Hello to everyone. I’ve been getting email asking how things are going so I thought I’d post a quick update and catch everyone up. The site is seeing quite a bit of traffic
First of all, I am still wearing the soft, custom lens on my grafted eye. I’m still very pleased with it. I went ahead and ordered a couple of pair of them which should keep me going until my next appointment with Dr. Holland. If he removes sutures, my prescription is likely to change some – so I don’t want to have expensive lenses I just throw away (these lenses last 3 months.) My vision is about the same as it was in July. Not pin-prick-perfect, but very close. With my right eye working with the grafted one, I have great vision.
I’m so happy with the night driving. We took a trip to Atlanta last week and I did a lot of night driving then. It was wonderful to be able to just drive on and get the trip done while others snoozed in the car. We were going to dragon*con, and while we were there I noticed that many of the attendees in costume were wearing those weird colored contact lenses. I shuddered to think about the damage they could do being in there for 18+ hours a day.
My allergies have been a bit of an issue, but nothing like last year. I’m taking daily allergy meds and my eyes don’t get very itchy anymore. I take a daily Zyrtec as I’ve mentioned before.
I’m still compulsive about protecting my graft and it’s paid off recently. The other day an extension cord in my garage came down and whacked me on my safety glasses covering the grafted eye! Anytime I’m doing yard, garage or basement work, I wear something. I think it would have hit me in the eye directly!
I don’t have that much news beyond this.
Keep the comments and questions coming – I’m happy to try to answer them.
image by Tjerk Zweers used under creative commons CC:Attribution 2.0 Generic.
Well, I looked at my iPhone Allergy App today and it says 10 out of 12 “Very High” for ragweed pollen – my nemesis. Lexington is the Allergy Capital of the USA (at least in Spring,) and ragweed is the worst. I take a daily Zyrtec which helps a lot, but several weeks out of the year it’s overwhelmed by the environment.
