Still Kicking

Greetings,

I wanted to take a brief moment to update all on my surgery. It went well, more painful than I expected, but worth it. I am only at about ten percent vision for another week or so. This is due to the trauma of the surgery and the drops which dialiate the eyes. Unfortunately, I will be out of the loop until the vision is up to par.

The lack of vision is a very humbling experience and one must learn to have family members do things for them that we normally take for granted watching the news, reading it and other things, which have become a part of our normal routine, is another learning experience as well. Overall, I have gained a greater respect for the blessing of vision we all take for granted every day of our lives.

For example, I am using powerful reading glasses and a magnifying glass to kick this small post out and although difficult, it is worth it. Another thing we all take for granted is e-mail. I was upset that those I normally exchange words with on a daily basis was now history. Then I came upon the idea of them using a larger font, an 18 or 20 point and it is still difficult, but not impossible to read.

I will hopefully be back in the saddle shortly, until then I want to say thank you for the kind thoughts and words of encouragement.

Ranter