Wednesday 7 October 2020

In The Wars Again

It has been a while since I last posted. Originally work was the main factor but with my continuing amazing luck I am back in the wars again. And nowhere near as heroic as these chaps.


I have been struggling with my eyesight for a number of months now with lots of "floaters", general blurring of everything in my right eye especially which I put down to age and the need for new glasses. I had also noticed an occasional visual disturbance as if there was a strand of silver tinsel glinting in the outside corner of my left eye. A visit to SpecSavers was made, followed by an immediate referral to the local hospital where I was diagnosed with a detaching left retina and cataracts.

I am now recovering from emergency surgery and effectively blind in my left eye for Gawd knows how long. With as yet untreated cataracts my field of vision extends to a maximum of about 10 inches from my right eye.

All in all not great. I can use my mobile phone and Kindle as they are back lit. Cannot even see the TV properly. Not sure when I will be back painting or gaming. 

I have been able to view your posts by holding my mobile phone close up but until this evening could not leave comments using it. Hopefully this fix will work on all blogs whatever the moderation level you have.

Many thanks to my daughter for getting the mobile phone comments working and with this post.

14 comments:

  1. Great to see a report from you but very sorry to read of your eye trouble. Best wishes in resolving this annoyance. Take care.

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  2. So sorry to hear this Matt, hope that it will be cleared up speedily.

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  3. Yikes! My eyesight isn't what it used to be but that sounds nightmarish!

    My condolances! I do hope modern medecine can fix you up considerably.

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  5. Best wishes for a speedy recovery ...

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  6. Sorry to hear you have been in the Wars again. Hope things move forward soon for you. Time to plan the next project...
    Best wishes
    Alan

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  7. Damn, what a rotten thing to happen. All the very best for your recovery, Matt.
    Best regards
    Matthew

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  8. Yes indeed, poor you, good job you caught it in time. Let us hope fir a full recovery .
    Roy

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  9. Sorry to hear of your troubles I hope you are soon on the road to recovery , take care , Tony

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  10. Hi Matt, good you caught it in time, I'm sure it will get a lot better!

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  11. Like the gang says, good job it was caught in time. Now rest up and do as Matron tells you because we want to see more Jacklex! 👍

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  12. Thanks for the well wishes Gentlemen!

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  13. All the very best Matt - after they rebuilt you following your low-flying cycling adventures, I'm very hopeful that you will come through this with flying colours. If they fix your cataracts too you will find a big improvement. All good wishes, mate.

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  14. That's bad news about your eyes, I hope they improve soon.

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