Saturday, October 21, 2017

Taking A Break...

I wanted to post a quick update.
If you hadn't figured it out, I am taking a quick break from all of the medical crap going on with me right now. In fact Edie and I are in North Carolina visiting Jenny, Sam and Remi. It took a bit for the little guy to get used to seeing me with the eye patch on but all is good and he could care less.

For the most part I feel fine. My right eye is still pretty much useless. I wear an eye patch or just keep it shut all day. The eye lashes have rolled back inwards, it doesn't hurt as bad as before, but still irritating none the less. My right eye is far enough out of alignment that using it is impossible and the double vision give me a nasty headache within in minutes.

This week I have another appointment with the surgeon but they don't have an answer for the double vision. The plan is to head to the U Of M and meet with their optical specialist going foreword.

But until then if your lookin for me, I am in Carolina.






Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Surgery one step forward....

Apparently the surgery was a success. "Couldn't have gone better." At least that is what they are telling me.I don't know. I still have double vision. At least I do when I can see out of my right eye that is.
In order to help with healing, with the exception of one small section, they have sewed my eye shut. The appointment for removing the stitches is tomorrow so we will see how my vision is once I can see with both eyes again.


One of the side effects of having my eye stitched shut is that the stitches cause my my eye to weep all the time. With the weeping comes the crud that forms in the corners and along the bottom of the eye. if it doesn't form into crud, it runs down that side of my face. All in all it is not a lot of fun and I cant wait for the stitches to come out.

The other problem with all this weeping and crusting is having a goatee. All the crud and the goo ends up in there. I scrubbed and scrubbed trying to get keep it clean but it proved to be way to much work. So for the first time in close to 20 years, it is gone.
Don't know if I like the look.
Edie hasn't seen me yet.
The last time I took it off Maddie was very young and she fell on the ground laughing and pointing at me.




I am hoping for a more positive response this time.


We will see.


I’m starting with the man in the mirror
I’m asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
(Man In The Mirror  Michael Jackson)