Better Eyesight

Just an update on my eyes. I did finally have one last laser touch-up to correct a cloudy membrane covering the right eye lens. I could see distance better immediately after that. However, reading improvement has been occurring gradually over the four weeks since then. At my final followup visit to the eye doc, my vision was 20/20 in the left and 20/30 in the right. But 20/20 together. But most remarkable was my reading vision. I don't remember how small the text was I could read, but it was pretty tiny with both eyes together. Interestingly, neither eye alone was that good. But the eye doc explained that our brains do a thing when combining sight from both eyes, the effect is better than either eye alone. Well, all I know is I can now even read easily the tiny numbers on my phone that indicate remaining battery power. Even with contacts, I used to squint for those.

I am enjoying reading books again after a long sad period when reading had become really unpleasant. I will still wear reading glasses when the text is light in color or on a colored background. Also in dim lighting.  I keep some reading glasses in my purse, especially for reading packaging in the grocery store that is often either very small, or printed in white on a colored background.

In the final tally, it was definitely worth it to have the more expensive lenses. I am glasses-free now and really seeing well. And still my vision continues to improve.

Oh, I almost forgot about the PVD.  The flashes have gone away but I still have one large floater that insists on being front and center. The eye doc explained that floater might eventually just sink out of sight. But if it doesn't, there is laser surgery to correct it. I'm definitely waiting this one out. The floater is annoying, but I've had my fill of eye doctor visits for now (10 visits this year!) and will only consider the surgery after giving this a long time to resolve itself.