The Space Ambassador
I am very happy with my new filter glasses.
Today I went for foot therapy and tried them out for real for the first time. And they really work well. They block out the sunshine and glare. But without making things too dark like regular sunglasses do. That’s the handy thing about getting them at the sight central, they were able to tailor them to my eyesight. We tested how dark we could go before I started losing detail, and found just the right level. And it really does help. Even when the sun isn’t too strong. Just the sky and bright colours, it all hurts my eyesight. That’s why I can’t read black text on white background. The white just blinds me. And so does the sky and the sun. But with the glasses on I can see more details. I tried it out several times, taking the glasses off and then putting them back on. And seeing how things that were just undefined shapes in the sunshine, they became much clearer when I put the glasses on. It’s not like it makes my eyesight good. But it helps. It really does. So along with the CCTV and the telescope (that we have ordered and are waiting for now) I have really gotten some benefit from that visit to the sight central.
Now we are almost at the end of the treatment/aids line. There’s not much left to try for help. But I still hope that I can have the secondary cataracts treated. Even though the hospital doc said I shouldn’t expect much from that. But I still want to try it. I can’t help hoping that maybe it can get my eyesight back to how it was the first week’s time after the lens replacement operation. But we’ll see what my eye doctor says when I go see him. In a month or so. And after that I am pretty much done. Then I will be at the level that I will probably have to live with for the rest of my life.
We did a ‘status’ at the foot therapy. Measured the sensitivity of them. The therapist said they were in the “medium” category. Although actually there isn’t a medium category at all, there’s only high or low risk. But he invented a category for me. I’m in the low end of the medium. So that’s about the same as a couple of years ago at the hospital when I was measured to be category 2 out of 3. It’s not as good as it should be, but it could be a lot worse. As long as I keep an eye on things and keep my blood sugar under control then hopefully I won’t get problems with my feet.
Fingers crossed.