January 29, 2011 12:30 AM

As good as it can be!

What does that mean? It means that my eye pressure is basically the same as it was a month ago which is just a little high. It also means that, after testing , the pressure is not caused by glaucoma - but is a byproduct of the prednisone that I am taking. For all the good things that medicine does for you there always seems to be a few takeaways.

However, according to the doctor, the elevated pressure bears watching that it does not turn into glaucoma. So what's the solution? More drops! Once a day I have to take another drop in each eye and, in a month, go back to check that my eye pressure is improving.

I'm sorry for the delay in this posting but all the medication that they threw in my eyes today caused a bluriness that just seemed to go on forever. There's a noticeable improvement at this point. Hopefully this continues as I expect to go back to painting my kitchen tomorrow.

One side light to today's visit is the fact that 1:45 is not a good time for any appointments in Boston(as though we had a choice)! The commute home was during rush hour - on a Friday - and it was horrible. By the time you get home, you're exhausted. Which we were.

Our new microwave was installed today and it spruces up the kitchen real nice! It makes it look like we had a major overhaul done to the room as it really modernizes it. The installer said that the microwave ways a ton and, unless you've done it before, it was best to have someone else do it. I don't know if he was trying to be selfserving or not - but I considered it good advice - even tghough I hate to spend money for something that I think that I can do myself.

In a similar fashion, I fixed a couple of things in my neighbor's home this morning and am looking forward to replacing an under-cabinet light in the near future to wrap up her to-do list.

All in all, a very productive day...

Bob