I went to the eye doctor last week to have my eyes examined because I noticed that my left eye was considerably worse (vision-wise) than my right eye.
After several tries to clear up my vision, she moved me to the chair where they blind you with stinging drops into your eyes, send you out of the room to suffer from the glare of lights, sun, etc. in the waiting room as your pupils dilate to a bottom-of-the-ocean saucer size.
After about 15-20 minutes, they bring me back into a darkened room where I begin to feel some relief from the bright lights and glare, sit me in front of a machine that reminds of me of a Borg mind-meld contraption and tell me to put my chin & forehead in the appropriate places. The purpose behind that is to give them direct aim into my eyes.
As I rest my head into the Borg mind-meld machine - enjoying the darkened room, the doc says, “Keep looking at the little green light” whereupon she snaps on the brightest floodlight known to man. Tears begin to drip from my eyes as she commands, “Eyes wide open, please!”
All kidding aside, the end of the story is that I do have to go in for surgery on my left eye - twice. The first surgery is for the removal of what is called a pterygium (Pterygium - link here for definition & pic). After that is removed, there is a 90% possibility that I will have to go back (after recuperating from the 1st surgery) to have the cornea of my left eye “scraped by laser” is the best way I can describe it. It seems that I have some clouding of the cornea (the 1st eye doctor said something like a 30% loss of vision, though it apparently is not that bad) that can be easily removed by laser treatment.
At any rate, the 1st surgery couldn’t be scheduled any sooner than April 3 as I am traveling so much this spring that it is the first opportunity that I have to allow a week of recuperation from the surgery.
I love my eyesight. I love looking at my beautiful wife, my handsome sons and gorgeous daughters. I really enjoy reading, watching people, films, sunrises, sunsets. It would be a sad thing to lose, wouldn’t it? I’m not not fearing the loss of my eyesight, but the reality of surgery makes you think about the wonders of the eye and how God created it to work. FASCINATING!
Thank You, Lord, for sight! What a wondrous gift. A beautiful sense!
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “ Mat. 6:22
This verse is, of course, referring to spiritual conditions of the heart & soul, but nonetheless has physical applications in that if one’s eyes are bad, there is physical darkness and what a darkness that can be!
After several tries to clear up my vision, she moved me to the chair where they blind you with stinging drops into your eyes, send you out of the room to suffer from the glare of lights, sun, etc. in the waiting room as your pupils dilate to a bottom-of-the-ocean saucer size.
After about 15-20 minutes, they bring me back into a darkened room where I begin to feel some relief from the bright lights and glare, sit me in front of a machine that reminds of me of a Borg mind-meld contraption and tell me to put my chin & forehead in the appropriate places. The purpose behind that is to give them direct aim into my eyes.
As I rest my head into the Borg mind-meld machine - enjoying the darkened room, the doc says, “Keep looking at the little green light” whereupon she snaps on the brightest floodlight known to man. Tears begin to drip from my eyes as she commands, “Eyes wide open, please!”
All kidding aside, the end of the story is that I do have to go in for surgery on my left eye - twice. The first surgery is for the removal of what is called a pterygium (Pterygium - link here for definition & pic). After that is removed, there is a 90% possibility that I will have to go back (after recuperating from the 1st surgery) to have the cornea of my left eye “scraped by laser” is the best way I can describe it. It seems that I have some clouding of the cornea (the 1st eye doctor said something like a 30% loss of vision, though it apparently is not that bad) that can be easily removed by laser treatment.
At any rate, the 1st surgery couldn’t be scheduled any sooner than April 3 as I am traveling so much this spring that it is the first opportunity that I have to allow a week of recuperation from the surgery.
I love my eyesight. I love looking at my beautiful wife, my handsome sons and gorgeous daughters. I really enjoy reading, watching people, films, sunrises, sunsets. It would be a sad thing to lose, wouldn’t it? I’m not not fearing the loss of my eyesight, but the reality of surgery makes you think about the wonders of the eye and how God created it to work. FASCINATING!
Thank You, Lord, for sight! What a wondrous gift. A beautiful sense!
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “ Mat. 6:22
This verse is, of course, referring to spiritual conditions of the heart & soul, but nonetheless has physical applications in that if one’s eyes are bad, there is physical darkness and what a darkness that can be!
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