal repair but you are also right about taking care of yourself.

If anyone out there has been told they might need to be wary of an eye issue I’d recommend getting established with a specialist now.

My first retina problem occurred at 10pm in Detroit. The ERs there might be world class at trauma and gun shots but they ain’t **** at eyes. Believe me it’s a long time until 9am the next day.

My second detachment happened in Phoenix at around 9pm. By 9:30 I had talked to a 24 hour nurse on the hot line phone and spoke with the on call doctor before midnight!
No substitute for peace of mind.

Glad you are on the mind and sorry about missing speed week

 

[Jgaz]

Surprised they don’t have you using one of those face down thingamajigs.

Depends where the repair was located in the eyeball

 

[SilverJimmy]

This is a Garage Journal thread, not a Woe is Me thread, so back to our regular program!
On the north end of my shop I want to have a fenced outside storage area. By code the building pad had to extend 5’ past the footings and then slope down to the original elevation. So at the NE corner the slope is 16” high and about 3’ beyond the 5’ and the NW corner is 36” high and over 6’ beyond the required 5’ pad. I know that if I just left that slope inside the storage area it would just be unusable space and also be a constant source of weeds and slowly crumbling down into the space. Talked to my contractor and discussed different options.
What he suggested was a Versa-Lok dry stacked retaining wall with stairs at both ends. Went to the local block place here in Prescott, they manufacture the block right here. Got an estimate of how many block I needed from the block guy, 8 pallets of block. Each pallet has 45 blocks, so a total of 360 blocks needed, at least to start! I got an estimate for the block and also delivered, when they told me how much to deliver it I decided that my retired self could handle that, how hard could it be?!
Got the car trailer hooked up and picked up the first load. These block are solid and weigh 83 lbs each, so a pallet of them is almost 4k lbs. The yard recommended I only load two pallets at a time on my trailer.

I also got two extra pallets so I could unload the block and stack them staged for the block layer. I have a John Deere 2025 4WD tractor with a fork attachment for the loader but it will only pickup and carry 15 of these blocks at a time. So I had to load 15 block by hand onto a pallet and then move it to the job site and then stack those blocks onto another pallet! Took me two days, 4 pallets of blocks each day.
After I got done I figured out I had moved all 360 of those block twice by hand, almost 60,000 lbs, 3 days after my 65th birthday! Strong like Bull, Dumb like Ox!!!

 

[LXCam]

After I got done I figured out I had moved all 360 of those block twice by hand, almost 60,000 lbs, 3 days after my 65th birthday! Strong like Bull, Dumb like Ox!!!

Ya but you saved a couple hundred bucks by golly

 

[SilverJimmy]

A lot more than a couple! With diesel over $5.00 and wages as high as they are today the delivery fees are insane! I figured I could do it myself!

 

[LXCam]

A lot more than a couple! With diesel over $5.00 and wages as high as they are today the delivery fees are insane! I figured I could do it myself!

Delivery charges are out of hand. It costs me more then a weeks rental on a manlight just for delivery.

I had a bid to get out yesterday and needed quotes on a couple platform and one articulating.

 

[SilverJimmy]

I just need to borrow the corporate card for a couple minutes…..

 

[LXCam]

I just need to borrow the corporate card for a couple minutes…..

Nope, I need to change companies. Their yard is maybe five miles from the project.

 

[Old Man Roger]

This is a Garage Journal thread, not a Woe is Me thread, so back to our regular program!

But needles in eyes is real guy talk.

 

[SilverJimmy]

DUDE! You trying to give me nightmares?!?!

 

[SilverJimmy]

I did get this nice memento from the surgery, just in case I do something stupid or **** happens…


I really like the “resulting in blindness” part! Getting old *****!