Cataract Surgery Update

Pardon my spelling. It took me 5 tries to log on, and I can't read one word of what I am typing without a magnifying glass. So this will be a short report. Whoever said this surgery would be a piece of cake probably had two good eyes. I know I am impatient, but I expected magic. It doesn't work that way. My surgery was at 9 am...it is now almost 6 pm, and I am lucky not to be tripping over furniture. I am very afraid that I have made a huge mistake.

Up close, everything is a mottled blur. In the distance, everything is surrounded with dense fog.

The surgery was painless, as I was told it would be. Intense light throughout the procedure, and some pressure in the eye, but no pain. And it was quick, the procedure took less than 5 minutes. No blackout, and I didn't blink. (They fasten your eye open, so you can't blink.)

It's the aftermath I'm having trouble with. It's scary not being able to see what time it is on what I know is a perfectly good clock. Hopefully, I will see more clearly tomorrow. There are lots of good stories to tell about this day - being face to face with a seeing-eye dog, a guardian angel, the silence of the van...

Meanwhile, here's lookin' at you!

PS: Hats off to whoever invented the magnifying glass!