An Eye For Details
It’s remarkable how easy it is to get by with just one eye.
At least it has been for me. But of course, for me the problem is that the one eye I still have is not very well at all. But only having one isn’t really so bad in itself. I think the difference between having one eye and being blind is a whole lot bigger than the difference between having one eye and having two.
It takes a little getting used to of course. That you can’t see anything on your right side. I think I probably swerve my head to the right somewhat when I’m outside. To get the left eye into a more central position. It is complicated a little by the fact that the big blind spot on the left eye is on the left of the eye. So I can’t just turn my head completely, I need to turn it so the part of the eye I can see with is straight ahead. Thankfully my field of vision is larger after the last surgery.
I am having a little trouble with walking straight, though. I seem to be naturally leaning over to the left. Like a badly calibrated joystick, even when you leave it in central position it sort of drags over to the left. I’m not sure if it’s because of the one eye. Or if it’s the dizziness from the medication I still take. The dizziness is still there, and lately it has been quite severe some times. I mean, it’s not a problem really. But I do think I may appear as somewhat drunk when I’m walking around outside. It’s hard to walk in a straight line, as I said. But I’m just glad that I can walk around without my cane, a lot of the time.
I’m not sure how noticeable it is that there is something wrong with my eye. Because of my limited eyesight I can’t really see, when I look in the mirror, how the blind eye acts. I can feel it move when I look around, but probably not in a very natural fashion. The other day a girl at the playground asked me if something was wrong with my eye. And when I was at the dentist he told me that he had noticed something too. We hadn’t talked about my eyesight before he got started with the examination. Afterwards he offered me some water and told me I could spit it out in the sink thingie. And I told him my eyesight was pretty bad but I’d try to find it. And then he said that he had noticed something was wrong. So it is noticeable for sure. But oh well. There are worse things than appearing to be a drunk cyclops.
Other than that there is not much going on. Waiting, as always. Dealing with technical computer issues. Enjoying that the Danish soccer season has started and I can now watch the Brøndby games. I think I barely watched a single game last season, it’s good to be back.
Tomorrow is August 1st. So there is still a couple of months until I go back to the hospital. I wonder if we should get in touch with them and ask if they want to see me sooner? The doctor said it was normally 2-3 months before you could treat the secondary cataracts. But I’d rather have it be 2 than 3 months. And they may not be able to do the treatment straight away, so maybe it would be better to have them look at me a little sooner. And then scnedule the treatment. I don’t know.
Time so slowly.
August 1st, 2010 at 14:53
You’re back! I thought I was just talking to myself there for awhile.
No, I’m not on FaceBook. I don’t quite trust their security and I don’t like to put out more info on myself than necessary. Not that I’m a spy or anything!
It’s hot here, when it’s not raining. The extended forecast shows chances of rain from this coming Tuesday through the next weekend. Goats won’t like that forecast.
The hummingbirds are still quite fun to watch and are very entertaining. Goofy little birds.
August 1st, 2010 at 16:37
Debster – I bet you are a spy! Now it all makes sense. You’re an undercover goat aren’t you? Sent to infiltrate human society. And I am of course the ideal victim because I love goats so much. Yeah, I see it all clearly now. I just can’t figure out how you manage to type on a keyboard…
Yeah, facebook is not very trustworthy when it comes to security and privacy etc. But oh well I’m all over the net already.
The weather has been cooler here lately. But at least not much rain here.
August 1st, 2010 at 23:29
Yes, I’ll admit it is difficult to type with cloven hooves. But where there’s a will, there’s a way. hee, hee
Does your doctor know you are still having so much dizziness with your medication? I would think keeping your balance would be even more important with your reduced eyesight.
I know when I have ear trouble due to my allergies, I start leaning to one side and my balance is off. That is a terrible feeling. Having your balance off and lessened eyesight is not a good combination.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have newsbreaking things to report on your blog. I just like to hear how you are doing, if you’ve seen the goatzies, what the weather has been like, or if you’ve gone shopping.
That way when I say I saw a small covey of quail take off from the side of the gravel road, I don’t have to worry about it being on FOX News!
Still haven’t seen the baby longhorn calf or its mama. Where would one hide a longhorn cow & baby anyway?
August 3rd, 2010 at 2:10
Hay, hay! Guess who saw the baby longhorn calf today? ME! He is so cute. He’s white with light brown ears, his nose, and his front legs. The rest of his body is mainly white with brown spots. He looks just like his mama – only smaller and doesn’t have 4 1/2 foot horns yet.
We have a huge dragonfly hatch going on in the backyard. There were probably 40 of them flying around tonight. It’s hot and humid and still, not a breeze to be felt. It’s supposed to rain some tonight. The hummers were feeding like there was no tomorrow. A little rain doesn’t bother them anyway.
The goatzies and donkey had a nice walk tonight. The goats walked into the shed with the hay and proceeded to eat like crazy. They finally came out and walked around the house with the rest of us and ate grass. Snickers was my husband’s little shadow tonight. Silly donkey!
Our striped kitty cat walked around the house, too. He was meowing for attention and didn’t think he should have to walk around the house to get it. But I did spend time with him in the front yard while I watched the hummers, so I don’t know what his problem was!
August 3rd, 2010 at 21:05
Debster – Aw, the calf sounds lovely. But don’t get too attached now, you already have a donkey and goats and attention-craving kitties and so on. You probably don’t have room to adopt more critters!
I have to admit that when you said you took the goats for a walk “around the house” I pictured you giving them a little tour of the inside of the house. “And this is the bedroom, please don’t jump on our bed. Let’s go see the kitchen” etc. It reminded me of ages and ages ago, when the playground was having some construction done and the main building (where the humans normally are) was empty, and the goats wandered in there. I think I have a picture of it in my gallery, but I don’t feel like digging it out. It was just fun to see goats wandering into the human dwelling.
Perhaps I will bring the dizziness up next time I see the doc. But it’s not -that- bad. Because of my bad eyesight I walk pretty slowly and carefully. So in actuality I probably seem more slow and sleepy than actually drunk. I don’t go staggering all over the place. Don’t wory bout me.
August 4th, 2010 at 21:15
Don’t tell me what to do! I’ll just worry about you if I want to. So there! (Now that we’ve got that out of the way . . . ).
There may be a different med you can take or even take your same one at a different time (like at night), so you don’t experience the dizziness. It would be worth a short, teeny tiny talk with the doctor. Am I right or am I right????
If we gave Frankie a tour of the inside of the house, he’d never leave it. He’d just make himself right at home and sit in the recliner, watch TV, and eat hay sandwiches. hee, hee