Rest and Recharge! The last word of each theme answer are things may need or have a rest.
18-Across. * Traditional Thanksgiving entree: ROAST TURKEY. This answer confused me a bit, but apparently a roast turkey needs to rest a bit before being carved. This gives the turkey time to reabsorb the juices so that the meat will be nice and juicy.
24-Across. * Feature of anxiety, often: RACING MIND.
35-Across. * The "order" part of a "Law & Order" episode: COURT CASE.
47-Across. * Piano lesson pages: SHEET MUSIC. The musicians a Rests is a musical notation sign that indicates the
absence of a sound. Each rest symbol and name corresponds with a
particular note value indicating how long the silence should last.
And the unifier:
53-Across. "Enough already!" or what one may do to each answer to a starred
clue: GIVE IT A REST.
Today's puzzle also acknowledges many of our regulars!
Across:
1. Cert. for some babysitters: CPR. As in CardioPulmonary Resuscitation.
4. Golden St. region: SO-CAL. As in Southern California.
9. Chase a fly, maybe: SWAT.
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13. Summer arrival: LEO. Hi, Leo III!
14. "Sweet Love" singer Baker: ANITA. Anita Baker (née Anita
Denise Baker; b. Jan. 26, 1958) is a singer-songwriter best known for her
soulful ballads. Her birthday is next week. [Name # 1.]
15. Maker of G-Shock watches: CASIO. Everything you wanted
to know about the G-Shock Casio watch, but didn't know to ask.
17. Sci-fi invaders: ETs. As in ExtraTerrestrials
20. Venezuelan cornmeal cake: AREPA. Not a Tuesday word.
Arepa is a type of food made with cornmeal that is usually stuffed with a
filling. It is a common street food in South America.
22. "Big Blue": IBM. As in International Business Machines.
23. Certain sib: SIS. My Sis and I traveled together on our
recent trip.
28. N. Dak. neighbor: MONT. Hi, Montana!
29. Egyptian boy king: TUT. If my full name was Tutankhamun,
I would probably go by Tut, too. [Name # 2.]
30. Novelist Jaffe: RONA. Rona Jaffe (June 12, 1931 ~ Dec.
30, 2005) wrote many novels. She was big in the late '60s and '70s.
[Name # 3.]
31. Mean monster: BRUTE. Ogre was not enough letters.
32. Cultural no-nos: TABOOs.
34. Successful dogcatcher, e.g.: CAPTOR. This clue and
answer feels a bit off.
37. "Or even less": IF THAT.
40. Hardly fresh: OLD HAT. The origin of the expression
of Old Hat.
42. Alexander Hamilton's birth island: NEVIS. If you've seen
the musical, then you knew immediately that Alexander Hamilton (Jan. 11, 1750s
~ July 12, 1804) was born in Nevis and that he was killed in a duel by Aaron
Burr (1756 ~ 1836). Hamilton was the 1st United States Secretary of the
Treasury and he still appears on the $10 bill. [Name adjacent.]
43. __-false test: TRUE.
44. This minute: NOW.
46. Trashy place?: DUMP.
50. Words of agreement: I DO.
51. Big part of an alligator: JAW. My first thought was Maw,
since the alligator has a big mouth.
52. Bygone anesthetic: ETHER. A brief history of the use of Ether in medicine.
58. "How Easy Is That?" cookbook writer Garten: INA. Ina
Garten (née Ina Rosenberg; b. Feb. 2, 1948) is best known as being the
Barefoot Contessa. [Name # 4.]
59. Aromatic bulb: ONION.
60. Brief appearance in a film: CAMEO. Alfred Hitchcock (né
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock; Aug. 13, 1899 ~ Apr. 29, 1980) was known for making
Cameo appearances in his films.
61. Tony winner Vereen: BEN. Ben Vereen (né Benjamin
Augustus Middleton; b. Oct. 10, 1946) portrayed Chicken George in the 1977
television miniseries Roots. [Name # 5.]
