Friday, January 27, 2012

Squinting

Squinting

I had cataract surgery on my right eye. I thought I would end up looking like a pirate, but they gave me a plastic eye patch. I looked more like a Cyborg. The operation went well and an operation is scheduled on my left eye for February 14. I’m walking around (often I’m walking into things) wearing glasses with one lens poked out.

It is hard to focus with one lens on my cornea and the other lens in front of the other eye. I can close one eye or the other. My poor brain gets tired. Reading and writing is hard to do.

Luckily, I have a few blogs already reviewed by fellow writers. Of course none of the other writers on the blog are fellows.

So, please excuse the brevity of this blog. I’ll be back to writing as soon as I can.

22 comments:

  1. I can't imagine, Warren. Take care, and just when you're getting back to normal--they'll do the other one. Hopefully, by March you'll be seeing much better.

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  2. Warren,

    If you get to read this eventually, please know that our neighbor had the surgery and now sees better than ever. Be patient!

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  3. Thanks, EB,

    It is a strange experience to have each eye focus separately.

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  4. Thanks, Jacqueline,

    I can see better than I ever could if I close one eye.

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  5. I've heard how wonderful eyesight is afterward, so hang in there!

    Morgan Mandel
    http://morganmandel.blogspot.com

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  6. Warren, I had that surgery several years ago. Replaced my lenses with bionic eyes, so legally-blind and going fully blind me could see as I never had in my life. Now, I even drive without glasses. It's a pain while you're going through it, but it's going to be so great when it's over. Just take it easy!

    And actually, I am both a Macondo Fellow and a Ragdale Fellow!

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  7. Peg, My wife is a fellow in two professional organizations. So is my sister, Peggy. You know I am a proud member of Sisters in Crime.

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  8. Morgan, Even now I can get up during the night and see to find my glasses. Wow!

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  9. LInda, Why don't groups offer "galships?"

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  10. Ha, Warren! Good question! Probably the same reason that until a very few years ago all breast cancer research was done on men. The male is the model, patriarchy tells us. Thank heavens for men like you and Ben, who are allies in helping us change that.

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  11. Walter, yes, and intelligence tests were originally changed when some women and African American men got higher scores than privileged white men--since that was patently impossible, they said. Thank heavens a lot of things have changed!

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  12. Who's "Walter?" And I know where Waldo is. I live close by that city.

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  13. Ha! Age is getting to me, War-ren! I spent yesterday evening with good friend and Missouri poet laureate, Walter Bargen. And if it's any salve, I called him Warren one time. We've been good friends for over twenty years!

    I really do know your name and love you, I do! Sometimes I call Ben by another name because I'm thinking about something else, and he just goes "Huh?" Today, I'm revising and trying to reply to emails and blog posts at the same time, thus disaster. Mea culpa, mea culpa!

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  14. Linda, I love you too and you are forgiven. My sister often calls her husband Warren when the three of us are together.

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  15. What a relief, Warren! After reading your work, I know what a devilishly inventive mind you've got! I don't want someone like that mad at me!

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  16. Oh well, heck, just look at it as you don't see things "eye to eye" with yourself right now! LOL
    I'm sure when this is all over, you're going to have a whole new view on life;)...all joking aside, everyone I know who has had this done loves the results:)
    Wishing you a speedy recover:)
    Lo

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  17. I was one-eyed for awhile after a detached retina and it was hard! Had a lens implant in that eye eventually and can now see the bedside clock at night!

    I hope your healing is quick and uneventful.

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  18. Loretta and Kaye,

    Thanks for your good wishes.

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  19. I've had cataract surgery, Warren. I sympathize, but it's so much better when it's better!

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  20. I give you credit for persevering in spite of a temporary setback. I've also heard that one sees better than ever after having the surgery. At least you can see well out of one eye.

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