What a difference a doctor makes

I just got back from my 2nd after surgery follow up visit to Dr. Mejia. My eye is perfect. No inflammation no problems. No sensitivity to light. I have 20/20 distance vision without glasses. He gave me a pair of reading glasses to help  with close up vision until I get my actual prescription on June 7th. I don’t go back until then.  He told me to return to normal life. I started with 2 eyedrops that he gave me and am now down to 1 for the next two weeks. I am buying a refill to make sure I have plenty. I wear my eye patch only at night.

Now let’s just go over last time.  Surgery, second surgery two weeks later for milky liquid in my eye and a cyst on my iris. 8 follow up visits and the gel in the back of my eye coming loose from the retina and leaking into the front of my eye. Poor vision for over a month. 5 different kinds of eye drops that went on for 3 months. Red bloody eye for a long time. Terrible sensitivity to light. I had a lot of trouble keeping that eye open but it is so strange. That corrected with the surgery to the other eye.

Now maybe it was just my eye, complicated by diabetes and the problems would have happened no matter who did the surgery. I would like to think so. I really would. But I don’t. I will just leave it at that and again tell myself that I have to follow my instinct  I have heard so many stories about cataract surgery with no problems and now I have experienced that too.

Rainy season has started. We have rain and green year round here but during rainy season it rains more. Sometimes all day. I left this morning with my umbrella out and my raincoat on. The raincoat went in my bag because it was too hot. It isn’t cold, just rainy.

Heather and Kent will be here a week from today. We tried finding a place out here but didn’t so they  are staying in a house that is part of Orosi Lodge. They have 3. I am anxious to see it. There is talk of an excursion to Irazu volcano and then a back route to Turrialba volcano, which is active.

That’s it. Life is good again in Paradise.