62. Group after boomers: GEN-X.
63. City considered Japan's cultural capital: KYOTO.
64. Biblical craft: ARK.
Down:
1. See-through: CLEAR. // And 4-Down. See-through
wrap: SARAN.
2. Domesticated rodent: PET RAT. I'll pass on this pet.
3. Circular diamond shape: ROSE CUT. Hand up if you
immediately knew about the Rose Cut.
5. Grammy-winning Yoko: ONO. Yoko Ono (b. Feb. 18, 1933)
makes frequent Cameo appearances in the crossword puzzles. I can't
believe she is nearly 90 years old. [Name # 6.]
6. "Homeland" org.: CIA. Homeland was American espionage
thriller television series that ran for nearly a decade.
7. @ signs: ATs.
8. Sonia Sotomayor, for one: LATINA. Sonia Maria Sotomayor
(b. June 25, 1954) joined the United States Supreme Court in August 2009.
I can't imagine that she has a pleasant job. [Name # 7.]
9. Film on a pond: SCUM.
10. "This means __!": WAR.
11. Invites to dinner, maybe: ASKS OUT.
12. Connect with: TIE INTO.
16. Raw bar mollusk: OYSTER.
19. Letters on an incomplete schedule: TBD. As in To Be Determined.
21. Crunchy hummus scooper: PITA CHIP. Yummers!
25. Backsplash binder: GROUT. Everything you wanted to know
about kitchen backsplashes but didn't know to ask.
26. "Wuthering Heights" setting: MOOR. Wuthering Heights is
a 1847 novel by Emily Brontë (July 30, 1818 ~ Dec. 19, 1848). It
was initially published under her pen of Ellis Bell. I probably read it
in high school, but the only thing I can tell you about the book is it
involves characters named Catherine and Heathcliff.
27. About to happen: IN STORE. What comments are In Store
for us today on this puzzle?
28. Nattily dressed snack food mascot: MR. PEANUT. The
nattily dressed Mr. Peanut (whose full name is Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smyth) has changed a
bit throughout the ages. [Name adjacent.]
31. Rager: BASH.
33. Feathery accessories: BOAs.
34. Military rookie: CADET.
36. Whodunit board game: CLUE. A brief history of
the game of Clue.
37. "Closer to Fine" duo __ Girls: INDIGO.
38. In a row?: FEUDING. Row: a noisy argument, but when used in this context the word rhymes with
cow.
39. Lifetime channel offering: TV MOVIE.
41. Japanese electronics giant: TOSHIBA. A brief history
of Toshiba.
43. Hitting sound: THWACK.
45. Ballpark frank: WIENER. The Boston Red Sox are known for
their Fenway Franks.
47. Won at musical chairs: SAT.
48. "I feel the same way": ME TOO.
49. Curmudgeon: CRANK.
51. Curse: JINX. Hi, Jinx!
54. Geologic time unit: EON. A crossword staple.
55. Line in a child's drawing of the sun: RAY. Hi, Ray-o-Sunshine!
56. Full of feelings: EMO.
57. "Quiet on the __!": SET.
I Rest My CASE.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
Not too hard a puzzle, but I had a couple of w/o’s. For one, rose cut instead of rose bud. For another, are?a. Tried “c” and “d” before the perps gave me “pita chips “ then it became clear, what I needed was “arepa.” Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteGot stuck in the great northwest, so made a circular sweep and finished that area last. My rodent morphed from GERBIL to RABBIT to PET RAT. Knew of PITA pockets, but not PITA CHIPs. I've got a MR. PEANUT anniversary jar; it's filled with Q-Tips. Noticed the SO to Jinx. Well done, Rebecca. Excellent review, Hahtoolah.
CASIO: My last three watches have been CASIOs, and they're all identical.
ETHER: Was still in use when my tonsils were yanked in the late '40s. Aaaack.
Good Morning, Crossword friends: Today seems like a good day to REST, since it is so cold out. Friends in the northeast are reporting that many trees are down blocking roads, so they are "forced" to stay home today.
