Weighing the Odds
Well, Dave left last Wed.
I had Ana take him as I doubt I would have even slowed down at
departures. I doubt I will ever get used
to this commuter marriage thing. It took
a call to Group Health customer service to get his doctor’s release faxed to
Lockheed and then signed off on by the flight surgeon. He’d been trying for several days. He never did get an MRI on his shoulder
because the records for the ear surgery he had twenty years ago are in a
warehouse in Tukwila along with the Lost Ark of the Covenant. We did find out that Group Health will pay
for physical therapy and acupuncture in AZ so hopefully he will get some relief
for his shoulder and some rehab for his knee.
Last Friday I had my consultation with the Group Health ophthalmologist
who specializes in treating occluded veins in the eye. The treatment involves injections into the eye
once a month for one to two years and has a 50/50 chance of helping and a one
percent chance of hurting. Left alone
the eye might stay stable (as long as my blood pressure is stable) or it could
get worse. Swell. Right now I am scheduled for the first
treatment this Friday to which I am looking forward to like—well, a poke in the
eye with a sharp stick. Ana is taking me
and hold my hand. I’m not impressed with
the odds or the idea that I could devote a couple of years to getting my eye
poked and be no better off than I am.
And then there is the question that nags me: if I get my eye poked with
a needle does a voodoo doll somewhere feel it?
4 comments:
Good luck. In answer to your question which is a very, very good one, I doubt that the doll would feel anything, as from what I understand it's basically a one-sided relationship.
Sorry that you are having to go through this. Hoping for the best.
You are very brave...I don't think I could let someone poke a needle in my eye if I was awake and aware of what they were doing. Glad Ana can go along to hold your hand. I would think you couldn't drive after a treatment??
Good question, Jo. I guess we will find out. There are going to be times when I'd like to be able to drive afterwards. If it is as easy as I've been told it may not be as much trouble as it appears to be. Unfortunately, no matter what, I will have to go to Federal Way for these treatments which is a pain. I cannot afford to be taking time off from school to do this or I will shortly be out of leave so I need to schedule them in the afternoon which means coming home in the teeth of rush hour and very soon in the dark.
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