RAW HIDEOUS REALITY

 I'll give the absolute truth. The truth is always hideous. Once the whitewash is swept away, putrid reality finally reveals itself.

I'm not in the mood to write with my usual quasi-poetic words. To hell with it. I'm thoroughly disgusted with blogging. The same crap being regurgitated in every post.

I'll be blunt. I have been blessed with many talents (yea, brag, Jon), but I'm an absolute jackass when it comes to any kind of daily unpleasant pursuits. I don't know a damn thing about business matters. I'm clueless about insurance.

I think my 30 day insurance extension is up. It went quickly. I had no discernable progress in physical therapy.

I started out doing well. Right now, I'm in so much agonizing pain that P.T. is impossible.

My left knee is swollen again and it's impossible to lift my leg or bend my knee.

I have a deep (pressure) wound on my left ankle, deep to the bone, and it coincides directly with a nerve.

The pain is so unbelievably INTENSE, when the wound care nurses came this morning, I was literally screaming in agony. Pain pills don't do a damn thing. Gabapentin - which I get regularly - is worthless.

At this moment, my knee and the ankle wound united to produce the absolute WORST pain I ever had.

My roommate burps, farts, vomits, shits in bed, pees in bed. A magical accompaniment to my gourmet meals.

The food is so disgusting that I actually get nauseous looking at it. I sure as hell can't eat it.

Between the bad food in Signature and the horrifying food here, I've lost an enormous amount of weight. I was once 180 lbs. Now I look like a Buchenwald survivor.

If I could get home, make my own food, indulge in nutrition drinks, etc. etc. - - 

So I don't know what the heck will happen with P.T. My timid goal is at least to be able to naviagate in a wheelchair. Then on and upward to use a walker again. It will take one helluva time.

I don't know.......

One of the nurses opened my window today. What an inspiring view!!!

Holy Sheeit! Looks like a ghetto in Mumbai.

Did I mention that I still have covid? A blessing from the angels above (his bitter sarcasm). Everyone who enters my room has to wear a plastic space suit gown and a mask.

All of my major symptoms seem to have vanished......but now I lost my sense of taste. A huge benefit at meal times.

I have one more incredible thing to mention. Brace yourselves.

I am EXTREMELY nearsighted. I'm nearly legally blind. Special lenses in glasses. I also have an astigmatism. Torric contact lenses.

SO.....

A year ago, when I left home for the hospital, I thought I'd only be gone for a few days, or a week.

I left my glasses at home. They are falling apart, taped in half a dozen places.

SO........prepare for the shock

I spent THE ENTIRE YEAR without glasses!!!! Couldn't see a damn thing. 

I'll speed it up and try to condense.

I was desperate to get some kind of glasses. Reading glasses are worthless for myopia.

I did a lot of online research and.....BINGO! I discovered a miracle.

There is a special kind of eye glasses, simply called nearsighted (or myopic) glasses. They're made in China and rather hard to find.

The glasses are made for nearsighted people. They are available with lenses that are weak (-1.50) to very strong (-6.00). It's your choice.

What do I have to lose? The strongest lenses were sold out, so I had to get - 2.50 lenses.

My glasses arrived within a week. I wasn't expecting much. Probably another hoax.

Do you know what?

I tried them on, and could see more clearly! I did need a  stronger lens. I found another company and ordered a -4.00 lens. They will be delivered in another week or so.

The frames aren't my style, but who cares. I can see!!!!!

I'm going to order several more, with different lens strengths.

You can find them on Amazon, eBay, and a few on Walmart. Simply called nearsighted eyeglasses.

The price ranges from $7 to $50. I paid $17 for my first pair. The seller determines the price, which always varies.

This is a miracle - especially for those who damage or lose their prescription glasses.

With all my problems, finding these glasses made my day!

Jon  🤓

good things can (sometimes) happen

This post bombed. I wrote far too much about the glasses. Nobody gives a rat's butt about my acute myopia.

I might discontinue these endless medical updates, since they no longer generate any interest....and I agree.