Blurred Vision
Woke up blind this morning. Well close to it. I think I had too much fun yesterday but it was pretty mild fun. I had probably four beers, maybe five over six to eight hours. Had some pizza, okay way too much pizza and some sausage that wasn’t all that great but only because I prefer mine cooked more than most people do. I also had one big fat cigar which I paid
P100 for which is a lot of money. Oh, I get to be a rich guy once a week. :) Well pretend anyway. It gives me a better buzz than the beer. Though mild vices, I guess they are more than my body can handle well. Waking up blind is a bad sign. LOL
We hung out at the Pizza Pub yesterday, flirting with the girls, that too was mild. They walk by and give me the look but they rarely mean anything behind it. I think they just want to know they’re pretty. Not all that different than the US but now women in the US are afraid to do that kind of thing with strangers.
People are not as strange to each other in the Philippines as they are in the states. People are more likely to speak. Now, there is a healthy dose of skepticism about others but usually when I speak first the Filipino will respond very friendly. A pinoy asked me to join him yesterday. I kind of wanted too but I didn’t. He was trying to share his pizza with me. He probably had no idea how much I love it. LOL But, I am still a bit shy. Especially, when it comes to eating with someone I don’t know.
Something our home seems to make me itch. I can stay out most of the day without itching, I come home and I start itching. Sometimes I take showers, even if they are cold as it seems to help stop the itching. That may be all in my head, but whatever, I don’t continue to itch and that’s good enough for me.
Jessie and I just came back from a short walk. Only about a mile today. I had planned to walk to the end of the wharf but there was a float in front of the “gay house” and I wanted to get a closer look. Actually there were a lot of flowers. They had banners crossing the street and very bad karaoke. There were also tents setup at the “gay house” and lots of people there.
Jessie and I call it the “gay house” because a lot of gay men can be seen coming and going there. Proudly gay in most cases. :)
I really wasn’t in the mood to walk but I needed to do something to get my blood sugar down. I can tell it is high because I can’t see. I’m really hungry but I’m not going to eat as it will just make my blood sugar higher. I’ve got a craving for Spuds (like Pringles but better and cheaper) but I told Jessie we ate too much yesterday and I wont get them. She’s hungry too. She started to open the bread we just bought but I asked her not to open that around me. The bread smelled so good when we were at the bread store. And they have chocolate buns! I’m really surprised Jessie has not brought that home, yet.
I had a good restful day but I need to work on writing a lot more. The more I write the more people visit.
I posted an article about my day yesterday on my Living In Cebu site with the pictures we took yesterday. Jessie took several good pictures yesterday. I keep trying to get a good picture of a plant called Bird of Paradise but they keep coming out blurred.
Things are wonderful, still having a great time. The temperatures have gone back up a bit. I plan to take a tour of The Island of Cebu north of my location tomorrow but that depends on many things. Like how I feel and how energetic I feel. Probably related to what time I get to sleep tonight. So we’ll find out tomorrow. I want to visit the church in San Remegio and take pictures. I love living one day at time. It rocks!
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Hi Rusty – I hope you are feeling better, my friend! I am diabetic too, but have never experienced anything as serious as temporary blindness. Take care of yourself – this doesn’t sound too good.
Hey Rusty!
Hope you level out and feel better soon. I am excited to see your next batch of pictures. Take care.
Bob and Tom,
Thanks for the concern, I may have made things sound worse than *I* think they are. Party till I’m blind was meant partly in fun to me.
I’m not completely blind. :) Just blurred vision. I suppose that’s what is causing it. Since my glucometer died I can’t take it. Or maybe I got to much smoke in my eyes. I should have a new one early next month. Getting my glasses next month too, that wont hurt anything. :)
Blurred vision is how I was diagnosed nearly 20 years ago now. That was caused by the high dose of prednisone I was on though. It is not unusual for my vision to be blurred with a BS of 270 which as you probably know is not serious for short periods. I’m a LITTLE concerned that I’m still having some issues the next day but my lips are not burning as they sometimes do. I’m fine.
I stopped taking two of my meds shortly after I started walking but I may have to get back on one. I’m not insulin dependent but take two diabetic meds. At one point I took four! I may have to start taking Actos again. I just took one now as my vision is still not right.
I’m okay though. Nothing unusual for me. I may get out again today, I want to go north but I’m down to P3000 for the rest of the month. I may wait another day before I go on that trip as it will take a lot of me.
That’s not complaining, I’m amazed at how little it takes to get by for two weeks. That’s plenty to get me through. :) Just can’t splurge. Will keep me from over doing again too. LOL
Oh and I should clarify that P100 is just a little over $2.00. I said it was a lot of money because I tend to think more like a Filipino these days. Its not a LOT of money but it isn’t anything to just toss away either. You can get three loafs of bread for P100 and have a little change left over.
Glad you are okay. Now if you stop hearing the voices in your head please let us know. :lol:
Its sad that so little party made me that ill though. I guess its also sad that I can wake up semi blind and think I’m fine. LOL As for the voices, naw my friends are loyal, they will never betray me unlike my republican friends. :)
Hey! I consider you my friend even though you have some really screwed up political beliefs. I respect your opinion even though I don’t usually agree with it. Someday we will have a beer together. Take Care.
Look forward to that beer. As for political beliefs, I would agree with you but then we’d both be wrong.
Rusty
You can’t be serious. Do you have a death wish or something. Diabetes aside you also have Lupus and I can only imagine the pain and suffering aftermath Hey it’s your body. Have at it.
From the sound of it, you’re right you can’t imagine.
I’m not sure what you think I did that was so horrible, other than live a little.
It sure didn’t feel like I was over doing at the time.
I’m pretty careful, most of the time. I was at that Pizza pub for about eight hours. I don’t regret it, it was a nice day. Not being able to see well was certainly not part of the plan. I’ll eat pizza about once a month.
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Sincerely, Timur I. Alhimenkov
Timur,
Yes you can do that. Thanks!