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 sleep if necessary.
I am weaning slowly off of my pain meds as well as off of the wrap-around sunglasses. I still take pain meds when I will be exposed to a lot of bright light and other stimulation. I am now using the wrap-arounds at normal times and am able to tolerate indoor lighting fairly well. I am looking farther away from myself and am locating more things (e.g. doors I want to go through farther in advance). Up until last week, I was still shutting my eyes in pain when I tried to look up and out.
As I become less light-sensitive, I occasionally experience fears about the possibility of losing vision. I recall experiencing these same fears after other procedures; and I make a point to keep my reactions in check until I have encountered a situation where I should be seeing objects or colors. It is these things, not light-sensitivity, that tell me how I am doing. So far I am still doing all right. Since I have a history of trouble that sometimes crops up soon after my surgeries, I take things one day at a time. I am thankful for all the good days and hope they continue.
I am having neurological symptoms as a side effect of some of the eye medication I am taking. These are sometimes fairly uncomfortable and interfere with some of the work I am trying to do.
