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A Cataract operation is sometimes not straight forward



Last Friday I had a cataract operation.  I was expecting to be going home with a new lens which would give me better eye-sight than I have had in the last few years.  I had had the local anaesthetic which was a little painful and was peacefully lying under the blue sheet which prevented me from seeing what was going on.  After a while there was a phone call made and then I was told that my natural lens had fallen into the back of my eye.  I had read that this was an unlikely possibility and that it could be rectified.  I was told that I would have another operation on the following Wednesday to put this right and put in the new lens.  My mother always brought me up not to make a fuss.  So I said to the consultant that I believed God has a purpose in everything, which I do believe.  I also told him he could not expect to get everything right every time.  I do not believe there was any negligence, it was just one of those rare things.

  So I went home with one fairly good eye and a blind eye;  all I could see with that one was white light. I am a Christian and truly do believe God has a purpose in this, but I am also a human being and reaction set in and I had a wretched weekend vomiting and being unable to eat. Gradually I got things into perspective.  It is hard for your good eye to adjust to not having its partner.  As it says in the Bible, “If one member of the body suffers so do the rest.” Now I know just how true that is. Soon I was preparing for the next hurdle.  Wednesday came and I was in hospital again.  I had a vitrectomy which meant removal of the jelly in my eye with the offending lens pieces.  This went according to plan and I have been back to the hospital this morning (Thursday) for a check-up and all is well, but no lens in yet.  I can see “men as trees walking” now, which is an improvement.  The lens will be but in in about a month’s time.  Meanwhile I have a strict regime of drops to put in my eye, some six times a day, some four times and some two times.  I will not be in a hurry to get the second eye done but eventually I’m sure I will and hopefully that time will be routine.

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