[Note: This is another blog based on my weekly emails to my family on the mainland. Since much of my news these days relates to trying to age gracefully, this series might be called The Geezer Gazette.
4/2/26
Aloha All!
I mentioned last week that we had tickets to a Sunday afternoon performce in Waimea by an acrobat
troupe from Australia named Humans 2.0. It was absolutely terrific. It was sort of like Circue du Soleil, but without as much hardware. Instead, it was a combination of modern dance and choreography with the human body doing incredible things. Strength, agility, balance, grace, and artistic sensibility were on full display. The staging was simple lighting, costumes, and music used to great effect. Bottom line: if you ever have a chance to see them perform, do it.
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Weather here has been sunnier and drier than for the last month or so. Pool is up to 88d even without covering it at night. We've enjoyed doing our daily pool workouts most days this week. This is usually right before lunch, followed by a nap. Speaking of workouts, we finally managed to get back to Planet Fitness this week for the first time in almost two months. It was a pretty puny session, but we figured it was a good idea to ease back into it. Our muscles agreed, judging from the soreness the next couple of days.
There's a fair amount of Geezer Gazette news this week, much of it good for a change. First, a couple of "geezer-aids" that I ordered online were delivered, and both have helped me cope with my vision problems. The first was a pair of magnifying glasses that are often used in craft projects. The frames have interchangeable lenses that go all the way up the 5x. They also have a built-in light that has helped greatly with my dimming problem. They only cost about $25, a real bargain considering how much easier they have made my daily activities. The second aid was a pair of sunglasses that fit over my regular glasses and have a yellow/brown tint rather than the grey tint I've been using. The problem with the old ones was that that they cut out so much light that I lost the edges of things. I was to the point of not using them even in bright light because they made things worse, not better. The new ones do dim things somewhat, but they also sharpen the contrast so I can see the edges of objects much more clearly. Again, an inexpensive simple chabge that has made things "way mo' betta'." Altogether both geezer-aids cost less than 50 bucks and didn't require any physicians or medical appointments. The other bit of geezer news comes from my routine visit on Tuesday with my internist. I asked if I could switch to a different blood thinner to see if it would lessen my side-effects of bruising and bleeding. At first he agreed, but then showed his worth by recalling that the new blood thinner medication could interact with the residual heart-rhythm control drug still in my system. The interaction in this case leads to even greater bruising and bleeding, possibly a serious problem. Whew! No thanks. The other outcome from the visit is that I'm trying an inhaler to see if it might help with my emphysema. The interesting (to me, anyway) aspect of this is that the inhaler is like a Keurig for the lungs. Each dose is in a pill-like capsule that you insert and then pierce. The drug is in the form of very fine powder instead of a mist. Cool, eh?
Ok, that's enough for this week. I hope you all are doing well and having a good Spring. Don't let you-know-who puree your brain. Carpe vitam!
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