July 18, 2011 11:55 PM

A look at the future!

Today was the first of my scleral lens appointments. It involved some fitting time(for comfort) and getting some readings for vision correction. I wore a "practice" pair of lenses for about an hour. But they were not the proper prescription so my vision was blurry. However, it was possible to correct my vision to 20:20 including my right eye which has the scar on it from the cornea injury that I got somewhere along the way. It was interesting to hear from the doctor that I should have felt some pain whenever the injury occurred - but, quite honestly, I never felt any pain at any time. Currrently, I have a little spot on my left eye now that needs attention. My doctor, once again, said that I should feel some pain - but, here again, it's not happening.

I also underwent my first training session for inserting and removing the lenses from my eyes. With the left eye issue, we only worked on the right eye. It's going to take a while to get used to putting them in and taking them out because it's not done like regular contacts. You have special devices to assist you in the process. More importantly, you must open your eyes quite wide because the lenses are bigger than normal contact lenses. I succeeded a few times once I got used to stuffing something into my eye which took a few minutes to get used to. I thought that that would be the big issue. However, the issue is that I must open my eye more fully to allow for room to properly insert the lens. Next Tuesday the process continues with the first crack at lenses that have been designed for me.

Needless to say, with my left eye issue, I got more drops and ointments for my eyes. I don't think that there is an eye product out there that I don't use! However, if all goes well here, I get back to 20:20 vision and I won't need to wear glasses. I'm looking forward to it.

Meanwhile, snother small concilation is that fact that on August 1st the cost for all of this goes from $7600 to $10000! Lucky me! I got in just under the wire.

Our weekend was great with our friends from New York. We do what older folks do - eat, watch movies, and shop! But it is always fun to catch up with what's going on in other's lives and allow them the time to do the same with you.Come October, we plan to go back down there.

Wednesday starts week 7 of the photophoresis treatments and we should begin to start to look to see if there is any improvement. It's hard to believe that 6 weeks have already come and gone. Time seems to fly so fast, in another month it will be two and half years since my bone marrow transplant.

It's been two and a half years that I would not have had otherwise - maybe that's why it seems to fly by so fast.

I am grateful for each day and what it brings.

Life is good...


Bob