Moan, Moan, Moan - 2011

[maggiepie]

Good luck, Cliff, am sure your sense of humour will help get you through the ordeal.

[Maggi Young]

Cliff, I do admire your intestinal fortitude for going back for a second round after your horrible experiences with the first eye.  I know it is the sensible thing to do but it can't have been an easy decision.
We'll all hope that things go rather better this time and that your skewed vison of the world is soon quite out of synch with your skewed sense of humour!

Lots of love and kisses,
 Maggi xxx

[Paddy Tobin]

Best wishes, Cliff. Hope all goes well and that you will be seeing all things clearly in the near future. Paddy

[alpines]

Hey Cliff...... (is that one 'eye', or two )
Best of luck Buddy. We're sure you'll  r'eyes' to the occasion. If you feel like recuperating in the backwoods of Kentucky, now would be a good time to see our garden. Looks much better through blurred vision.
Seriously now......we know how traumatic it was the last time, so good on you for braving it. Our prayers are with you for a full and speedy recovery.
Hugs an kisses, love and so much more from the Bluegrass Brit Boy & Brit Girl.

[ranunculus]

OK, that's it, folks ... enough!  Can't go to the operating theatre with tears (rhymes with 'ears" not 'airs') in my eyes ... many, many thanks to you all.
x

[Anthony Darby]

They're just trying to butter you up Cliff.

[ranunculus]

They're just trying to butter you up Cliff.

My (butter) cup runneth over, Anthony!   

[David Nicholson]

Keep smiling Cliff. All the best mate I think you're very brave.

[David Nicholson]

............ It's the favourite thing of everyone over 60............

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No it isn't.

[Lesley Cox]

My very best wishes too Cliff. I hope it all goes well and you'll be able to see forever, on the dull days as well as the clear ones. Much love.

[Panu]

Maybe this should be under weather topic, but I´m waiting for the summer´s first night frost  Hopefully Im wrong and we have "warm" late summer and autumn as last year.

[Anthony Darby]

I learnt a new word this week: Hoon. Poor Heidi has been in the wars. She came back after her walk on THursday and I noticed thumb nail size red spots all over the carpet. A quick check and I found very deep 15mm long glass cut in her right toe of her right paw. A trip to the vet and some sterile super glue and a bandage and she seems to be okay. This morning I removed the glass from four broken bottles in the dried grass at the base of one of the ornamental walls. She was back at the vet today to have her bandage changed. Clearly some morons have had drinks whilst sitting on the nearest seat and just thrown the empties at the wall. I will use the word hoon to describe these cretins as it seems to be used for that purpose here. Meanwhile, Heidi has to take life slowly until Thursday, otherwise the cut will reopen and she'll need stitches. She has a hospital drip bag to put over her foot to keep the bandage dry on her walks. This morning I picked up the bag and she immediately sat and raised her paw.

[Lesley Cox]

A very good and well-trained dog Anthony. I'm so sorry to hear of Heidi's injuries and I hope all goes well with her recovery. You're right, "hoon" is used here for the idiots who behave badly in various ways, especially with alcohol and in cars, acting without care for others and giving not a damn about what pain or damage are caused.

[Lesley Cox]

My current moan is just a small inconvenience really. After last night's weather forecast (heavy snow in the south maybe for 3 or 4 days) I took a quick trip to Mosgiel to get some bread as we were on the last loaf from the freezer. Found everyone had actually believed the forecast and there was no bread to be found anywhere in 2 supermarkets, various dairies and service stations. They had all co-operated with each other and phoned around so that the shoppers hadn't needed to ask at every one. No bread since lunchtime. They don't get any more on a Sunday and if the snow really gets going there will be none on Monday, maybe Tuesday as all Dunedin's bread comes from Christchurch or north and the motorways will likely be closed for a time at least. Roger's been threatening to get out his breadmaker for some time. Now he has to do it.

[ranunculus]

Thanks for the very kind thoughts, folks.
Well, the op' is over and seemingly successful,  but it was actually more painful and lasted far longer than the first experience.  It appears that I have particularly long pupils that require deep injections to numb and anaesthetise, it is this depth that created the need for extra plunges with the needle and extra pressure to particular spots.  The anaesthetist was quite open about the pain he would cause (as opposed to last time when his counterpart insisted it wouldn't hurt), and I gripped the table/bed to stop any jumping (in vain I might add). Only one in seventy have such long pupils it seems and they are usually the only ones to suffer during cataract surgery - I hope my children and grandchildren haven't inherited that particular gene.
I am actually typing this with the assistance (!) of a giant magnifying glass - not ideal, but useful until I can get the all clear to visit my optician for reading glasses in four weeks time.
My distance vision is now superb and will make the pain worthwhile in the long run - I had forgotten how clear and colourful this beautiful world really was (and how ugly the fires and riots)!
Thanks so much for the concern and the support, it was and still is greatly appreciated.