the current threat advisory level is: YELLOW

*sigh*

Two days until surgery, hopefully.

There were threats of postponing my surgery date. I woke up the other day with eye pain, and that usually means I have a bout of optic neuritis coming my way. In the name of honesty I called my orthopedic doctor, and he said he thought it would be best to postpone.

Honesty is NOT always the best policy.

Anyway, I begged, I pleaded, I even spouted some waterworks, but he insisted they wouldn’t do anything unless my ophthalmologist cleared me. I had an appointment tomorrow morning, but called Friday and found out there was a cancellation, so I hauled it that way. She said I look good, so surgery is still on.

Let’s see:

1. UTI
2. stomach virus
3. eye pain

We are definitely at threat level “ELEVATED”.

Those 3 things threatened my surgery, so hopefully bad things come in 3 and I’m set. But knowing me I’ll catch the bird flu, or some other one-thought obsolete illness (like whooping cough, if you recall that episode). I have to make it 2 whole days without getting sick. Then surgery. Then x# of weeks not getting sick, which should be easy since I’ll be trapped at home. But you all know me, I’m sure a light breeze will waft germs into my window causing me to become ill, and causing my new, fake hip to rot.

Too bad my odd luck doesn’t translate to useful things like winning the lottery or  having the winning Wheel Watchers Spin ID on Wheel of Fortune.