My Vision: A Perfect Sight Without Eyeglasses

MD William H. Bates, said, “The art of seeing is passive. Things are seen, just as they are felt, or heard, or tasted, without effort or volition on the part of the subject. When sight is perfect the letters on the test card are waiting, perfectly black and perfectly distinct to be recognized.”

I have nothing against my eyeglasses. I love wearing them, don’t feel this inferiority thing. I kind of thought, it’s a form of a confidence crutch to this effect – proudly I can say, here look I am one of those women who have aged and still look good in their eyeglasses.

The only reason why I want to be without them is because of my job. On long hours shift they become blurred because of the moisture and all sorts of reasons. Most of the times I tend to bear with in using them for fear of contamination such as when I am changing dressings, etc. I just can’t wipe my eyeglasses once they are blurred unless I have washed my hands. Well maybe it’s only me so life in the workplace becomes a bit difficult which then resulted to a dream of a perfect vision.

My partner knew about this and a day before our 10^th year anniversary we went to one of the popular optical sites last Saturday, 10^th at Southampton to query for an eye laser surgery, had a thorough eye tests which they did for free and my refractive optometrist said I qualified for a pain free, 20 20 vision Wavefront/Lasik which unfortunately didn’t fall under their first costing range of £595 each eye because of my age. My partner wanted to have the best procedure for me so we continued to discuss the price with the refractive technician and opted for a spot cash to qualify for a 15 % discount to be paid within 21 days before the surgery. Even then it will entail an enormous amount of money, way far from his allotted budget yet he was happy, a very kind gesture of love indeed.

To cut the story short, my surgery will be on the 7^th September and we will go back this Sunday, 18^th for me to have contact lenses fitted in. My optician said, this is part of the pre operative procedure to check if my brain will be able to cope with the visual adjustment after the surgery.

After a few hours in the mall, btw, flaunting a prominent yellow eye shadow, lol because of the eye dye needed in one of the tests, we went home excited and happy until we sort of decided to surf for some independent patients’ reviews and testimonials of their eye laser experiences.

Now the big dilemma for us, although the optical’s site reviews were encouraging and promising the independent reviews were very scary. We never expected this because one of my colleagues had it two years ago under the same optical company and still is very happy and contented saying the money’s worth it.

I always think I am lucky and I feel it in my gut that nothing will happen to me but of course I have to be realistic of the risks involved too. The risks were featured in the testimonials. Either way my partner is willing to support me with my decision, bless him. My problem is I want to continue but I am scared and the clock is ticking...

Anyone who had been through this? Would you like to share your experiences with me?

Thanks for reading. Till then with a touch of love....

 

Those Precious Little Things

 

Life these days is kind of funny, big dreams and big things count most. Not to all I must say. My first article was about one of our residents here at T.O.P. who had a dream to relive her motorcycle ride with her dad and to her joy achieved it with the assistance of the team. This time I have a lady who enjoys whatever life gives her and that is a pigeon who visits this bird cage to eat every day. Least this pigeon knew that her visit was expected and has made a difference to this resident’s life.

 One could see in one of these pics here that the side of the bed was purposely taken to be able to show how close the proximity of the bed to the window where our lady resident was watching this bird.

It was an evening drug round that this moment was captured. It was a pleasure and touching to watch. Honestly these few minutes of our resident watching this pigeon fits her life circumstances without question.

This might be over dramatic but let’s just say that this moment was so compelling to share. This great pigeon that may not mean something to us means a lot to the life of this lady resident each day.

This pigeon without a doubt was one of those precious little things, unappreciated by some but meaningful to one and that in fact is more than enough.