Friday, February 8, 2008

It seems there is always something new to deal with but we all have those days. Sunday evening we were preparing to go to a Super Bowl party and I put my glasses on the bed while I was dressing. Well, I promptly sat on them and broke one of the earpieces. It has been a busy week and I did not have time to do anything about it until Thursday. Went in and was checked and it had been long enough since I had my glasses replaced that it was necessary to change the lenses. Simple enough? He found evidence of cataracts in both eyes but the right eye is a bit worse. Went in today for further testing and will go back in next Friday for more testing. My vision is 20-30 and he said that is not bad but he wants to keep up with the progress of my eyes. He is testing for macro degeneration and other problems. He feels the glasses will be enough at this time to help with my vision. He also found my eyes are dry and prescribed drops in my eyes three times a day.

Arthur has the task of putting the drops in my eyes. I hate to have anything close to my eyes and I dread it each time. Arthur is patient and works well with me. He was teasing me because after all I have been through, that eye drops are such a problem for me.

We should get more information next Friday about the condition of my eyes and then will have to go back more often to see the progression. I do not get my new glasses until next Friday and I certainly miss having glasses. Thank goodness my sunshades are prescription and do help. So, I will just look like I am trying to be really cool by wearing my shades.