. . . referring, of course to "that deaf, dumb and blind kid" as the song goes. Or, me, as it nearly was. It all started with a long-put-off decision to go to the optician the day after Boxing Day. I'd been seeing three full moons in the sky for years but over Christmas I could barely see anything out of my left eye at all. The opticians sent me to the eye hospital. The eye hospital sent me to the post-stroke clinic in Lymington. The clinic declared I had suffered a TIA (I had to look that up later) and banned me from driving for a month. Thanks very much! I only went in for a pair of glasses.
To pursue the Who's prophecy I also went deaf in one ear after New Year. A quick trip to the GP pronounced me with an ear infection and dire warnings about how dangerous it would be to fly if I couldn't repressurise. *Sigh* I was beginning to think that someone didn't want me to go on this trip.
So, thanks to amoxicillin, I'm not deaf; thanks to the fact that the spurious TIA diagnosis was not actually a stroke, I'm not dumb; and thanks to a new pair of glasses, I'm not completely blind. It looks as if we still can go to Sri Lanka after all. As for playing the eponymous pinball, I still retain the reflexes of a Giant Three-Toed Sloth with a hangover, so I guess that's out as well.
Long suffering Linda has been driving me around for the last couple of weeks so she deserves her adventure in the sun. As always, this test first post is only here to see how the overall blog design works. Hopefully, by the 18th January we'll have landed on a beach in Sri Lanka without my head having blown up en route and sending a jollier postcard to boot.
6 comments:
Think yourself lucky .... if you're deaf and blind before you get there it'll prevent any further damages from the car bomb!
Cheering thoughts ! So to cheer me up I have bought a new toy which can take pictures of ladybirds on the moon. When I can understand it. Will bore you on your return. Bon Voyage.
You know what you were told as a young man about it sending you blind. I hope you've learn't your lesson. As for deaf well that's that's selective hearing all men suffer from that.
I understand the driving bit still can't drive after me thumb op,hopefully find out on the 20th.
Do enjoy the sun,sea,sand and beer.
I'm worried about ladybirds on the moon!! It's ladies and birds closer to home that should be afeared!!!
Not sure how to respond on this one. I do hope the TIA is really, really transient and that you are now happily watching your first sunset.
I am trying not to be jealous as I sit watching hail from the sky over not-so-sunny Woodlands.
Relax and enjoy!
Yes ..... ladybirds on the moon eh? Take more water with it Steve!
Hi guys. Hope you're thumb's better Hinge. Told you not to play with the rough boys at your age 😁 Steve, you got a DSLR? When you RTFM learn how to increase the ISO settings to increase shutter speeds. Seriously, that's really useful. Er . . . if you really are seeing ladybirds on the moon, forget I said that last bit.
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