semperfiona | Cataract surgery part I

I had cataract removal surgery on my left eye today. It was scary and difficult but thankfully over quickly. And when it was done and I looked at the world without my glasses on, I could read the words on a juice can from three feet away. If I covered my right eye, it was even better. You hafta realize that up to last night, I was holding my phone three inches from my face to read it. This is like magic.

Because the right eye still needs a lot of correction, they gave me a contact to wear until I get the surgery on it, two weeks from now.

I am now trying to get used to my face without glasses. It's very weird. Previously I couldn't see my whole face if I wasn't wearing glasses: I'd lean super close to mirrors to put on eye makeup so all I could see would be the one eye, and I've not worn contacts for at least a decade either.