Monday, March 29, 2010

Today I feel like standing on top of the roof and scream
 "I can see much better again!"

Of course I am still blind on one eye, and probably will be so forever, but it does not bother me as much as it did before. Ever since I lost the complete vision of my left eye I told myself that this is not so bad, it could have been much worse. But every day I was strongly aware that I had only one eye — the other one was just a black shadow and I just could not adjust. I did not complain and used magnifying glasses and ordered all sorts of enlargement devices, but nothing really helped. What a pain in the neck to read a book while holding a magnifier very steady just so that the page does not warp; the light must come from the back and you shouldn't move your head — all of this made the reading process very slow.


Not any more! My eye doctor recommended a place in Englewood (Spectacles) and a certain doctor (Dr. Steve Weisfeld http://www.spectaclesnj.com/) and so I went. I brought in my old frames, got newly reevaluated, and spent a fortune for two pairs of lenses, one just plainly for reading and one bifocal pair, anti-glare, progressive, bifocal, you name it, I got it. Without much confidence I went to pick them up today, but oh boy, what clearness, what sharpness  I gained —  how great is that now! I can see better than ever! I will discard all these things that have quickly accumulated the last few weeks in my apartment, all these assorted reading aids, off they go! I can see, I can read, I can work, hurrah! The new lenses are shatterproof and you can punch me into the eye and there will be no harm. Ha!

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