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For All of Us Worriers
New Device Stops a Cold
Saralee Perel
My eyes are bleeding. I was at my yearly, routine eye exam when my doctor said, “There’s bleeding around your retina in your left eye.� I panicked and cried, “What causes that?� She didn’t know and referred me to a retina specialist. I had to have a complete physical, a ton of bloodwork, a heart ultrasound, an EKG, and an ultrasound of my carotid arteries. The first thing that was ruled out was hypertension. In constant worry, I thought, “What if it’s my heart? What if I need eye surgery?� Then I reached the bottom line: “What if I’m going to die?� At my next appointment, the bleeding had gotten worse in my left eye and had spread to my right eye as well. Times between visits took months. I spent a chunk of my life lost in darkness. I’ve spent so many chunks of my life uselessly ruminating that sometimes I think I’ve lived most of my life that way. I make up scenarios, even when nothing is wrong. I vividly envision my husband, Bob, in a car crash. I “see� him in the emergency room. I wonder who I’d call first. My friend is a “think positively� person. When I told her about my eye, she said, “Everything will be fine.� I said, “You don’t know that.� You see, that’s never a given. But blindness isn’t a given either. So, what is the answer when I don’t know what will happen? Hope. My bottom-line cure to www.50plusLifePA.com
preoccupied thoughts is not thinking positively or negatively in the first place. I developed a new motto: “Just for today, no negative thoughts.� I must say that to myself 100 times a day. The negative thoughts still almost constantly come, but each time they do, I catch myself and say the motto. I say it not just about the big things, like fires, accidents, or bleeding eyes, but for all those streaming, pestering thoughts like, “My pants are a little tight.� And so, instead of picturing myself blind, I think, “I’m grateful for, right now, having such a loving husband who’s my best friend. I’m grateful for, right now, my beloved pets, a computer that is working, my home, the honor of communicating with my readers each month.� I may not have these things tomorrow, but I do now. And “now� is the only thing I truly know. As I write this column, I still don’t know why my eyes are bleeding. Yet, I’m choosing not to spend every day filled with “what if� thoughts. The time will go by between now and my next appointment, no matter how I think. If I get dreadful news, I’ll be devastated. But at least I won’t have lost yet another big chunk of my life. With my new motto, each day has been sparkling. Nationally syndicated, award-winning columnist Saralee Perel can be reached at sperel@saraleeperel.com or via her website: www.saraleeperel.com.
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