I guess first up I'll say that my eyesight has moderately improved over the past 2-3 weeks. In fact, it improved enough that I was able to drive myself over to see Devo in Del Mar, which actually turned out to be the best show I saw all year long (albeit I didn't see that many). At that time, I still drove with an eyepatch over my bad eye, especially at night with all the glare of the lights. Once I got into the venue that evening, it was a bit disorienting trying to walk amongst other people without bumping into them or other objects, and I mainly kept to myself. Alas, I got through it and ended up having a great time. Oddly, I had never seen Devo before.
About two weeks later, I finally stopped using the eyepatch while working. I found that the double vision had gone down a bit and therefore I could make it through the day without the added inconvenience of this material hanging over my eye. I still don't see great at all, mind you, but it's nice to be able to have my eye "open" again and without a huge amount of double vision.
I found that I could start trusting driving a bit more as well as getting back on my bike, all of which I took slowly and with extra caution. I just recently graduated to not using the eyepatch while driving period, and I also made my first long drive since probably 5 years ago, with driving out to Arizona to see friends and family.
I wish I could say that everything's been better but a very dear friend of mine experienced a terrible tragedy in his family of which I won't go into here, and then just days later my aunt passed away, hence the trip to AZ. It was all very earth shattering and hard to get a grip on. I was pleased that I could actually make the journey, though, and I dare say that I wouldn't have been able to do it only a week or two before.
This week, I finally had Moh's appointment #8, the last of the original group. I was supposed to have this one done back in early October but I had to cancel due to the retina detachment. 2023 has been...well, quite a year, and certainly not a good one for me at all. I had grand plans of getting tons of things done this year, least of all music projects and also starting on a major house renovation, and basically everything has been delayed repetitively due to all the dramas going on. I know I've said it many times before but getting old(er) is hell, I tell ya.
At this point, if I'm still breathing past the first of the New Year, I'll consider it a "win" because, well, wow. More so than ever, I wake up each day happy being able to see another day. Now, if I could only get back to business, per se.
I'm now looking ahead to having my usual 2 weeks off over Xmas, something I greatly look forward to every year and that usually gets away from me. Ah yes, but not this year...we're going to make the most of it, right?! I said, right??!! Yes, right!
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