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Thanks to all who wished me well re: my apt. with Retina Specialist this morning. The appointment did indeed go well.

It included the most intense eye exam I've ever had. Two different dilations of both eyes. The second he called a “full bath'” dilation of both eyes; and he said, “Now this may be uncomfortable at times.” And he wasn't kidding!

Anyway, after it was all over he told me, “You're a very healthy man.” (My walking stick was leaning against the wall in a corner of that exam room; can't walk safely without it. Heh.) He considered me “low risk” regarding my upcoming cataract surgeries. And he said there's no reason for him to attend them.

He explained the reason a Retina specialist is called to assist the eye surgeon is when the Retina wall is so thin it may tear or is already tearing and he's needed to patch up the tearing with a laser. There's only very slight thinning at the back wall of my Retina, and it's not enough to worry about.

But he did want to see me again in 6 mos. so we set an appointment for June 2024.

And the adventure continues...

posted Thursday 21/Dec/2023 ~18:20 #QNDEC2023

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I'm not really looking forward to tomorrow morning. I've been having difficulty contacting the Retina Dr. my eye Surgeon wants to look at my eyes. Hope the early morning appointment goes well.

posted Wednesday 20/Dec/2023 ~19:25 #QNDEC2023

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Listening now to the IU Hoosiers Pregame Show for this evening's game vs. Morehead State. Opening Tip coming in a few minutes.

Go Hoosiers!

posted Tuesday 19/Dec/2023 ~17:15 #QNDEC2023

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Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre :

“The sanctifying grace of Jesus is such a unique and abundant source of salvation that it is rightly called by a name proper to our Lord: Gratia capitis, the grace of the leader or of the head – making perfectly clear at the same time that in all salutary action and in all action which concerns the spiritual good, everything ultimately comes from and returns to Jesus Christ alone, the Son of God incarnate.

“There is no salvation outside our Lord” (cf. Acts 4:12). All those who work for the salvation of souls have to base their activity on this principle of the capital grace of our Lord. A thing done with no relation directly or indirectly to our Lord is vain and useless for salvation.”

posted Monday 18/Dec/2023 ~12:30 #QNDEC2023

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Rather excited about the week ahead. I'm going to be setting up a structured exercise regimen to follow daily to increase my strength, flexibility, and balance. What little exercise I've done so far has been helpful, but I'm confident working in a more organized, more regular way will be much better.

posted Sunday 17/Dec/2023 ~20:00 #QNDEC2023

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This hasn't been the most productive of days. My only chore completed was doing my laundry. At least there's that. Hopefully I can do better tomorrow.

posted Saturday 16/Dec/2023 ~21:45 #QNDEC2023

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I've just added 55-Essential Balance Exercises for Seniors to my Kindle. And the project to improve my physical fitness continues.

posted Friday 15/Dec/2023 ~19:20 #QNDEC2023

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Yesterday's CC game win with a Queen-Rook combination checkmate (see above) was nice and it capped off a pleasant, relaxing game that took just over a month to play.

posted Thursday 14/Dec/2023 ~14:25 #QNDEC2023

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Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre :

“God Himself has asked us to make use of the goods of this world to fulfill our duty of state. So it is obvious that we have to make use of the goods of this world. But the disorder that is inside us because of original sin makes it so we seek those goods in a disordered manner, in an excessive manner, which leads us to turn away from prayer, to turn away from God. For what is prayer if not the raising of our soul toward God? Many people no longer raise their soul toward God because they are entirely taken up by the things of this world. They no longer pray and they do not come to unite themselves to the great prayer of our Lord, which is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. They desert the churches because they are caught up in the spirit of the world.”

posted Wednesday 13/Dec/2023 ~14:00 #QNDEC2023

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From the perspective of this Tuesday, I can look back at yesterday and see one thing I did wrong, and another thing I did right.

So I spent two hours yesterday doing yard work. With my lawn mower with grass catcher attached, and with my leaf blower, I attacked the leaves that had fallen in my front yard. Today I'm paying for that with my hips so weak and painful I can barely walk. It's pretty clear that I was wrong to do all that physical work.

Chess-wise though, I did okay. Yesterday afternoon I won a correspondence chess game, catching the White King in a Queen-Bishop combination checkmate. Final board position of that game is pictured above, at the top of this post.

posted Tuesday 12/Dec/2023 ~13:55 #QNDEC2023