I had to see the retina doctor today for another follow up to my surgery a few weeks ago. They want to stay on top of me a little bit more than most people due to my having retina schesis.
He wants to see me in four more weeks, which is a little earlier than this next one normally would be to make sure there is no scar tissue building. As far as I understand, that’s the benchmark for my progress in my healing. Of course there are things to look out for such as certain pains or if I start to have blind spots that they will describe as like a curtain. That’s a little hard for me to determine because I didn’t even realize that’s what was going on when I went and found out I needed the emergency surgery in the first place. And I’ll always be left wondering if I had realized it sooner could things be a little bit better for my sight. It had been going on I think for one or two weeks. I cannot say for sure. I know I had some very strange events, especially when I would first wake up and I really didn’t understand what was going on and had attributed it to possible dry eye from cataract surgery. That was a big mistake, of course. Now that I have the ball of oil inside my eye it’s pretty hard to determine if there’s a curtain or a blind spot because I can literally see little circles floating around just like you would see if you saw different drops of oil on a pan.
So right now I got a really good report. I was told it’s OK if I want to sleep on my right side as well as my left side. I had to be cleared for that. I’m not supposed to be laying on my back but it’s OK if it happens while I fall asleep. And it’s something I can’t control, but I am very well aware of it when I wake up if I am on my back. It really does unnerve me because I don’t want anything that I do to be the cause to go back into surgery.
I forgot to ask if I’m cleared to go swimming. It’s been ridiculously hot here in Florida. It rains every day really really downpours horrible weather. Everything gets dark and of course that makes it a little harder for me to see. But that’s usually the afternoons. The mornings are nice and warm and it’d be nice if I was allowed to enjoy the pool where I live before it starts to get cold again sometime in October. I will have to call tomorrow and ask this question. I’m willing to bet the answer is no because they don’t want to risk infection and you never know with bacteria in a pool. It won’t be the worst thing in the world at least not for me. But it would be nice if they felt it was safe enough. I never put my head under the water, but you can’t be sure that you won’t get a little bit of water on your eye or in your eye
So that’s where I stand right now on my eye. I have been having some other very strange things going on in my body and I am going to see my primary this week to discuss the symptoms that seem to be intermittent. I don’t know what to make of them and I don’t know if I should be worried or cool my jets. There’s been so much extreme health situations one after the other, after the other, on top of my Disabilities that I have that already make life rough and financially hard. I don’t know if I’ll get any answers or be told to stop worrying, but I guess I’ll find out sometime this week.
I really appreciate the help that people who have come here and given gifts for my medical care. It is helping me and it will continue to help me to anyone who wishes to be so generous as to give a few coffees.
For me it really is some weeks, the choice between what I won’t get at the supermarket so that I can pay for a medication or a prescribed supplement from my primary care doctor or having enough for my hyperbaric treatment. So every time you do help, it helps me to get by for the week and I am beyond grateful.
If my health situations can at least plateau, meaning, no more new things, and I can just start paying down the medical debt, the medical credit card debt, and some of my house repairs (roof leak), then maybe just maybe in 8 to 12 months I can have enough paid down that I can just “breathe” a little bit better. I don’t wanna jinx myself. Because that’s what I thought after my hysterectomy and then two months later I was hysterical sobbing after I had just been told I was losing my sight and I needed emergency surgery.
I don’t know if it’s too much to ask for but I just like to get on an even keel and stop having to go to all of you and begging for help. I really really want that for myself. But I do appreciate all of your kindness and help.
As well, thank you for the continued prayers. At least this post had some good news for a change.