ReplyDeleteQOD: Be honest, be nice, be a flower, not a weed. ~ Aaron Neville (né Aaron Joseph Neville; b. Jan. 24, 1941), American musician
Took 4:57 to let this one rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteI also didn't know turkeys needed a rest to be eaten.
About two months ago, I ate an arepa at a restaurant - but I didn't think of it while solving (thank you crosses).
About two years ago, I saw Hamilton - but didn't think of Nevis (thank you crosses).
I didn't know today's female author, keeping my streak alive.
FIR, but erased rita for RONA, at most for IF THAT, and xers for GEN X.
ReplyDeleteMild Natick at PITA CHIP x AREPA. PITA CHIP? Guess if you put enough salsa on it, anything tastes good.
If you have a CASIO fill, why wouldn't a constructor clue "Rolex model" for the crossing OYSTER.
I wonder if I've eaten AREPA. During my time in Venezuela I was given a lot of food items to taste, but I don't remember the names of them. I do remember Polar beer and Aniversario rum. The rum tastes a lot like brandy, and the bottle comes in a leather pouch. Polar was good, but not good enough to carry back to 'Merica. I won't say anything about Aniversario, because I don't know whether Customs laws are covered by a statute of limitations.
SIS, SAT, SET and SWAT look like the seeds of a good tongue twister. Where is OKL when we really need him?
FLN: Jace - Great to read that your double-barrel surgery went well. I had mine done one at a time, and they made me wear a bandage on the eye overnight. I am SO glad I had them done.
Michael - Thanks for the linguistic suggestions. Now, quoting the strawman, If I only had a brain.
Thanks to Rebecca for the fun. I thought it was a little difficult for a Tuesday, but nothing stoopid-hard. And thanks to Ha2la for yet another interesting and colorful tour.
FIR, not too bad for a Thursday puzzle, but wait, this is Tuesday! Lots of very crunchy clues and quite a workout. Even the theme seemed a bit of a stretch. Not the ideal puzzle for the day of the week.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I just cant help myself. Here's Pat Godwin's What Is That Thing? (The Aaron Neville Song).
ReplyDeleteGood morning. I need to GIVE IT A REST. I never could figure out what RACING MINA was after it was filled by easy perps. Checked every down clue except To Be Announced (TBA). Duh! And it was Determined I learned a new saying. Wrong. TBD not TBA. A FIW today. A MIND is a terrible thing to waste.
ReplyDeleteChanges today- DITTO to ME TOO. My Trash HEAP became a DUMP.
AREPA, NEVIS, BASH, INDIGO Girls- those were filled by perps
CPR was a WAG.
My three IBMs were 1130, 1800, and AS-400.
WIENER- Costco and Sam's wholesale have the best deals. At Sam's Club it costs $1.38 for a 1/4 pound hot dog AND a soft drink.
Moist turkey? No problem. Use the Cajun Injector by Tony Chachere and it won't be a problem.
Hi Y'all! Second Tuesday in a row for a Rebecca Goldstein tough puzzle. Thanks. Thanks, Hahtoolah for the fun.
ReplyDeleteHand up for finding the NW all white until the end. Didn't think the needed certificate would be CPR for baby sitters -- just old people -- then realized sometimes CPR is needed for kids. DNK: ROSECUT, AREPA. Tried gerbil & ferrit before PET RAT.
DNK: INDIGO, NEVIS, TOSHIBA. LAwyer before LATINA.
Aaron Neville is a favorite of mine.
Jayce, glad your surgery went well and hope you continue to heal as needed. Don't rush it. My mom came out of that kind of surgery raving about colors too. She thought the outfit she was wearing had been a different color for years.
