a view through my own eyes

Just over a week ago I returned to the hospital for the scheduled followup appointment.

The consultant is happy and consequently so am I. I am now over the worst of the rejection episode and although the eye still hurts it is healing well and astonishingly my vision has improved slightly in my grafted eye – though it has got a bit worse in the right eye but that is due to the joys of keratoconus. I do however have to continue to take two lots of eye drops and return to the consultant at the beginning of May to check on progress.

Anyway in a weeks time I go to the optician (that is the earliest appointment I could get) and get new lenses prescribed.

Of course to add to the amusement mrspao has had conjunctivitis for the last week or so – which is 1. contagious and 2. something I absolutely cannot risk getting.

So the last few weeks have been based around a diet of Radios 4 & 5, listening to quite a bit of music and audiobooks (many thanks to mrspao for the Children of Hurin read by Christopher Lee). All of which has been spent in a darkened room and when I have been outside sunglasses have been to the fore.

The last week though as instructed the room has been getting increasingly lighter and screen (laptop/TV) usage has slowly been increased during the week with only minimal problems (must remember to take a mug to work tomorrow so I can keep having screen breaks and having mugs of tea).

In the meantime I would like to thank those of you that phoned, emailed and came round for a cup of tea.