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My Eyes
I was born in late 1964 with congenital glaucoma. I am also near-sighted. Quite frankly, that combination sucks. I have had 12 operations on my eyes – six on each. Most of the operations were done when I was an infant and toddler, though one was done when I was 15. My left eye is the “good” one. For about 15 years I was able to read the 20/60 line on the eye chart (you know, the DAO6 line.) My right eye was never that great. The best I could do with it was see the 20/400 line – the big E.
As the pressure in my left eye began to fluctuate in the late 1990s, my vision began to worsen. In February, 2003, I had a trabeculectomy on my left eye. That left my pressure a little too low (about six.) My vision had now decreased to somewhere between 20/100 and 20/200. As with anything else, some days were better than others.
Since the beginning of 2008, my vision has become foggy and/or blurry. My visual acuity now fluctuates between 20/200 to 20/400. I also get bullae (blisters on the cornea that hurt like a mother.) I am scheduled to have surgery on 4 Dec 2008. I will have either an endothelial transplant or a full-thickness (open sky) cornea transplant. I’ll be updating the blog on how I make out.
My Career
I currently own two businesses. My wife and I purchased Salon Supplies + Interiors in February, 2006. We design and build custom salon furniture, sell salon equipment, sell beauty supplies, and design salon layouts. Of course, I’m not doing any of the mill work… I do the majority of the selling on the salon furniture and salon equipment side of the business, design and implement the marketing, place orders with vendors (again, primarily on the furniture and equipment, but, at times, on the beauty supply side too,) and oversee daily operations of the business.
The other business is called Digital Graphics Design. We do graphic and web design work. I know, it’s not something a person with very limited vision should really be doing, but at least I don’t have any interest in becoming a pilot or bus driver. Besides, my partner Dan now does most of the work on the graphics side, while I handle accounting and marketing.
As my vision has worsened, my ability to do many of the tasks I’ve listed above has become increasingly difficult. I’ve hired my friend Ken to help with the marketing, graphic designs, and the completion of our ecommerce site (ForYourSalon.com) at Salon Supplies + Interiors. I know this, if the transplant, whichever one it is, doesn’t fix my problem and return my vision to a more manageable (20/100 to 20/200) level, I’ll probably have to find another line of work (and I’m open to suggestions.)
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