ReplyDeleteI RESTed a lot of big TURKEYS in my years of hosting our clans at Thanksgiving & Christmas. Never again.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteEarly week puzzles, particularly Tuesdays and Wednesdays seem a tad crunchier in recent months, which is surprising but not objectionable, at least to a seasoned solver, IMO. For example, I don’t view Nevis, Arepa, or Indigo, as clued to be Tuesday fill, but the perps were fair, so no complaints. My stumbling blocks weren’t these entries, but the common but not so obvious, at least to me, CPR, Rose Cut, and Pet Rat. Hanging onto Sheer/Shear far too long prevented me from seeing Clear(ly) and the ubiquitous CPR, which, in turn, prevented me from seeing Pet Rock and Rose Cut. The theme was well hidden, always a plus in my book, and the reveal was resoundingly spot on with the themers. Fewer three letter words would be another plus in my book. Favorite C/As were Trashy Place?=Dump and In A Row?=Feuding. CSO to the three Musketeers, Ray, Jinx, and Leo!
Thanks, Rebecca, for a thumbs up Tuesday and thanks, Hahtoolah, for a terrific tour filled with fun, facts, and chuckles. Loved all of the cartoons, especially the ones for first three themers and also the ones for I Do and Oyster. Small correction on Ina’s birth date from 1978 to 1948. Ina would be the first to stress how important it is to let all meat, not just Turkey, rest before carving.
My driveway has a coating of ice this morning which prevents me from wheeling the trash barrel to the curb. I pushed it out a few feet from the garage door with the hope that the pickup men will go above and beyond and retrieve it. I have my doubts but I might be pleasantly surprised.
FLN
Jayce, welcome to the wonderful world of color! Glad all went well with the surgery.
Re those so-called retro ice cube trays: I bought two out of desperation when my ice maker was on the fritz and found it impossible to get the lever to even give an inch. You’d have to have the strength of Hercules to get the cubes released. As a back-up for the next time the temperamental ice maker rebels, I ordered 4 of the easy release plastic trays. My sense of humor was tested mightily when I received 30 cans of cat food instead!
Have a great day.
Autocorrect strikes again. Pet Rat, not Rock. I’m surprised it didn’t change Cat food to Rat food!
ReplyDeleteNo silly links today, I'm resting...
ReplyDeleteWell,
maybe one for Irish Miss.
Composed before reading write-up (from first to "rests" . I know I never could have grok'ed the theme)
ReplyDeleteHardest Tuesday in memory especially the SW. Era wasn't getting it nor did tulip. PITACHIP was a late fill which enabled DUMP and finally IFTHAT and last fill INDIGO
Plus GENX needed EON/Era
Cute fills like IDO and ONION.
I have no idea re. GIVE IT A REST(c. Above)
WC
Quite a leap from yesterday, a near DNF till returning after a few work breaks.
ReplyDeleteDoes a successful dog CAPTOR captivate canines? Held off LATINA not LATINX
Yesterday it was WHOP today THWACK so tomorrow there'll be a dreaded owie 🤕 as a result .. in a "row" (rau, not roe) clever! Think we've had AREPA b 4 but needed perpaid. ROSECUT part perps, part watching Antiques Road Show.
This means WAR!!
Inkover asthat/inthat/IFTHAT
Snoring....SHEETMUSIC
Persist...SEE-THROUGH
Henry Fonda & Katharine Hepburn made _____ A FILM ON A POND
Fun cartoons thanks H2LH 😊
Jinx @ 7:35 AM
ReplyDeleteI read your post too quickly...
How did the polar bears get to Venezuela..and what did they taste like?
😆
Tough for a Tues. Didn't know : Arepa, Indigo, Nevis or bash.
ReplyDeleteHand up for getting tripped up on NEVIS and AREPA, but I managed to put this one to bed in 17:29, Tuesday time of late, but more like a Thursday difficulty level IMO. Had to locate a mistake which took a few minutes, same as Big Easy where I had entered TBA instead of TBD. Thank you Rebecca for the grid, I really enjoy this kind of puzzle, good clueing with fair perps!
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah ~~ another fine synopsis, appreciate the time it must take you to find the apropos cartoons and videos etc...
Musings
ReplyDelete-A real Tuesday test. Resting a turkey seemed odd but, as always, Susan explains all!
-SWAT – The Brother’s Grimm’s Brave Little Tailor killed seven with one blow.
