Oct 22 2009

Whereabouts and blog silence mea culpa

Published by at 7:52 am under Personal,Travel

Next Sunday through Thursday — Oct. 25-29 Lenovo Headquarters in North Carolina

Following week – Nov 1-5 will be in Beijing

So why the silence? Six weeks have transpired  since the vitrectomy to reattach my left retina and I have been a little depressed and too challenged vision-wise to do much writing.  No gory details — but here’s the state of affairs today:

1. I have double vision. There is a second version of everything pointing down and to the right of the real thing.

2. I have some problems reading as the day goes by and my eye gets tired

3. Due to scar tissue my affected eye has a “pinch” effect where everything is pulled together in the middle of my field of vision. This causes words on a page or screen to compress together into a solid “slug”

How do I cope?

1. Big fonts. I’ve cranked up my screen fonts.

2. Kindle — the font sizer on the Kindle is a great thing for bad eyesight

3. New glasses. I am being fitted with my first spectacles in six years with a prismatic correction to solve the double-vision

4. Eye patch to cut down the confusion.

Prognosis: very good. I have vision where I had none before and I could be looking at a six month wait before things really settle down.

10 responses so far

10 Responses to “Whereabouts and blog silence mea culpa”

  1. # Max Kalehoffon 22 Oct 2009 at 9:08 am

    I hope your eyes get better quickly.

  2. # Andy Bealon 22 Oct 2009 at 9:42 am

    That sucks! I hope you have a speedy recovery!

  3. # HOGDICKon 22 Oct 2009 at 10:06 am

    I’m sorry Dave & hope the solutions assuage…Something good will come of this!

  4. # Andy Berryon 22 Oct 2009 at 10:49 am

    Sounds awful – hope you heal quickly!

  5. # Mark Cahillon 22 Oct 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Keep your chin up. You’ve come a long way.

    I’m hoping for a very speedy recovery as well…

  6. # Vivianon 22 Oct 2009 at 9:00 pm

    It sounds as if things are moving in the right direction. I’m hoping the best for you.

  7. # Jim Forbeson 23 Oct 2009 at 10:53 am

    I”ve missed your blog posts, David.

    Jim

  8. # Charleson 23 Oct 2009 at 11:25 am

    What I want to see is a photo of you in an eye patch. What would Capt. Chatfield think?

  9. # Lisa --on 23 Oct 2009 at 4:37 pm

    We’re with you bud. Do what you need to do to get well and see well.

  10. # Anonymouson 24 Oct 2009 at 8:28 am

    Just finished a conference in a slow industry to accept the new world of marketing but the few I have given you blog address have enjoyed and learned from you posts. thanks. Hope all falls into place soon.

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