With all the crap going on here (Scott is still home and no pay as he was all July, AC issues that repeatedly made me sick from the Texas heat, huge bills, and other stuff), I forgot to update as to my eye. See previous post here if you don't know what is going on.
In the weeks since my last post and eye doc visit, a decent sized floater has also developed in my left eye and is causing issues. More about that in a minute.
So, last Thursday I went to the eye doc where they ran me through more tests. I then saw a different doc on staff who compared the images of last Thursday with the previous visit and was pleased to see no changes. She said a retinal tear could easily still happen, but now that I had made it so long after the first indication of a problem, the chances had gone down significantly.
And I learned that the PVD in the left eye did not mean the end of floaters. As the gel in a eye "settles" as one gets older, floaters can and will still happen. Blah.
In both cases, we are pretty much in a wafting game to see how long it takes for the eye and brain to see better. It took six months before when it happened in the left and she though that it could easily be that long again for the right to improve. It could be longer as there are blood clots and other trash drifting around in there and not just the giant floater.
I was warned again, repeatedly, by multiple people of things to watch for in the eyes, and to avoid bending over to pick things up off the floor, falls, etc.
In the meantime, it remains annoying as hell. Reading and watching television remain problematic and frustrating. I cope with life by escaping, be it by book or TV, and having to fight to see words on the page, or a face on screen, is so annoying.
I know things could be even worse, but I am so frustrated with my life these days ....
I once had a friend named George C. No matter how bad things were in my life i could always take solace in the fact that things were worse for George. Not to gloat, but your eyes are the George to my eyes. I'm going in for my second operation at the end of September and -- with luck -- most of my problems will be solved. I sincerely wish that yours can also be readily fixed. Our eyes are important to each of us and the quality of our lives. I can't do much for you, my friend, than give you my strongest moral support; be assured that is there. As both the preacher and the cathouse madam say, better times are a-coming.
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