Following
the left eye in 2012, my father underwent a cataract surgery for the right yesterday.
When he was done with the left, there wasn't a need to go for right soon since
cataract showed very less growth then. The Dr. has advised to go for surgery
when the cataract showed 50 percent growth last year, but being caught up with
other problems related to health postponed the surgery thinking how to handle
life without one another as I was in need of two people i.e. my parents. At
this same time last year I was into the cast post fracture above my knee and
for more than 2-3 months I was depended on three people to do the natural task as
human.
Early before my
fracture, my father caught with one on his ankle following his bike fell down
at the knock of a car. Being a diabetic patient it took more than 3 months for
his wounds to heal and only later we were able to do something for his hair
crack which was almost healed on its own lying beneath the wound. Shifting
houses has been a task we went through last two years has kept away the thought
and care for the cataract. Though he has been going through eye sight problem
with one enough clear vision and other getting blur, he kept postponing the
surgery thinking who will assist me or replaces him for at least a month to
quite recover.
Everyone knows
it’s a minor surgery and doesn't last more than 10 minutes and he was back at
home in 4 hours. But things don’t end there right? Regular apply to eye drops
matters much important and being away from light vital more along with complete
rest and control in sugar to sustain quick recovery. Similar to the phase
during his bike accident, I come into the control of my mom again but residing
close to my native house our uncle’s family (dad’s bro) was helping us in many
ways. Do you remember or not, the house we are staying now isn't what we were
looking for but to put an end to house hunt then (March) we decided to move
here to transfer later slowly.
Though we aren't
in hurry now, we have a thought in mind of another house since we experience
water problem here and to feed our thought, the house owner has kindly
requested us to be prepare to shift house as he had approached for a plan to
built a brand new home by demolishing the present one, which is 40+ years old. And
also staying opposite to a school makes feel anxious and I really lose my peace
during the school time. We have our own houses in the same and neighborhood
areas but they aren't convenient for me. We have our home in ground floor only
at the apartment and we shifted from their mainly due to short in space and my
native house has homes in upstairs since uncle’s workshop occupies the ground
space.
In-between I
have requested a friend in US (who’s on onsite) to acquire a person hoist (a
transfer device which lift a person to move their position), to help my parents
to make easy my shifting. As you all know that I have lost the ability to stand
post fracture. Initially the transfer between wheelchair and car only bothered
me much as I don’t find great difficult with life at home as I used to it daily,
but I don’t think that life sustain at this phase forever and I need to think
about future with aging parents, a device like hoist will aid them reduce
physical stress. He has inquired with PTA/Take-AlongLifts and looking forward to their quotation
and shipping method. Hope things goes well...
i hope your father's cataract surgery was successful and all will be well for him. he and you have both been through a lot which, of course, puts extra demands on your mother.
ReplyDeletegood luck with the house hunting once again. i know that is stressful. i do hope you can find a good first-floor residence in a good, quiet area.
Hi Jeevan,
ReplyDeleteDiabetes can slow down the rate of healing. Hope your father's eyes get better soon.
Good Luck with finding the right house. Hope you find one that works well for you.
Best of Luck with everything.
Peace :)
Hopefully your next house will have a ground floor with big garden and lot of flowers :)
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Also, for the item that you want to buy from US, check in Amazon.com once. Many vendors there ship internationally, from US. Also, the customer reviews will help you to determine if that's the right product for you. Amazon.com is an excellent site for product research.
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DI - This product is not available in Amazon.com and I also checked many other sites. There are hoist available in Amazon but they are similar to what made here and wasn't compact to carry away while travelling.The website http://takealonglifts.homestead.com/ provides users review and I also checked with a hoist manufacturer in Chennai for the opinion on the lift and he was so favor about it and stressed to go for.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion Rajesh :)
I saw this in the US. People just fold it and carry with them. Climb buses on their own since the bus has the facility to lower the bus steps to the ground level. People were going everywhere alone on the readymade wheel chairs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best, Jeevan. Hope you get it soon. Take care
Life has become really hectic. But good to know your family is successfully meeting the challenges.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jeevan. Life is one continuous events, one after other, keeping us busy.
ReplyDeleteHi Friend, Just stopping by to say Happy Thanksgiving to you. Even in places where Thanksgiving is not celebrated (or celebrated on the 4th Thursday in November like ours is) —it can be a time for each of us to take time to thank God for our blessings and also not to forget the “Giving” in the word, ThanksGIVING. We all have lots of blessings —but many times, we ignore the giving part….Not just on Thanksgiving Day, but all of the time, please take time to contact family/friends just to say HI… And remember that a big SMILE can lift someone’s day…. Little things like that can really HELP..
ReplyDeleteHope your father's surgery went well.
God Bless…
Happy Thanksgiving.
Hugs,
Betsy
Hi jeevan,
ReplyDeleteReally concerned about your passing through tough times. Your father undergoing cataract surgery and suffering from diabetes means strict regularity in putting those eye drops.
Hope that things will work in your favour!
God be with you!
Sending you all warm wishes!
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