BBerguson
Official Pennsyltuckian
I know we all do it, we all are going to do something someday. I just about lost my chance to do a lot of my someday list…
On a normal Saturday morning this past July I got sick. What I thought was a migraine headache turned out to be viral meningitis. I won’t go into all the details (it’s long and painful) but I ended up with what is called a 6th cranial nerve palsy. This nerve controls the muscles that move your eyes (focuses them) and I currently have double vision when both eyes are open. I’ve been off work for two months and can’t go back until I can see normal and feel confident driving. My eye doctor says it should go away with 90 days (it’s been about 60) and there are a couple of options to correct it if it doesn’t go away. Everything I read online also says 90 days is the magic number. Man I hope so!
I can function inside ok because there is much less visual input than outside but this has really screwed up my summer! Was building a cabin with daughter for us to camp out in, was going to do LOTS of shooting with my son, nope, haven’t done any of that. Been basically putting a dent in the couch all summer. The good news is that I’m A LOt better than I was, I actually feel great, just my vision is messed up.
So guys, don’t put things off until someday, you could miss out on it. I have always been planning on a prairie dog shoot with my son someday, if my vision doesn’t get back to normal I won’t even think about it. The travel, being outdoors and the shooting will be too uncomfortable. Can’t even get to my shooting range so I am planning on investing in a larger caliber air rifle and having a “range” in my back yard. That will be a good thing too, my range is 20 minutes away so I‘ll be able to shoot more and be home more with family too. There are some good things that will come out of this…
Any errors will be because I’m squinting pretty hard looking at the screen… catching most but just noticed one in the title. Someday I’ll be a better poofreader.
On a normal Saturday morning this past July I got sick. What I thought was a migraine headache turned out to be viral meningitis. I won’t go into all the details (it’s long and painful) but I ended up with what is called a 6th cranial nerve palsy. This nerve controls the muscles that move your eyes (focuses them) and I currently have double vision when both eyes are open. I’ve been off work for two months and can’t go back until I can see normal and feel confident driving. My eye doctor says it should go away with 90 days (it’s been about 60) and there are a couple of options to correct it if it doesn’t go away. Everything I read online also says 90 days is the magic number. Man I hope so!
I can function inside ok because there is much less visual input than outside but this has really screwed up my summer! Was building a cabin with daughter for us to camp out in, was going to do LOTS of shooting with my son, nope, haven’t done any of that. Been basically putting a dent in the couch all summer. The good news is that I’m A LOt better than I was, I actually feel great, just my vision is messed up.
So guys, don’t put things off until someday, you could miss out on it. I have always been planning on a prairie dog shoot with my son someday, if my vision doesn’t get back to normal I won’t even think about it. The travel, being outdoors and the shooting will be too uncomfortable. Can’t even get to my shooting range so I am planning on investing in a larger caliber air rifle and having a “range” in my back yard. That will be a good thing too, my range is 20 minutes away so I‘ll be able to shoot more and be home more with family too. There are some good things that will come out of this…
Any errors will be because I’m squinting pretty hard looking at the screen… catching most but just noticed one in the title. Someday I’ll be a better poofreader.
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