Caprica
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Assuming the eye surgery went well and wherever you are is air conditioned I’d say you’re doing all right!
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Recovering from eye surgery. 105F of Tucson heat. National Guards in LA etc.
I plan to watch an episode of Battlestar Galactica a day to pass some of the time. Escapism.
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The recovery from cataract surgery is going well. Bob got a new rooftop A/C and heat unit two years ago. It is cool enough inside.
Should be the last surgery for the right eye. Vision in that eye is improving daily so far. Was told by the first doc that I would probably need glasses to read, but maybe not to drive.
The surgeons have been very bad about telling what is going on. See the third one Thursday. May speak to him about that.
Getting back to waking at 5 and going for a walk.
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The first moment when my bandages were removed after cataract surgery was revelatory. I suddenly saw true color again after having my world slowly become shades of sepia (though it was so slow that I wouldn't have used that analogy until the bandages came off).
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Glad to hear it is going well.
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Thanks
AI is learning to evade human control. ??WTF
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Take care. Glad it went well. I had both eyes done. It was a revelation! I got toric lenses due to astigmatism. I wear reading glasses for close work, including piano.
Wish they had something as wonderful for hearing loss!
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I had cataract surgery done about a year and a half ago. I opted to wear glasses for distance vision only. Mr Pique said, "You don't want to have to find your glasses as soon as you wake up in the morning."
Once my eyes cleared after the surgery, I must have spent hours just reveling in how beautiful the color blue is, how white white can be.
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@Piano-Dad Sepia is such a nice way to describe that prior vision. I called it “looking through a nicotine haze.”
@pique I didn’t know to ask about distance vs near, and my doc corrected me to 20/20 for distance. I’d been nearsighted my entire life, so adjusting to not being able to see close up was a head trip. I can see fine for waking up and going about my day, but I really like reading in bed to get started, and that requires reading glasses!
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@Piano-Dad Sepia is such a nice way to describe that prior vision. I called it “looking through a nicotine haze.”
@pique I didn’t know to ask about distance vs near, and my doc corrected me to 20/20 for distance. I’d been nearsighted my entire life, so adjusting to not being able to see close up was a head trip. I can see fine for waking up and going about my day, but I really like reading in bed to get started, and that requires reading glasses!
Glad you're doing better @CHAS I know I have cataract surgery in my future as well.
I didn’t know to ask about distance vs near, and my doc corrected me to 20/20 for distance. I’d been nearsighted my entire life, so adjusting to not being able to see close up was a head trip. I can see fine for waking up and going about my day, but I really like reading in bed to get started, and that requires reading glasses!
Oh wow. I'll have to remember this. I'm also nearsighted (and astigmatic) and I can read in bed without glasses and do other things without glasses...
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Glad to hear it's going well.
I had cataract surgery several years ago. I knew it was coming as I became fearful of driving at night, particularly in rainy weather.
When I was first examined, they discovered I also had Fuchs dystrophy, a thinning of the corneas. As a result, I had corneal transplants prior to the cataract surgery. That was actually a bigger deal. They inject some air into the eyeball and it's necessary to lie on one's back almost continuously after the surgery. The air acts like the bubble in a level to press the transplant against the interior of the eye. Not real fun.
When I had my actual cataract surgery, they aimed for normal distant vision and pretty well hit their target. It was a revelation seeing without glasses after about 60 years of corrective lenses. It's a treat not to have foggy glasses to contend with. I use a very mild set of readers for fine print or poor text, but otherwise I'm fine.
The sedation for the catarct surgery was very light. When one eye was being operated on, I could hear the surgeon talking with a nurse about Thankgiving plans. I added a comment or two.
I hope everything goes as well for you as it went for me.
Big Al
