October 18, 2019. Madison, Mississippi. The Eye Doctor.

Dr.Oh is my eye doctor. I was referred to her from my glaucoma specialist. She deals with glaucoma surgery and with other glaucoma patients who seem not to be getting better, which is me. I like her. As I am gloriously and foolishly optimistic, I look forward to our appointments because I feel sure she will be able to fix my eyes. Thursday at 12:15 was my appointment. The good thing is my pressures. My left eye is 14 which is acceptable. The right eye is 8, which is still too low. Those pressures protect the optic nerve, which is good. But the low pressure in the right eye does not keep the back of the eye taut and tight so the back of my eye kind of fold from time to time and looks like wall paper that is damp and rippled. My problem is that sometimes I can see well and some times I can not. I often look as if I am looking at a fog. We decided to wait until I return from Mexico to see if the pressure goes up and thus keep the back of the eye tight. In the meantime, I can function. When I went to Liverpool I had new lens in my glasses. At first I was seeing 20/25 in my right eye. But over the summer the acuity in my right eye deteriorated and now I see 20/50. Dr. Oh says it will come and go. At least now I know why I can see well sometimes and not others. At the moment, I can not go out at night by myself. I function well in familiar places such as home and my neighborhood. New places are difficult;t because I must be especially careful for steps. Shadows are difficult. Going into a building from outside means I am blind until my eyes accommodate to the light, which can take ten minutes. But I can see straight aheads pretty well, at least most of the time. My left eye vision is good except I have black blotches in that eye so I do not see much out of that eye, unfortunately. For years, getting the pressures down was the big problem. Now we want to bring the pressure up in the right eye. Kind of crazy but true. As I said to Dr. Oh,"I am able to function quite well, and I am not complaining." My eyes could be much worse.