-Me too on clue/fill with CAPTOR
-True/False questions can be harder with the addition of always, never or sometimes
-We recently discussed how storing SARAN Wrap in the freezer makes it easier to handle
-The boss explains when the music stops in the movie Margin Call about the 2008 crash
Good Morning! Rather tricky for a Tues. Thanks, Rebecca for the challenge. I finished it in the end w/ a few alphabet runs & a couple of WOs w/ my vowels - i/e o/u. NW was the last to fill.
ReplyDeleteThe theme was a mystery until the recap. Tx, Hah2lah! It was so fun to read all the comics, links and info you gave us today, especially the Valentine pearls!
Uh, no, I didn't know about the rose cut. I thought they were called solitaires.
When I was a kid, we had a store in town that sold candy & nuts. Mr. Peanut stood in the window tapping the glass with his cane until he eventually put a hole in the glass. The proprietor taped a silver dollar to the window to cover the hole, and there Mr. Peanut kept tapping for as long as I can remember. Nice memory.
Tx waseeley and Jinx for the ESP info. Good to know!
Tx sumdaze for the mention.
FIR on a challenging Tuesday! After filling the puzzle, I saw that my troublesome clues and answers were things I knew: sheer/shear/CLEAR, gerbil/PET cAT/PET RAT, Era/EON, TBa/TBD, and algi/SCUM. I agree with IM about the difficulty.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rebecca, for the puzzle and Hahtoolah, for the entertaining review. I needed the reveal to get the theme this time. I shared the gluten cartoon with DH who likes to discuss religion and politics. We've eaten hummus with pita bread or chips but use tortilla chips for salsa, Jinx (in the puzzle it took me a while to stop trying to fit "hex" in JINX's place.)
FLN, it's great to hear your eye surgery went so well, Jayce. I need to get mine done this spring.
Good links, CED!
As Jinx said, where is OKL when we need him? I miss him too.
I won't tell you to GIVE IT A REST, Ray-O, because I enjoy your word play.
I'm embarrassed it took so long to fill INDIGO girls when they're from my neighborhood in Atlanta. Hope you all have a terrific Tuesday!
DNF. The NW got me. I first had CLEAR, then changed it to sheer, so didn’t get CPR nor ROSE, nor LEO. Otherwise, in spite of a few unknowns, and erasures, like jurist for LATINA. I filled in the rest. It took a while but I finally caught on to the theme.
ReplyDeleteFLN. I’m encouraged by Jayce’s reaction and PK’s remarks about colors after cataract surgery. I’m having mine done March 1, and March 15.
I read a few of RONA Jaffe's novels a long time ago and read Wuthering Heights a few times.
Hatoolah gave us lots of fun cartoons. All in all, crunchy but fair puzzle. I liked the tricky use of row.
Thank you Rebecca for a tougher than usual Tuesday FIR. And thank you Susan for the usual Hahtoolahan Hilarity.
ReplyDeleteSome favs:
16D LEO. Most 3 letter references to "Summer" are either LEO or ETÉ (Frawnch).
58A INA. Has anybody actually seen Ms Garden's FEET?
2D PET RAT. CAT, maybe one of your feline friends might like to ASK a 2D OUT for dinner.
3D ROSE CUT. Hand up.
37D INDIGO. In addition to being musicians, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, AKA The Indigo Girls, are cruciverbalists who made a CAMEO appearance in the cult classic crossword video Wordplay.
FLN: Good News Jayce - sounds a lot like that story in Mark 8:22-25.
I'm headed in for a NAP. I need a REST.
Cheers,
Bill
Beware the ides of March, Tante Nique.
ReplyDeleteHola!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rebecca and H2la! This was a little bit more challenging for a regular Tuesday. But I like that. I didn't post over the weekend because it was a social one for me with book club on Saturday and a birthday lunch on Sunday.
Several years ago I read the biography of Alexander Hamilton so I should have known NEVIS and when I had the V and the S it filled. It was interesting to learn that he was given an opportunity for an education because he caught the eye of a wealthy sponsor who saw his potential even as a young boy.
