Knitting again after Cataract Surgery

After months of demanding that something was terribly wrong with me, the doctors finally probed and prodded and figured out what all of my health problems were. The problem with my leg was the fall in February. I ended up with a strain of the ligament on the outside of my thigh between my new hip and my knee. That is why it hurt so much and I limped. The surgeon said that I also hurt the ligament on the inside groin area so that is why that is sore. But the good news is the hip is still good. So in essence what he said was ... "Take 2 Tylenol and DON'T call in the morning." That lasted for several months and now the cane is put away in the closet where it belongs.

The irregular heartbeat not being able to catch my breath was actually congestive heart failure brought on by the new blood pressure medication that they gave me called Norvasc. Now that was a REAL scare! I kept calling doctors telling them that my heartbeats felt funny and I should know since my husband has atrial fibulation and I know what his feels like. Ladies and Gentleman! Let me tell you something. If you ever feel weird and don't know what it is... Stand your ground! Take yourself to the doctor or ER until they fix it. I must have been to the ER 3 times and the doctor 4 times. I even had a stress test and it didn't show it. The Echo didn't show anything weird either. I had them put me on a 24-hour monitor and that is how they caught it. Then they got all the readings they needed. So now I am off that medication and doing GREAT! And the upshot is that I now know that I have a wonderfully healthy heart. Thank you G- d!!

And more good news!! This summer I had cataract surgery on both my eyes and the doctor said that my eyes are very healthy. It feels so good to see again. The doctor said that at my age (56) and even with astigmatism my corrected vision is about 20/30. I still wear progressive glasses and use over the counter eye drops called Soothe to help keep the lipid layer that protects the cornea moist but all and all my eyes are pretty good.

I'm finally going to start to knitting again. The wonderful thing is that today I went into my craft room for the first time. I want to make a scarf for work. The draft in my office is terrible. I wear a sweater at work but It seems like even with a sweater that my neck is always so cold. I have tons of yarn left over and figure why not use it to make a scarf/wrap just for my neck. I don't know what pattern yet. If it were crocheted I would want to make it in the lovely shell pattern I love so much. Thing is that I need it soon. This is a necessity item. I can make more scarves later for just making scarves - and I like that idea - after all winter is coming and the homeless are getting cold.

So my plans for knitting (crafts) are going to be:
knit a scarf
knit Socks For Soldiers (black)
knit helmet liner for the troops
knit socks for myself
knit baby blankets for hospital (I like the lion brand pattern
cool ties for the troops (not knitted but still crafts) sewing
teddy bears (AT&T Pioneers project) sewing

if I get any of this done this winter I'll be happy ...

I have to go over my WIP and see if I have any UFOs... Gee could I be the only knitter without any UFO's? ;-)