LIVING WITH MCL

Well, I had to wait 5 weeks, but I finally had the cataract in my right eye removed. The surgery didn't seem to go as smoothly as the the surgery on my left eye though. I had a little more discomfort after surgery, and my vision doesn't seem as good in the right eye, although I checked 20/25 in both eyes when I went to see the doctor for my follow up appointment the next day, and things are improving. Not sure what I was expecting, as it's still a 10 fold improvement over what I had been experiencing, so I'm not complaining to profusely. It's hard to believe I went as long as I did without surgery. It's like I had been seeing everything in standard definition (SD) all this time, and now I'm viewing everything in HD (high definition). There's still about 2 more weeks of recovery, having to wear an eye shield at bed time, and putting 3 different eye drops, 4X a day, in my eye, but I think I can handle it. After all I've waited this long. What's ano...

And WOW is there a dramatic difference. It's not only that the Interocular Lens , implanted in my eye to replace the cataract, has improved my distance vision far beyond what I can remember, but the colors are so much more vibrant now. I never knew (or at least don't remember) how white,  the color white can be. The big problem now is waiting the 7 weeks for the cataract in my other eye to be removed.  

Despite the iron increasing my hemoglobin, it didn't make me feel better. I didn't have more energy. I actually think I had less energy, and felt better when my hemoglobin was at 11 g/dL. (Of course the [cold] weather may have something to do with my lethargy as well.) Not only that, but it's increased my awareness of my spleen, and I think it's the cause of the increased occurrence of eye infections [inflammations, irritations, or whatever] I've been experiencing. I do have an appointment with an Ophthalmologist tomorrow, to see what he has to say about my eye irritations. I'm hoping I can talk him into cataract surgery, at least on my left eye which has been the most problematic, and I can eliminate the need for contact lenses, which may also be contributing to my problems. After that, who knows? I may start taking iron again. Stranger things have happened, but until I start feeling better, that's not gonna happen. This year is just not starting out as I h...