Whee, JenP!

I think I’ll COVID test tonight. Tomorrow is day 5 from the flight out. I may test everyday for the next 4-5 days. Lots of exposure in Texas.

Hello everybody! I am sporadically around. Yesterday I took my cat to the vet and found out she is in fact going blind. No pain, no other health problems, just losing blood supply to her retina. I've been suspecting it for a couple months so am mostly over the part where I feel weirdly guilty about it and am ready to just think about what I can do. Mostly.

Hello everybody!

Hello, Emily!

Yesterday I took my cat to the vet and found out she is in fact going blind.

Oh no!

No pain, no other health problems, just losing blood supply to her retina. I've been suspecting it for a couple months so am mostly over the part where I feel weirdly guilty about it and am ready to just think about what I can do. Mostly.

Maybe a cool pair of kitty sunglasses like Ray Charles?

Hi Emily! Rough cat news, but better to know, I suppose. The cats I've known that developed deafness or nerve damage or whatever as they aged never seemed much bothered by their changing abilities as long as they still got food and cuddles and sunny spots to lie in, fwtw.

Hey Emily! Sorry about the cat.

There is someone like a block away who seems to either be mentally I’ll or on drugs (or both) who just…yells. Sometimes I can tell what they’re saying if they’re saying something (“fuck youuuuu” or “shut up!”) but mostly it’s just a sound sort of like crying but sort of like yelling? Anguish sound? But over and over. It’s happened a few times at night, but is also happening right now. It’s far enough away that I can’t see who it is (homeless person? Person in an apartment building nearby?) but it’s rather disturbing.

That does sound disturbing, meara.

{{Emily}} I had a blind cat and a blind dog in their elder years. They did remarkably well.

Well, life is just too complex. Went to healthcare center for belly ouch. She thought it was hernia and had me drive to town for an ultrasound. After that they decided they needed a CT. Yes, hernia. Alas, it is pinching something, which could be okay for a short time, or could become a big problem in a short time. She would prefer I see a surgeon right away. I have a reservation to fly to Florida tomorrow because DH is having surgery Friday. He knows nothing yet.

I can't even figure out if my Florida Blue Medicare will cover surgery in NY. I've had 4 different answers so far. Supposedly BCBS NY will cover and work it out with FL, but I can't get verification of that and really don't want to pay out of pocket for surgery. Of course now after a zillion tests and phone calls today, the offices are now closed and I can't find out anything until tomorrow. when I am supposed to fly away.

They were supposed to fax all the various test results, including blood which I am still waiting on, to my PCP in FL so I could discuss it with him. But that hasn't happened yet.

Did I mention leaving tomorrow? I'm really up in the air. And, for the most part it doesn't feel as bad today as it did yesterday so the desire to just ignore it is very strong.

Oh, dear, Laura. What a dilemma! I'd hate for you to wait for surgery and then have it suddenly go very bad on you while you were flying!

What a conundrum, Laura.

Emily sorry about your kitty.

Laura I hope you're able to work it out, I hate insurance.

My schedule is kind of wonky because I had Tuesdays blocked out but I corrected that and I'm going to talk to the HR manager about scheduling. But I haven't heard from the case manager. I'm going to message her tomorrow and see if she's heard anything.

I had to email worker's comp and then I called and I'm worried that I'm apparently not set up for partial whatever payments since I've returned to work and am not getting any checks cut at this point. I hope that the adjuster dude answers the email I sent soon.

Lunch with Mom was kind of a mess. We ended up at the restaurant later than we wanted to get there and it was crowded. I asked if we could sit outside and it was kind of hot and it's benches to sit on so that was bothering M's back and the whole thing took for ever. And I wasn't feeling well for most of it. just brain fog and tired. I realized I'm falling back into the pattern of sleeping/dozing in the day and then staying up at night. I'm finally feeling rested but in a few hours I'm going to take Trazadone and hopefully get a lot of sleep.

This kind of feels like I was back Jan or Feb , except without any vertigo or dizziness (so that's a good thing) but when I was just tired all the time. I know it's to be expected but it's really hard not to get frustrated and feel like I'm some kind of loser who can't even work 4 hours a day. I'm going to talk to my manager about doing recovery or something in one section and just staying there for the day rather than switching around doing things and having to walk all over the store and have to mentally switch tasks or think about too much stuff.