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| Pre-surgery. That dark triangle in the center shouldn't be there |
He showed me some of my scans and I took pictures, for my own reference and also so everyone can see what kind of weird things your body can do in places you can't see.
I'm at about 90% now. He said I may improve beyond that, and I might not. But I'm no longer at risk of anything becoming detached, and I see just about the same as I did before the surgery. My vision was never an issue - I'm massively near-sighted, with or without other problems.
One thing he mentioned to me today that I thought was interesting, or at least his explanation of it was. My right eye, the one that was operated on, is also a lazy eye. That was diagnosed when I was 9, when I got my first glasses, and they made me do all kinds of exercises like focusing on a pencil and drawing it toward my nose without crossing my eyes. It helped. Maybe.
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| From another angle. You can actually see the hole at the top |
He explained it like meditation. "You're supposed to be emptying your mind, but a thought will creep in. You notice the thought, but then you bring your mind back to the meditation. Same thing - you'll notice that you're not fully focusing with both eyes. Just bring the right eye back, and keep going." His theory is that by doing it that way, I'll build up more of a habit.
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| 9/23 - almost smooth again. It still might flatten out more over time |
2 comments:
Interesting on the lazy eye. I have a dominant left eye which throws things off in sighting (rifle qualification) since I'm right handed. I asked the doctor if periodically covering the dominant eye would help. She said yes, but with the cataract growing in my right eye, I would be seeing through a blurred eye so wouldn't advise it.
So glad your surgery was a success and you've been released from the doctor. I had surgery on my retina as a membrane had grown causing a bubble from the pressure which impaired my vision. I had the membrane removed and my vision has slowly improved. Your surgery sounds more invasive but any retina surgery is scary and I'm glad we live in this age of advanced medical procedures. I'm getting excited for your book to be published.
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