I'm sure Misty will have a field day with all the food in this puzzle.
I'll take a CSO at LATINA.
Speaking of TV MOVIE I have been captivated by one on Netflix, Virgin River, which is very long and last night I stayed up until 1 A.M. watching and it's still not finished. Is anyone else watching it? Not only is it a good story but the scenery is spectacular from somewhere in either northern California or farther northwest USA.
I've never heard of AREPA. Good perps helped.
Mondays are really tiring for me so even though I finished the puzzle I didn't post and I have some personal issues to deal with as well. Remember, my granddaughter lives with me and you can draw your own conclusions.
Jayce, I haven't read how your cataract removal went but I hope you are doing well.
Have a terrific Tuesday, everyone!
Oh no! Desperate-Otto. I hadn’t thought of that. And my preliminary consultation with the ophthalmologist was on Friday 13. 😜
ReplyDeleteYes, a bit tougher than the usual Tuesday, but still fun, many thanks, Rebecca. And enjoyed your commentary, Hahtoolah, thanks for that too.
ReplyDeleteWell, again, a series of negatives, starting with WAR, a BASH possibly involving a CRANK, or even a BRUTE keen on a lot of FEUDING. Makes me want to retreat to Noah's ARK, where even a PET RAT might be welcome, or an OYSTER, but surely not a ROAST TURKEY. Even MR PEANUT wouldn't approve of that and might even organize a COURT CASE.
So let's get away from all that violence and GIVE IT A REST. Why not watch a TV MOVIE, or listen to some SHEET MUSIC with songs from the INDIGO GIRLS or from my favorite, Yoko ONO, all enjoyed by a group of GEN Xes.
Have a delightful day, everybody!
Terrible news!
ReplyDeleteMr. Peanuts Obit.
However,
Do you know what happens when you plant a peanut?
Only time this a.m. for. quick diagonal report...
ReplyDelete~ OMK
____________
DR: One diagonal - near side
Its anagram (13 of 15) speaks of the guys who hold out for fried Chinese wontons, or...
"POTSTICKER MEN"!
CED @ 9:26 ~ Thank you for always prompting a smile and a feeling of the warm, cuddly fuzzies that animals evoke! Well, most animals, anyway. 🤭
ReplyDeleteLucina @ 12:17 ~ I’ve seen every episode of Virgin River and have been anxiously awaiting the next season. Based on my research, no definitive start date has been given for Season 5. BTW, the series is filmed in Vancouver, BC and I agree with you about the spectacular scenery. One of my favorite characters is Hope, even though her behavior, at times, warrants a good throttling!
Seems like the metal ice trays needed an upside-down rinse before you pulled the lever. Also, IIRC it was best not to fill them all the way up. Just the opposite of the plastic trays which are easier to empty when the CUPS are full when frozen..
ReplyDeleteRay, that bears explanation. Polar is the Budweiser of Venezuela. I think it was controlled by the government, even before Chavez came to power.
Thanks for all the fun this morning, Rebecca and Hahtoolah! I liked all the CSOs today. Let's add ROSE to the list for our RosE. Speaking of, like Subgenius, I had to change ROSE bUd to ROSE CUT.
ReplyDeleteWaseeley, thanks for the reminder that the INDIGO girls were in "Wordplay".
I liked this puzzle, the "Rest" theme, and Hahtoolah's recap. It took SCUM and WAR to reveal which brand of watch was being referred to. I overconfidently, and perhaps just a tad narcissistically, put in SDAK as the neighbor of N.Dak.
ReplyDeleteHand up for feeling CAPTOR was a little bit "off", for not knowing AREPA, and for holding off on whether it would be TBA or TBD.
JAW went in, then came out in favor of MAW, then went back in again.
Hand up for also having been anesthetized with ETHER when my tonsils were yanked.
As for IBM, have fond memories of submitting "jobs" to the big IBM 370 "mainframe" computer when I was a student at Stanford. I was one of the "early adopters" who bought an IMC PC very soon after they first became available, and I was shocked at how slow and unwieldy it was compared to my Commodore PET. I think it only gained widespread acceptance as a serious business machine when Mitch Kapoor came out with his Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program for it.
