Next Thursday. It’s all set up.
Call me old-fashioned, but this seems like a very strange thing to do.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means "The Ultimate Argument of Kings," and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. "We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it's about: You'll do as I say or I'll send my goons to kill you."
I thought about that for a long time. If there's an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I've got bullets - he's got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that's not going to happen. So if there's an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain't bullets.
It finally came to me - and that's when I left the city, abandoned a goodly percentage of my goods, and gave all that was behind me a good, stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Good luck with it. They weren’t using lasers when my mother had cataract surgery.
As I understand it, this particular treatment doesn’t have to do with the cataracts. This is just for the glaucoma. From what the doctor told me, the cataract surgery is somewhat more involved. I still have that to look forward to.
Cataract surgery is entertaining if you stay awake awake. Drugs are your friend. It’s no biggee, Joel, if I can do it, so can you.
I can’t address glaucoma treatment, but I can say with authority that laser treatment for retinal detachment or post-cataract protein fogging, while completely painless, made me imagine I forgot my dark eye pro while watching a nuclear bomb explode. Up close. Again, no pain or lingering effect. Just one hell of a flash. Kinda psychedelic, actually.
I was going to tell you all about my brother’s radial caratonomy (sp?) where in he was able to stop using glasses for the first time since he was 7 years old. But this is not the same it doesn’t sound like.
I don’t know what you are worried about. It’s only some guy you don’t know putting a very sharp knife into your eye. What could go wrong?
Just use the old Sundance routine … just before they “put you under” show them the revolver in your waistband. Was it Sundance? Butch? Maybe that tall skinny fella in “Fist Fulla Dollars”.
Best of luck you crusty ol’ curmudgeon hermit.
I’m glad to hear you’re getting taken care of. Just remember not to blink
My sincerest best wishes, I really hope this has a noticeably beneficial result for ya.
I was told I was getting cataracts five years ago so I know what is in my future .
I’m glad it’s moving right along(the treatment, not the glaucoma)! Sending prayers, best wishes, positive energy for success in halting that dratted glaucoma.
Hang in there, my friend. Sending you the very best positive energy.