medical

Two codeine tablets and I'm still in pain. I want this to be over. I hope the doctor is right.

I visit my eye doctor today and tell him, "I'm having pain my eye, the worst I've had so far." His response: "No, you're not!" *Sigh* OK, I think I know what happened. What he heard was that I had an infection in my left eye. He's tested for that, and I don't have one. That doesn't…

The surgery is complete. I'll know more tomorrow when I see the doctor and he removes the eye bandage. In the meantime, I have to keep my head down, face towards the floor, constantly. This is hard. It reminds me of one of the punishments in Dante's Inferno. I may have to keep doing this for 2-7…

Verdict: surgery. I'm going to have a vitrectomy of my left eye. It will take place on Thursday. After this is done, I have a good chance of recovering full vision in my left eye. It's going to be uncomfortable for a while, though. I'm feeling a bit lonely and isolated, but there's not much I can…