The Bitterest Medicine

If anybody checks this blog from time to time, he or she might have noticed that there has not been a post in a week or so.  The reason for this silence is that I had small incision cataract surgery on Friday, February 21.  The surgery appears to be a success so far, according to my ophthalmologist, Dr. Secosan, and the vision in my left eye is something close to 20/20 at a distance when the haze of eyedrops and corneal trauma clears from time to time.  But until things settled down and I can get a new prescription for reading glasses, I am having difficulty reading and writing. 

The only other complication is the bitter medicine he gave me again yesterday:  no, not eyedrops, or that ointment I smear under my eyelid at night - no running before at least Monday, March 10.  I can, however, go to the gym and do other exercises that do not involve my new lens implant bouncing up and down (so plyometric jump squats are out as well).  I am being philosophical about Highlands Roadrunner not being able to run - perhaps the rest will do be good after all, and in the meantime the cross-training at the gym can't do me any harm.

My calendar entry for March 10 says Run Run Run!!!