It’s remarkable how easy it is to get by with just one eye.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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 Br\u00f8ndby games. I think I barely watched a single game last season, it’s good to be back.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Time so slowly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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