5 July 2023
The fireworks wound down around midnight, for which I was grateful. There’ll probably be a few scattered explosions for the next few days but not bad. I think the entire neighborhood went a little berserk last night. Maybe with the year we’ve had it was needed to blow off a little steam.
I took my glasses in today after the third time of falling apart. I explained it had to be either a design flaw or a manufacturing problem. To no avail. They repaired them and as they handed them to me I said “You know, these are going to break again.” He shrugged and said he couldn’t do anything about it even though they were under warranty. I then asked for my latest prescription and told him I would go elsewhere to purchase my glasses.
It really irked me. I’ve probably bought six or seven sets of glasses (1 pair of glasses, 1 pair of sunglasses) over the last several years and the bill always comes in around $2000. I’m looking for a new ophthalmologist and a new source of glasses.
The reason I’m looking for a new ophthalmologist is they went up on the cost of refraction from $50 to $60 and the last refraction I had was the most cursory one I’ve experienced – to the point I don’t really trust the person who performed it. I also don’t like the idea that my ophthalmologist is a D.O. not an M.D. They also have a lot of turnover in that office. I don’t think I’ve seen the same technician twice in the last 4 years.
Someone suggested a person at Bascomb Palmer Eye Institute in Plantation for ophthalmologist and Costco for a source of glasses. I put out an email to my locals and asked for recommendations.
My GP visit went well. He’s approved me for surgery on the 13th. He wasn’t concerned about the Gram positive bacteria (<10,000 CFU/ml [Colony Forming Units]) and was concerned about the white blood cell count. I explained after the first chemo, the next day they gave me an injection to boost my WBC. He agreed that was probably the cause of the high count.
He did write me a script for Lomotil pills and for Flomax. I told him I wouldn’t take the liquid prescription that took CVS so long to fill. I also changed pharmacies from CVS to Walgreens. Probably all the big chains are the same but I’ve gotten better service from Walgreens lately.
I know you know they do everything bigger in Texas but I put to you they can’t grow iguanas like I can.
Each tile on the pool is 4 inches. He spans 13 of them so he’s 52 inches long. That makes him 4.3 feet. By the way, he chose that spot to poop. It was massive!
Eric and Rudy from construction stopped by my house today to put a face plate on an electrical receptacle. The new one that was installed on the east wall required a new one and they showed up to put it on. That’s what I like about the company and the people that work there. They say they will do something and they show up and do it.
Next up is surgery.
Stay tuned!