12/15/2025
I have been quiet on the site since this summer. It has been a wild ride. Some good events, some bad events, some Meh events.
I have rather bad eyes with a strong prescription for my corrective lenses. I have a few other issues with my vision so I see a Retina specialist as well as a traditional Ophthalmologist. I had my retinal scan this summer and the tech and Retina Specialist stated I needed Cataract surgery. I could tell my vision was getting worse as well. I had several meetings with my Ophthalmologist to go over the different ways available to remove and replace the lenses. One Meh problem is that I lost many days of work due to eye dilation. The drops last longer for people with fair colored eyes. Basically it last 18+ hours for me and I basically can’t do anything for a day.
October I had two surgeries, the right eye first and the left eye two weeks later. I wasn’t able to do any metal casting during that month due to a 10 lb weight lifting restriction. The two weeks in-between was nearly impossible to do anything as well. One eye corrected to -3 while the other is still a -13. Driving, reading, painting, etc was not fun.
After the eyes were healing I started having a reaction to the eye drops and more eye doctor and Retina specialist visits I was told my inner eye gel is delaminating from the retina… I stopped taking the one eye drop and the effects seemed to stop and heal up. But I still need drops for eye pressure. The two doctors are now playing the finger pointing game as to who should prescribe a new med. I am seeing much better now and getting used to how my vision works now. In the end I have thin glasses and I can see much better.
Late July, the klutz that I am slipped and pulled a muscle deep in my hip where femur and hip meet and made it difficult to stand for a long time which also screwed up metal production in August and September as well. I am doing better now and things have healed up.
I am still primary caregiver for my parents. As I am writing this note I am at the doctor with my Dad for his cancer treatment. He has been doing better now with no reoccurring tumors. So that is a better situation but takes time.
Then the whole Tariffs issue had my shipping software in an uproar for weeks and it is still buggy. I am able to ship internationally again, thankfully.
Finally, I am not longer working part time at the jewelry shop anymore. I am now working in clock repair part time. I am learning cuckoo clock repair and I am the main person doing watch battery and band replacement. I am enjoying this job since it is more hands on.
So, in conclusion I want to thank my customers for your patience and I am working to catch up with orders!
