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Partly Seeing
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I'm overjoyed to be able to tell you that the cataract surgery in my left eye went flawlessly. Only thing is it changed from nearsighted to farsighted. So I need weak glasses while reading and at my computer, but what strength I will need can still change during the next few days. The operation itself is a pretty weird affair: they're poking around in your eye for about half an hour but you don't see a thing of what is done. Psychedelic color play during though 
Now is clear that the cataract filtered out much light and color too, so it's a very bright world for e now! And every time I switch on the TV I look for my glasses before realizing I don't need them any more.
So no more "night fright" and at the coming checkup I'll ask when the cornea transplant and cataract surgery in my right eye can take place. Really curious how being able to see properly with both eyes will turn out!
Now is clear that the cataract filtered out much light and color too, so it's a very bright world for e now! And every time I switch on the TV I look for my glasses before realizing I don't need them any more.So no more "night fright" and at the coming checkup I'll ask when the cornea transplant and cataract surgery in my right eye can take place. Really curious how being able to see properly with both eyes will turn out!
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Practically Blind - 2
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So nothing happened yet. I was lying fully prepped on the operating table, well 'chair' actually. Iodine on half my face, cloth covering all of it except my right eye, a metal bracket in the socket to keep my eye lid from closing and lashes taped fast, when the ophthalmologist saw something that wasn't there at the last check the week before. She thought it was an infection, so no surgery.
The specialist that saw me there thought it was preferable to operate on my left eye first, to replace the lens and get rid of the cataract there. Then I would at least see properly again with one eye. Later on I can decide whether I want the cornea transplant and replacement lens in my right eye, or am satisfied with normal vision in my left.
In the mean time I just couldn't completely abandon my art, so eyes glued to the monitor (almost literally) I tried to defy circumstances, even though I could only work little at a time because of too much strain on my eyes, headaches and sore back. But I actually finished something, so please have a look.
In stead I had to use two kinds of eye drops against a bacterial and an unguent against a viral infection, because she wasn't sure. The checkup a week after showed no difference, conclusion: it wasn't an infection.
And now she thought it was a scar caused by something so rare that there isn't even a Dutch word for it, but of course there is a German one : 'Kammerwassereinbruch'. Wow, ain't I the lucky one! It means that something of a cavity has developed between the layers of the cornea that subsequently filled with the fluid in the eye ('Kammerwasser'). The cause is unknown. The only cure is a cornea transplant.
: 'Kammerwassereinbruch'. Wow, ain't I the lucky one! It means that something of a cavity has developed between the layers of the cornea that subsequently filled with the fluid in the eye ('Kammerwasser'). The cause is unknown. The only cure is a cornea transplant.So I was referred to a university hospital because there are cornea specialists.
I forgot to mention that my right eye has had a high cylindrical distortion for years, so no surgery would mean back to 'normal', where everything is seriously hazy. When this was first ascertained, they told nothing could be done about it. You're not supposed to be able to see depth with only one eye, but somehow my brain learned to compensate and I even have a driving license! To see really normally with both eyes sounds attractive, but a transplant is a scary prospect.
In the mean time I just couldn't completely abandon my art, so eyes glued to the monitor (almost literally) I tried to defy circumstances, even though I could only work little at a time because of too much strain on my eyes, headaches and sore back. But I actually finished something, so please have a look.
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practically blind
3 min read
Perhaps you've noticed my absence from DeviantArt lately. The reason for this is the cataract in both my eyes, so I'm practically blind with only some 10% left of my eyesight. Even typing this is difficult since I can hardly discern the keys of my keyboard. Sadly I can't touch type.
Well, next week my right eye will undergo surgery and my lens will be taken out and replaced by a plastic one. Two weeks later the left one will follow. If all goes wrong this might be the last you'll hear from me, otherwise they say I will enter a new world!
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The magical realism of Robert Gonsalves by SenZzo-art, journal
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Partly Seeing by SenZzo-art, journal
Partly Seeing
I'm overjoyed to be able to tell you that the cataract surgery in my left eye went flawlessly. Only thing is it changed from nearsighted to farsighted. So I need weak glasses while reading and at my computer, but what strength I will need can still change during the next few days. The operation itself is a pretty weird affair: they're poking around in your eye for about half an hour but you don't see a thing of what is done. Psychedelic color play during though ;-) Now is clear that the cataract filtered out much light and color too, so it's a very bright world for e now! And every time I switch on the TV I look for my glasses before realizin
Practically Blind - 2 by SenZzo-art, journal
Practically Blind - 2
So nothing happened yet. I was lying fully prepped on the operating table, well 'chair' actually. Iodine on half my face, cloth covering all of it except my right eye, a metal bracket in the socket to keep my eye lid from closing and lashes taped fast, when the ophthalmologist saw something that wasn't there at the last check the week before. She thought it was an infection, so no surgery.
In stead I had to use two kinds of eye drops against a bacterial and an unguent against a viral infection, because she wasn't sure. The checkup a week after showed no difference, conclusion: it wasn't an infection.
And now she thought it was a scar caused
practically blind by SenZzo-art, journal
practically blind
Perhaps you've noticed my absence from DeviantArt lately. The reason for this is the cataract in both my eyes, so I'm practically blind with only some 10% left of my eyesight. Even typing this is difficult since I can hardly discern the keys of my keyboard. Sadly I can't touch type.
Well, next week my right eye will undergo surgery and my lens will be taken out and replaced by a plastic one. Two weeks later the left one will follow. If all goes wrong this might be the last you'll hear from me, otherwise they say I will enter a new world!