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.