Ran Slirpa
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So today is April 1st. I was considering making some kind of April fool’s joke. Like “Oh my god my sight has come back I can see clearly again”. Or “Oh my god I have gone completely blind and am writing this entry with the help of a typing monkey the government gave me”. But I guess that would be a little cruel. So I won’t.
Having a typing monkey would be awesome, though.
In serious news: I have decided to do the acupuncture. I am not actually too happy about it, though. I did some internet research on this particular acupuncturist and there are some questionable things. People accusing him of embellishing his results. Of stealing his methods from others. Of being scientologist. But then there are others who say he is genuine enough. And he has apparently worked for a big Danish cycling sports team. It’s all a little up and down. Seems he is a tiny bit controversial. My skeptic self does not really want to do this. But I guess it comes down to the fact that my eyesight is so bad that I am desperate enough to try. All I have to lose is time and money, and I have enough of that. He claims to be able to help 7 out of 10 patients. Let’s say he is embellishing and it’s only 5 out of 10. If there is 50% chance of my eyesight getting better, even if it only gets 5% better, then I’d take it. Honestly, my eyesight right now is so bad that I could live with it, but I’m not sure I’d want to. It’s so bad that even though I don’t want to, I feel like I have to try this. I don’t want to go blind and be sitting here wondering if acupuncture would have made a difference.
So there you go. I have the pre-examination for cataracts surgery on April 22nd. I want to wait until that’s done. So acupuncture treatment can start Monday 27th April at the earliest. That fits okay with the 2 week waiting list, seeing as theough there is Easter too. My dad is going to call and set it up tomorrow. Hopefully I can get in on the 27th already then. And you just know that Magnethe will have her babies right around there. Damnit. I don’t want to lose their first weeks. But being away for 7-8 hours isn’t going to leave me much time or energy for it. But we’ll see how it goes. I just hope uncle Jens will be able to drive me. That would make a huge difference. A world of difference. So much of a difference that I’d almost not want to do it after all if he couldn’t. But he is retired so he should be able to open his schedule. And it is such an amazing thing that he is offering it. If my sight does get any better then I would owe him a debt of grattitude. For suggesting it in the first place and for being so helpful.
But I’m not going to get my hopes up. I don’t expect to get anything out of this. It’s just something I have to try. And if it helps any little bit then that will be a welcome surprise.
Also, my mother is making soup on Saturday. So at least I got that going for me.
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4 Responses to “Ran Slirpa”
1. hanne Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 23:53
im always a sceptic too.. but go for it, you dont want to ever regret indeed.
wishing you the very best!
2. Debster Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:45
Hee, hee. A typing monkey! That’s pretty funny. One gal we know put her kid’s breakfast cereal in different boxes, so went they went to pour out their cereal, they were sure surprised!
That’s about the only April Fool’s joke we heard of. We’re “fools” every day, so it wasn’t too big of a thing for my husband and I.
We were working on the good side of town today (nice houses, but old) overlooking the river. Whenever we work in this town, the cardinals are always singing so pretty. And today was no exception.
I’d read somewhere that cardinals can sing 23 or 24 different variations of their song, and I think they were doing 3 or 4 songs today. They were all singing a little different song and at different times and they were sure loud.
Poor Mrs. Cardinal has to decide which of those singers she likes the best! “Can you sing that part again for me, please?” “One more time, from the top, please!”
Good luck in getting your acupuncture appt. I’m with you in thinking I’d be ready to try anything (as long as it didn’t involve snakes). Glad you did some research and hope it does you some good. As long as it doesn’t make things worse and your doctor didn’t see anything wrong with trying it and you want to try it, go for it.
3. Desirée Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 12:41
I had acupuncture for “pain relief” when I had Arthur. Bah-humbug is what I say. But many of my peers, who also had it during labour, were all for it, so maybe I’m just a wimp and nothing but a total knock-out will be enough for me and my pain. To be fair, not even the epidural worked as the heffer I was giving birth too was squashing a nerve and causing me pain beyond reach of alternative or modern medicine!
It makes me so incredibly happy that you have the support of your whole family at this time. It really means a lot to me to know that you’re not left to cope with all this on your own.
I don’t know what the doctor has said, but I don’t see why the cataracts surgery wouldn’t work to make your eyesight much better, so I’m hoping they’ll get on with that side of things asap. As you say, I should wait with the acupuncture until after the op so as to give both the best possible chance of a successful outcome.
I’m so pleased you’ve amended your eating and especially your drinking habits – it’s doing you the world of good! And getting back ont he bike is also just so, so good for you!
You’re my hero, Plume!
4. Plume Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 23:13
hanne – Yeah, nothing to lose. Let’s hope it goes well. Thank you!
Debster – Did the goats pull any jokes? I bet they wanted to do something like not eating their food.. but then they couldn’t hold out and they ended up eating it anyway. Doh.
I got my appointment for the acupuncture, so I’ll be starting on the 27th. I’m trying not to expect too much. But it’s hard not to hope. Fingers crossed.
Desiree – I’m sorry the acupuncture didn’t help you with the pain. I’m sure it can help some people though, so I’ll just cross my fingers and hope that I’m one of them. I have to try anyway.
My family has been wonderful throughout this. I am very thankful for that.
The reason why the cataracts surgery might not help my vision a lot is that there aren’t too many of the cataracts. Or they are small. Or however you say it. I don’t have ltos and lots of it. My sight problems are mainly caused by the diabetes stuff. So while the surgery might give some improvement they couldn’t say that it would make a noticeable difference. But we’ll see. If my sight gets better then I don’t really care if it’s from acupuncture or surgery or both. Or neither. I would have prefered to wait with the acupuncture really, but at the same time I don’t want to risk losing more of my sight. If it can be helped. The acupuncture won’t have any negative effects on the cataracts surgery.. so might as well get everything I can do done as fast as possible.