Wrapping up this eye surgery thing
The new me! Here I am, over a month after eye surgery trying to navigate the world with these new eyes. Just to recap: I was scheduled to start my surgeries in December of 2020 and had to postpone it due to Covid. Finally rescheduled it for December of 2021 for a million reasons that you will have to read previous blogs to understand. Had surgery on my right eye December 2nd 2021, left eye on December 16, 2021. I am typing this right now in my brand new glasses! Now, I am 48 so they are bifocals; but on the bright side my old prescription was not possible with bifocals so this is definitely a win. Even if I am still learning to see again. The last 7 weeks have all been about relearning anyway. For starters, we started the surgeries on my weakest eye, turning it into my strongest eye, and confusing my brain for two weeks. I have what is commonly known as a lazy eye. Typically my eyes do not work as a team. My left eye leads and my right eye follows. It turns in, leaning on it