Walking like the Ancients

Well, the roids did little more than make me want to eat everything in sight.

I had another pneumatic retinapexy today.  Unfortunately, it was the most painful thing I have ever had to endure.  I now know why elderly people walk so slowly: it would actually pain me to move with a longer stride than the length of a hospital floor tile.

I'm going home again to let my mom take care of me.  This time, I have to lay on my side as much as I can for at least two weeks.  I think I will be living on my parents' couch, so I can at least watch TV while stuck on my side.

Juice me up Doc

Alas! I have a new shadow. The last one was in the bottom left corner of my right eye. This one in in the top left corner of the same eye. My bowtie-wearing Opthamologist thinks that my eye essentially sprang a leak, and now some liquid is caught between my eye and my retina.

The Doc put me on steroids to see if a reduction in inflamation would do the trick.  I can continue to work while I get through the 10 day roids series, and I'm glad to be able to catch up on everything I missed.

Falling over while standing straight

Great news!  My retina has re-attached.  I can now try to stand up like a normal bipedal mamal.  Unfortunately, I have been at a 45 degree angle for so long that I get severe vertigo when trying to sit up straight.  This is going to be a bit comical for a while.