After a surgery, you are given lots and lots of rules. For instance, from the surgery, I must not bend over where my head is below my waist. I must not lift anything. No driving for me. Nor may I engage in activities with rythym such as walking or running. I must wear an eye shield every night. And I must take 7 drops a day in the eye that had surgery along with the normal glaucoma drops in the other eye.
The problem for concrete thinkers such as me is that I want specifics. It is ridiculous to say "Do not lift". Today I did laundry. I lifted the laundry basket. Was it too heavy? I don't know. They never told me. I needed to know not to lift more than 3 pounds, then the information would be useful. And the directions for the drops are to use them after 5 minutes. I do not know if I must put the drops in only after 5 minutes, or anytime after 5 minutes. The directions are ridiculous.
My biggest problem is that I lost the list of rules so I do not know whether I must follow the rules for one week or two weeks. I seem to recall that some things I must continue for two weeks but some can cease after one. I think I have all the rules in my head but perhaps I have forgotten the rules I do not like. Next week I will see the surgeon. I will ask.
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