Good News, Bad News & Update

First let me update on Jim's colon. He talked to someone at the doctor's office and the reasoning behind the wait on the colonoscopy makes a bit more sense. The reason why she didn't order up a colonoscopy until this past appointment was because she wanted to have Jim on his meds for about a month or so before doing the procedure. She knew from the March PET scan that there was a wonky read/uptake on his colon but because she would prescribe the same meds to treat that he's on, she held off. This make sense but I don't know why she didn't just order the colonoscopy in April so that we could schedule for around now rather than wait when we only have a 2 week window. Oh well, we'll deal. No one has called Jim yet to schedule it (that's how it works) so we don't know when it will be but unless it happens to be on the 30th or 31st, I don't see the possibility of it being before we leave for PIB.

Good news: I qualify for Lasik surgery and will have that done on June 16th. Woot! This will mean that it won't interfere with my July trip to PIB too. See, after surgery, I won't be able to swim for two weeks but by July 4th, I'll be all good. I may have to wear goggles and be extra careful on the wave runner but I can handle that. I was also told not to let anything hit me in the face for 1-3 months after surgery. My response: Uh, I'm going to try not to let anything hit me in the face forever. The doc was surprised looking at my pictures that I wear contacts. He said my eyes don't read like someone who wears contacts...in a good way. I have very thick corneas as well which is exactly what you want in Lasik! Anyway - I'm excited! Can't wait to see when I open my eyes!

And the bad news: Apparently a batch of 17-year cicadas are going to be hatching 4 years early! UGH! They're saying that about 100,000 of the little f&%kers are going to be hatching and they're already around areas on the west side and Anderson. First I'll just say that you can expect I won't be around much until these assholes are gone. Maggie, make up my bed because I'll be spending a lot of time with you until about July. Second, Anne's wedding is bound to be bombarded. I hope she doesn't mind me watching from the solarium. And third, WTF?! They're called 17-year cicadas for a reason. And you know that we'll still get a massive batch in 2021! I call bullshit on mother nature! She's on my list.

I'm still slightly dilated and having a bit of a tough time seeing close up. I'll take some readers with me to school today. Oh, and the doctor said I really should be using readers already and will most certainly need them right after surgery. I'm okay with that. That I can handle.

K - best head up and out. Need to get plans ready for Friday and make a list of jobs for Jim to do today. Happy Wednesday! Later!