Category: recovery

My Dad is Home, Now for the Hard Part

For those who don’t follow me on Twitter (@davidbenj) or Facebook (facebook.com/davidbenj) you might not know what I’ve been up to the last few weeks.

One Month After Surgery

Yesterday marked a month since my most recent surgery. It is somewhat ironic that over the past few days my vision hasn't been great, with today being the worst of the last few.

Almost Unbelievable…

As you've read here over the past seven weeks, I've been pretty frustrated and miserable.  On the way to my my cornea specialist, Eliz and I were talking about what I was planning on discussing with Dr. Ayres.

It’s Been a Few Weeks, Not Much New

I haven’t posted an update for about three weeks. In that time, my vision still sucks and I’m wondering if I made the right choice to have the surgery.

A Frustrating Week

Well, it has been a week of total frustration.  Since mid-afternoon last Thursday, my vision has not been good.  Every day when I wake up I hope that it will be better, but then I open my eyes.

Wow, I was Wrong!

I say that like it doesn't happen often.  Today I had an appointment to see Dr. Garg, the retina specialist I visited several times in January and February.

Visual Fields Test

My appointment with my glaucoma specialist went well, except for the fact that I was back to the 20/200 line and even that wasn't as crisp as a my second PostOp appointment on 27 April

Second Post Op Visit

I was looking forward to my second visit to Dr. Ayres since the surgery on 15 April.  The last few days have been trying.  I began to notice that my vision was changing.

One Week After Cataract Removal

By this time last Thursday I was sleeping.  I guess I still had the pain and sleepy meds running in my system.  So I'm getting back to my "normal" routine.

EyeOp XIV Report

I figured that I've gone through enough eye surgeries that I can label them in roman numerals.  In fact, if I had some time, I'd probably do this post on video, with cool graphics and theme music like a championship game post game show.

What a Day

My day started off with Eliz telling me that we had water in the basement from the all the rain overnight.  While it's not too big of a deal, it wasn't the way I wanted to start the day.

One Year Later

So, today marked the first anniversary of my partial cornea transplant (for those that need to know specifics, I had a DSAEK procedure, which is a partial-thickness corneal transplant

Everything Looks Fine…

I've been waiting for this appointment with my cornea specialist for weeks.  I have been having problems with my left eye since the middle of summer

Misty & Mold

It's been a while since I've posted, so I thought a new post was in order.  Over the past few weeks I've had a ton of bitchin' and moanin' to do, but no time to post -- lucky for my reader(s).

Almost Eight Months

It's nearly eight months since my surgery (next Saturday, 4 July is eight months.)  I had an appointment today with Dr. Ayers.

One Month Later

It is hard to believe that my surgery was a month ago.  As I've stated before, I am looking forward to my appointment on Wednesday.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all!  We celebrated the same way we have for the last five or six years: dinner out - this year we went to PF Changs,

Each day is a little better!

Wow, one week ago I came to the business for 30 minutes.  Today, I'm putting in a full day (as I have been doing since Monday...)  Every day,

Day 3

Today I begin my third day of recovery from an endothelial transplant in my left (good eye - actually my only eye.)  Please forgive any typos as I really can't see what I'm typing.