Category: Health

Continue reading “I can see clearly now… with both eyes!”

 

I can see clearly now… with both eyes!
No one can say I lack patience, the eyeball journey dragged on for 18 months starting December 2023. After the left eye cataract was done and disappointed with very blurred vision weeks rolled into months and finally (not happy) referred to a cornea specialist.
At the first consultation she identified I also have Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy (FED) aka Fuchs’ dystrophy in both eyes with the left eye much worse that the right.

Continue reading “My Eyeball Journey – Final”

After a long journey starting December 2024 the left eyeball is done and ticked off the to-do list (y)
Took over three hours to have the eye test and scanned on four optical instruments plus one hour waiting for eye drop dilation.
Oh… and another 1/2 hour of admission paperwork for Manningham Private Hospital on the 26th of Feb 2025 for the right eye cataract procedure!

From December 2023 I have had lots of Outlook 2021 calendar health appointments and wondering why I did not think to do printouts like this. With poor eyesight I have been standing at counters struggling try to read the phone to check if the suggested appointment date is going to clash with another one!

I have printed three copies with date range from this week to end of January. One for ET to back me up, one for the car and one for the computer desk.

 

Today we change from Prednefrin Forte 8 drops to 4 drops per day (y)
As posted I am using three reminder systems; the alarm function on the phone, Amazon Alexa and a (failsafe) small notepad.

Doing 8 drops a day I always had to take the little white bottle with me when leaving home. Now… with ‘5 hour windows’ I won’t have to bother so much it can stay at home.

Continue reading “Eyes feeling good this morning”

Besides simply using the alarm feature of the clock app on my phone the GloryFit app will also send reminders to my ALDI smart watch. I also posted that via routines Amazon Alexa will remind me at the top of the hour and again 10 mins later. LOL

All of that is backed up with a reminder notepad and the reader will likely notice the thrifty paper saving layout which provides for 18 days of drop reminders!

 

 

 

 

Left eye update – good news 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
At my last check-up one month ago I was about 2 weeks into the 6 – 8 week DMEK recovery period. Had another check-up today and we are done with the left eyeball :-) I do have one more to-be-sure check 9th December – yay.
After that I’ll be off for the usual eye test to get a reading lens (opted distance lens) for one of my frames.

Drop schedules have changed – for the better.
I was taking Prednefrin Forte 8 times a day and Chlorsig 4 times a day. I now only have to continue with Prednefrin Forte, Chlorsig not needed any more; That is/was for infection control which mitigates donor rejection.

My next post will be titled ‘Amazon Alexa Drop Reminder’.
Feeling good and looking good… I’ll be back.

With regard to my previous eyeball post ‘This morning the world around me looks better – and brighter’ DMEK recovery is progressing well, distance vision is good and hoping there will be further improvement considering I am in the early stages of the 6 – 8 week recovery period.

Close up is still a bit blurred but really concerned about that because I did opt for a distance lens.

 

My prescription reading glasses are of course now useless so what can we do about that? This morning while shopping decided to go looking for those el-cheapo reading glasses and ended up at the Reject Shop.

I selected three glasses, 1.5, 2.5 & 3.0 to give me the best chance to see the computer screen (and keyboard) at 1/2 metre distance and yep… the 2.5 pair works well. After 10 months of not being able to use a soldering iron I can once again tin the stripped ends of insulated wire with the 3.0 pair. The 1.5 works well on workshop power tools mitre saws, band saws and table saw.

 

Back home after eye appointment-
Left the IRIS clinic in Glen Iris and homeward bound back down the M1 – I was driving :-)
Yep… drove there and back, eye doc very happy all good and now I (we) can have a one month break next app 25th Oct – Yay
6 – 8 weeks for full recovery and fingers crossed we don’t have any donor rejection issues.