Oh what a difference.  Yesterday I had those damned bandage contacts taken off--gawd how I hate those things.  My right eye had a residual itch for a little bit but that was all.  Still wore--wear--a hat when I'm around air conditioner vents, which in this country are typically on the ceiling.  Sunglasses and hat whenever I'm outdoors, but my ( Read more... )

So I go to the eye doctor two weeks ahead of schedule because I'm flying to LA tomorrow and was concerned that all my starry special effects were going to impede my driving, and LA is one town where you need to be tack-sharp to drive. LA drivers, while not fond of unnecessary risks, drive fast and aggressively and you need to see them coming.  So I ( Read more... )

Eyes still seem nearsighted, though it's something to kvetch about more than anything.  I'm able to ride my bike at the ordinary (not bat-out-of-hell) pace that I used before surgery, so that's something.  Night riding is still scary, especially since oncoming bicycle headlights give lovely starbursts that preclude seeing the rider of the bike.   ( Read more... )

No, as it turns out.  The dentist was honest with me in telling me that it's a muscle relaxant, Sildalud by name.  I wasn't scheduled to go in to the dentist but I was getting pains in the molars surrounding the implant and didn't want to take any chances.  After all, if I hadn't ignored teeth shifting around on that side for as long as I did we ( Read more... )

I had a shot of whiskey in my evening coffee, so I'm feeling a bit whiny tonight ( Read more... )

For now, though, I'll attempt to illustrate the "satanic starfish".  Here is from the vision simulator:


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Because of the holiday I was able to take my bicycle out last Wednesday, on to the river trail that is fairly recently built and, as I would discover, had the previous holes in it filled (holes being gaps where they were installing drains).  It felt great, great enough to put in just over 11km total.  Damn I had a pent-up need for the road ( Read more... )

The 29th I note I was able to take a nap at work.  Clearly I was not looking forward to that Friday's dental work. Clearly too the flaw in the air mattress was costing me sleep.  Got a new one.  I have a memory foam mattress but it's hard on my ankles, which are a perpetual problem especially given my substantial weight ( Read more... )

The 19th and I'm back to work.  Air conditioning is very uncomfortable and the sunlight through the windows even on a cloudy day is uncomfortable.  Part of that is anxiety--without window glass, am I getting too much UV? Again with the notion that one screw up will leave me blind.  That's part of why I'm writing this, to reassure the next persion ( Read more... )

I taped the sleep goggles on and slept well finally.  There was (and to some extent, is) the fear that one mistake at this point in healing could leave me with a blind eye or two, and that's terrifying.  Knowing the goggles could not slip off in the night removed that worry, so sleep finally came ( Read more... )