Last month, I had surgery on my right eye to treat complications related to my artificial cornea. I traveled to Detroit for surgery with Dr. Michael Trese, who has treated me for additional problems with my retina in the past. The surgery is one that I will need repeatedly as long as I am able […]
Posts in the eye surgery category:
thinking about prayer
Sometimes I feel guilty for identifying with songs that have nothing to do with what I pray about personally… But at other times I realize that this is what we do when we come together in worship. It is especially true when we come together in large groups that we don’t know all of the […]
six month eye follow up
It has been six months since I had a procedure to peel back part of a scar tissue membrane behind the artificial cornea on my right eye. The membrane was blocking all light from getting into the eye, and the hope has been that by peeling part of it back I might be able to […]
nine weeks post-surgery and Loretta’s work in California
I am spending the week in California, first having a little time with friends and then at the annual conference for the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion. Being in an area that is not familiar to me is giving me and Loretta a good workout and opportunity to evaluate how we work together […]
recovery day 41
Life is back to some semblance of normal for the most part. I still have pain when my house lights are on all the time. I prefer lamp lighting–it is far, far less intrusive and, surprisingly, gives me enough illumination to locate things I need in my own environment. Interestingly, I am not having the […]
recovery day 28
I am anticipating the next milestone: next week I get to start sleeping on my right side again. It is hard to sleep on one side all night. Truthfully, I have awakened and found myself “on the wrong side” a couple of times. It is amazing what you can program yourself to sense in your […]
recovery day 21
At this point after the 2007 procedure in which a doctor removed this same scar tissue from behind my cornea, I was already noticing decreases in my vision and was very discouraged. Things are definitely better this time. We still wait and see whether it remains stable; but for now I really couldn’t be more […]
recovery day 15
When one goes without sensory stimulation for a long period of time and then the deprived sense is stimulated, it is very overwhelming–I have talked about this in previous notes a bit. When I have read things that doctors and psychologists have written about people who have had their sight restored, some of them indicate […]
recovery day 7
Day 7… I skipped updating yesterday, in which I went to lunch and saw cool whip on top of my capuccino. It overflowed the drink, and I had to avoid the temptation to play while spooning it off. Then there was the ice in my water glass… Oh, the things that amuse me are so […]
recovery day 3
A brief note again–I’m falling asleep at the drop of a hat, whatever that means. I am supposed to sleep sitting up for at least two weeks. Now, I must confess that my favorite sleeping position is on my left side with a gray cat in my arms; and in the middle of the night […]
eye news
How do I describe these emotions…? I went to Detroit today, to see Dr. Michael Trese. He specializes in treatment of people whose blindness is caused by damage to the eyes that occurs following premature birth. I asked Mom to go back into the eye doctor’s office with me today–not because I needed her help, […]