The news from my ophthalmologist on Tuesday was terrible. I have retinal issues, but they cannot be properly evaluated because of my very bad cataracts. The cataracts in my left eye already make that eye legally blind and within a year I'll lose sight in that eye completely. The right eye will take longer.
The ophtho was urging cataract surgery on my left eye as soon as possible, but I think his real motivation was frustration that he couldn't examine my retinas and see whether retinal issues would lead me to go blind anyway. He actively examined me for more than two and a half hours, not including waiting time, and at a certain point I lost my ability to endure any longer and quietly walked out, so it's doubtful that I could endure the more drawn-out process of surgery. Go ahead and berate me for being "immature" if you want because I don't care. I just happen to have problems far worse than potential blindness, as bad as that is, and toughlove doesn't make a paraplegic able to start jogging despite what my ophtho thinks.
I'm seeing my family doctor on Thursday and shall speak to him, but I made the appointment on short notice, so it will be in the afternoon. By the afternoon he is usually an hour and a half behind schedule and severely pressed for time, so I don't expect to accomplish much other than give him a summary of the ophtho appointment and get my prescriptions refilled.
Right now I'm just trying to enjoy the fact that I am still able to see my display and therefore participate in this forum. All too soon, even little things like that will be taken away from me.
The ophtho was urging cataract surgery on my left eye as soon as possible, but I think his real motivation was frustration that he couldn't examine my retinas and see whether retinal issues would lead me to go blind anyway. He actively examined me for more than two and a half hours, not including waiting time, and at a certain point I lost my ability to endure any longer and quietly walked out, so it's doubtful that I could endure the more drawn-out process of surgery. Go ahead and berate me for being "immature" if you want because I don't care. I just happen to have problems far worse than potential blindness, as bad as that is, and toughlove doesn't make a paraplegic able to start jogging despite what my ophtho thinks.
I'm seeing my family doctor on Thursday and shall speak to him, but I made the appointment on short notice, so it will be in the afternoon. By the afternoon he is usually an hour and a half behind schedule and severely pressed for time, so I don't expect to accomplish much other than give him a summary of the ophtho appointment and get my prescriptions refilled.
Right now I'm just trying to enjoy the fact that I am still able to see my display and therefore participate in this forum. All too soon, even little things like that will be taken away from me.