It wasn’t all gloom. I met a fascinating lady at the hotel who had undergone cornea surgery and enjoyed a wonderful lunch conversation. My Facebook posts brought reconnection. A two-hour conversation with my college roommate brought me back to OWU. My girlfriends hosted a virtual happy hour, complete with sunglasses to hide the patch. YvetteContinue reading “The Gift of the Bubble”
Category Archives: Fragile eye
The Journey Continues
May 2nd – Two weeks ago, I was in an Uber heading to Oakland for emergency retina surgery. By now, I was mastering the art of “rest and recuperate.” The dark-rimmed bubble, now noticeably smaller, continued to shrink while appearing to move lower in my eye. As expected, my vision is limited to light andContinue reading “The Journey Continues”
Follow the drifting bubble
April 17th – The following day, Dave and Kathleen returned to drive me to my follow-up appointment. I knew I could not fly home for several weeks with the bubble in my eye because the pressure created by ascending altitudes would cause it to expand. The train was a viable option. Here’s the rub, toContinue reading “Follow the drifting bubble”
Operation #1
April 16th. Regulations prohibit releasing a patient who has undergone anesthesia to be released to an Uber. I needed a trustworthy person to bring me back to my hotel, which was an hour away. Intervention 3 – Earlier in the week, a former colleague posted on FB, an extreme rarity, that his wife had cataractContinue reading “Operation #1”
To get to the light, you need to walk through the darkness.
April 15th After a six-hour flight from NJ, I headed to the office and noticed my right eye was still blurry. Later that night, it changed, and I knew I had a problem. I could see what looked like a line of black oil swishing along the bottom of my right eye. It was creepy,Continue reading “To get to the light, you need to walk through the darkness.”
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