I had surgery for a detached retina a week and a half ago and I am 12 days into a 21 day recovery where I have to lie face down for 20 of 24 hours. After which I will not be able to read for 8 weeks. This is a part of the recovery process.. I can watch video, but can't read email. For someone who writes, reads, blogs, tweets, constantly, this is an enforced sabbatical. So for a while I am off the grid.
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When you can read this, know that we are all wishing you the best.
Speedy recovery and enjoy the sabbatical as much as you possibly can!
Richard, I wish you a speedy recovery. And look forward to a tour-de-force when you return.
Sorry for your travails ... I would say "speedy" recovery, but your recovery seems to have already been mapped out with a certain time frame enforced on you. Though you may not read this yourself, I'm sure someone will read these comments to you ... We all wish you a complete recovery and a restful journey to that recovery.
Sorry for your travails ... I would say "speedy" recovery, but your recovery seems to have already been mapped out with a certain time frame enforced on you. Though you may not read this yourself, I'm sure someone will read these comments to you ... We all wish you a complete recovery and a restful journey to that recovery.
I would wish you a speedy recovery, but your recovery program seems to be outlined and specific in its time frame. I do hope that your recovery is complete and that the enforced rest you get will be regenerative for a new burst of creative energy when you return to "active duty" .... Best wishes. We will be thinking of you ...
I am surprised they are keeping you facedown that long. A week to 10 days is average. You can have people read you your mail--I know. Check out my faceodwn site. You will get through this--I hope with no more surgeries.
Wishing you a complete and speedy recovery.
Richard,
I am sure that by the time this sabbatical is completed you will have figured out the technology to thwart detached retinas and the no reading rule! What a twitter that will be.
all the best
Jo
Please know I've been there. I had that surgery back in 1979, when I was fourteen. It was 10 hours of surgery, and to this day, I have a plastic cap & buckle in my left eye. I was not allowed to move my head for 72 hours, and, no one was certain I would ever see again. I couldn't shower for 2 weeks, and couldn't bend over for 6 months. To this day, I still can't play racket ball or tennis, because it was pounded into my head at my head the fear that I could go blind with a simple blow to the head.
Today's surgeries are so much easier, but just as scary to the patient. It is one of those surgeries that sets us aback, emotionally, and makes us realize the danger of losing something so precious, and taken for granted, as our sight.
Here's wishing you well. Thank goodness for wonderfully progressive medical technology, and the talented staff utilizing it.
Namaste.
Kristy Gosteli Helm, Attorney