Tag: 2023

Second Eye Surgery, spirit

14-second video: No pain at all today. Yee-haaa!

An attitude of gratitude is powerful medicine. And, no prescription needed.

dad

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i thank God

5-second video: Nothing remarkable. Just an “i was here” vid.
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Upper left…arrived 953am for confirmed walk-in appointment.

One of the best things i stumbled into being great at is counting my blessings.

dad

Counting your blessings is technically creativity.

You brainstorm all the ways your “unfortunate situation” could be worse.

Once you start listing a bunch of ways your situation could be worse, far worse even, you regain being present and slay panic.

Was hoping to be on a plane to Montana in six days.

What if the eye regression happened in Glacier?

What if i had to fly home immediately and try to secure emergency surgery?

What if emergency retina detachment repair surgery needed to happen Immediately in Montana? Without being able to fly for two months, how would i (and Cheryl) get home?

What would be the insurance ramifications for out of state and an out of network physician?

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Cancel it all?

Family hiking g in mountains
The two other parents here (besides Cheryl and me) are returning this year. But this year (2023) it’s gonna be late September, not late July. We are bundled up because it can be cold and windy in late July.

Plan for the worst. Hope for the best.

dad

You heard me a month ago say that i thought worst case i’ll permanently lose sight in one eye.

Consequently, i wrote off the rest of the 2023 GNP Summer season. For me this turned a record-setting three-month GNP Summer into a one-month Summer.

Yes, and…

While i cancelled almost all accommodations, i didn’t cancel all of them.

Why?

Hoping for the best.

So here we are.

Eye sight is remarkably better than just a week ago.

Can envision me and Cheryl back on a Montana-bound plane.

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Oasis of quiet, spiritually

Hikers in the mountains
Steve and Stacy have Go-Pros that automatically capture photos at whatever interval they set. Just a bit more context than the last photo.

You cannot see or think optimally if you are not quiet and still.

dad

Slow down to speed up.

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Spiritual couch potato

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From Pollock’s summit. In person it’s the closest i’ve come to feeling like “breath-taking” is the perfect description.
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Looking left from previous photo.
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Looking farther left from previous photo.
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Capturing Logan Pass peaks and Heavens Peak.
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The bulge is Mt Gould. Literally in the center, before Gould, is Bishops Cap. That’s where we are headed.

Adventure is out there.

Pixar’s UP

Being in the season of life when your odds are unusually higher to encounter health challenges simply because of age…

Not a fan.

Because it’s new, and naïvely unexpected, it feels a little scary.

Not scary like i can’t handle it.

Scary like i can handle it, but i don’t want to, ever.

Kinda like some of the trails i’ve hiked and realize the risks should be more earnestly considered.

So i’m looking around at life’s sixth-decade landscape and becoming increasingly aware this is uncharted territory.

The thought of possibly losing sight in one eye is scary.

But i may be thinking about an issue that seems scary simply because i am a novice.

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