I'm going to write a separate post with more details and encouragement for ATLGranny and Tante Nique about cataract surgery.
Good wishes to you all.
ReplyDeleteI went for MAW but it wasn't working. The X in GEN got me JINX
I inked tulip<ONION perped
WC
Glad cataract surgery was a success, Jayce
For ATLGranny and Tante Nique and anyone else who might be considering it, I hereby offer some information about my experience with it, on the belief that being well informed in advance is beneficial. I'll not repeat what your doctors have instructed you or will instruct you, as that would be redundant. Just my own experience.
ReplyDeleteI was at the facility for almost 4 hours, having shown up at the scheduled time of 8:00 AM and being discharged at approximately 11:15. 90% of the time was spent waiting around and undergoing preparation; the surgery itself took about 10 minutes per eye. I was taken into a prep area where I had to take off my shirt and put on a hospital gown. I did not need to take off my pants and could even keep my shoes on. Then I lay back on the bed. I asked them to put pillows under my knees so my legs could be bent, which for me is more comfortable than lying 100% flat. They ask you a lot of questions about your medical history, what medications you are taking, and about your allergies. Several different nurses came in, asked me the same questions over again, typed on the computer, then left. I had to sign a consent form. They hooked me up to a heart monitor and oximeter (standard stuff), and a nurse inserted an IV, through which they would administer the sedative to relax me.
Then I lay there, and lay there, and lay there. Eventually the surgeon came in and wrote a "1" on my forehead over my left eye and a "2" on my forehead over my right eye. Since I was having both eyes done, this was less important than for someone who was having one eye done, because he has to make sure he does the correct eye. But he did do my left eye before my right eye.
To be continued.
Jayce: I am glad your eye surgery went well. Hubby had cataract just over a year ago. His surgeries were about 2 weeks apart, and the difficulty for him was during that period, he had to wear his glasses with one lens popped out, since the first eye had corrected vision.
ReplyDeleteJayce @6:14-6:15 PM I don't have any vision problems other than scratched lenses on my glasses and the fact that the right nose pad has recently fallen off, but I have a vision exam tomorrow (postponed for 3 years due to the pandemic) and I expect that I'll get some sort of ETA on a cataract operation. As my field of vision is pretty clear I don't expect that to be anytime soon. If it comes before I have to leave for the hereafter I'll know exactly what to expect. I'm glad everything went well.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of.... Bizarro CSOto waseeley
ReplyDeleteWC
WC @8:15 PM But the AI mavens are always sayin' the SINGularity is right around the Corner 😆
DeleteWilbur Charles, thanks for that Bizarro cartoon. Funny :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Jayce, for the details of your experience. It's quite reassuring. After the COVID shutdown cancelled my scheduled surgeries in 2020, I have put off rescheduling them. Now I need to get 'er done.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteFun puzzle, Rebecca. SW seemed to take the longest as I didn't know INDIGO Girls as clued nor NEVIS.
Great expo, Hahtoolah. I may have read Wuthering Heights, but I mostly recall the Semaphore version.
WOs: mAW -> JAW
ESPs: AREPA, RONA, NEVIS, BEN
Fav: Clue for FEUDING
BigE - I brine my turkey to keep it moist. And let it REST for ~10 minutes before cutting into it.
IM - LOL getting cat food instead of your ice-trays.
Jayce - thanks for the details of Cataract Surgery. Sure it's at lest 20 years away (#GEN X) but I'll remember what you said (and I assume medicine will get more advanced by then).
D-O: Don't you mean "Beware the eyes of March" :-)
Cheers, -T
Jayce:
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your successful eye procedure. I agree that it is a painless and fairly quick procedure, not surgery at all. No blood, stitches or unconsciousness involved. Mine was in 2012 and I now only wear non-prescription glasses for reading. It's wonderful since I had been wearing glasses since the age of 16.