Migraine
Arthritis
Amblyopia (yeah, yeah, go look it up)
Hernia
Osteoporosis
High Blood Pressure
High Cholesterol. > Dreaded (and Dreadful) Syndrome X
Diabetes Type 2. /
Bum Knees
Bad Arches
Asthma
Deviated Septum
I’m sure there are lots more.
(Do I get to do Mr VOW? He’s got interesting ones…)
And yes, thank the Heavenly Host that I don’t have COVID-19. I don’t have the space on my spreadsheet to list it.
~VOW
Just did, and I learned a few things I didn’t know before! I had surgery for it when I was in Grade 6, and I thought it was just “lazy eye”. I had no idea about the loss of vision caused by the brain ‘ignoring’ the misaligned eye. I was off school for a month, the first week being in the hospital, and much to my disappointment a teacher from the school brought some homework to the house…
I did the whole “patch the good eye” but it didn’t work. While nobody actually said anything, I got the impression that I “didn’t try hard enough.” Forget the fact that the vision in my bad eye is so lousy that I’m legally blind in that eye. I can read the big “E” at the top of the chart, and that’s it. I can’t read much at all. It’s like looking through a screen.
The premise behind patching the good eye is to “train” the bad eye to get busy.
I had an ophthalmologist tell me just a few years ago that the whole “training the bad eye” is [del]bullshit[/del] balderdash. That portion of the brain is not wired correctly.
What a comfort to know that I’m not a quitter, I’m brain-damaged instead.
~VOW
~VOW, I’m brain damaged as well. (Must be genetics, my Sister) I wore the patch through 1st grade. The summer after 1st grade I had the surgery. Didn’t work much. I still have a Lazy eye occasionally. Goes well with my Lazy ass.
When very young, I fell from a moving car (climbed out back window before restraints existed) and cracked my skull, hospitalized a long time, so that’s one excuse. Years later my head (with me under it) suffered hundreds of wasp sings so I’m addled by venom, another alibi. See, none of it’s my fault! What’s Trimp the Chimp’s excuse? Was he dropped on his head?
