I had planned on doing a piece on Buddy Carter’s pharma self-dealing, and a host of other writing, but personal health issues got in the way.
I have a macular hole, which is a hole in the center of your eye; the part that provides fine focus.
Before they could operate on the macular hole, they had to remove cataracts from both eyes: the right so I could see after the vitrectomy for the macular hole, the left so the surgeon could see while he works.
I don’t want to go into details on the vitrectomy. I don’t want you all to go, “Ooogie!” You can look it up if you’re really curious.
I had the vitrectomy a week ago, under general anesthetic as an outpatient at Memorial Hospital. I have a skilled vitreoretinal surgeon and the hospital staff was really very competent and helpful.
But now I’m existing with a gas bubble in the eye, to help the results of the surgery heal. It is tiring and writing isn’t high on my list of “To do” right now. Thank goodness I found a macular hole/vitrectomy community on Facebook, so I can get advice from people who have been through this quite rare experience (about 8 in 100,000 people get macular holes, 2/3 of whom are women).
So, I will be back, soon, because we’re in the fight of our lives and all hands on deck now.