Winter solstice

Hugs ❤️ my @Dimity , sitting with you ❤️

Thanks for your post, @Dimity . Been wondering how the surgery went and how you feel.

Hopefully you can be home today. Sending lots of care 💜

Hi @Appleblossom 🙂

hugs @Dimity

Hi @Appleblossom @NatureLover @Shaz51 @tyme @AuntGlow

Got home late morning , with a kind lift. Procedure went well, results to be confirmed. I'll pick up the cat tomorrow, I got home too late today as the cattery closed at 11. I'm glad I'd booked him the extra day as a contingency.

Yes I've had a couple people from Mable a couple of years ago Apple. Counting my pennies and needing to prioritise either psychological or in-person help, or skimp on both. I'm a bit nervous, it's inviting a stranger into personal space and feels shameful.

I'd felt for ages my eyes weren't right and only learnt from an offhand optometrist''s remark referencing glaucoma I might have had it unbeknownst for years. She'd known but hadn't given me visual field tests and had told me a pressure reading I knew to be borderline was "very good". Upshot : I stood up for myself, sought further advice and learnt I not only have it but have suffered irreversible vision loss. So yes I felt gaslit. Self diagnosis had only resulted in concluding my sight problems must be imaginary and confabulated by mh and introspection. I do feel angry. And another battle is looming as I seem allergic to the new eyedrops but have been told to accept it. This may be excessive detail needing moderation.

I'm tired. Relieved to have had my procedure after waiting and worrying for years, but girding up for battle on other fronts eg family.

Awwww my @Dimity . That's so hard. How do you feel after post-op? Um.. if you are allergic to the eye drops, then just keep putting them in? That's mind-boggling... then again, I'm not a doc... I can only imagine how uncomfortable it would be! It's like having all those stray eye lashes in your eye and you can't do anything about it.

I hope things go okay with the family issues. Sounds so frustrating! @Dimity

Sending you lots of hugs 🫂 my @Dimity 🥰

I'm OK post-op thanks @Shaz51 @tyme . It wasn't major. Snoozed for a while this afternoon.

I wish you well in your recovery and I hope the eye drops do not cause too much grief! @Dimity

Glaucoma... what causes it? I thought it was some medication that causes it.

@tyme glaucoma is pressure build up in the eye that damages the optic nerve. Mine is a less common form where pigment cells clog the drainage ducts. Dunno if it happens across all eye colours... Routinely managed with eye drops but some people need emergency surgery.

I just staggered home with a too-heavy shopping bag. Still very warm outside but it didn't reach the 40s here.

Ooooo @Dimity . Thank you for explaining. So you had emergency surgery?

And boy oh boy? You staggered home with a shopping bag! Please go easy on yourself!