Cataract surgery part I
Feb. 21st, 2019 06:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semperfionaI 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.
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.
