On my way home tomorrow
Jul. 23rd, 2008 08:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carbonelI got the semi-clear from the doctor today. All things being equal, he'd really like me to stay here in Chicago and be coddled for another week, but I don't think I could stand it, nor do I think I need it.
I am now allowed to hold my head up most of the time, though I'm supposed to spend at least two hours a day face-down, and sleep on my side or stomach, not my back. And I'm now allowed to read, as long as I don't go too overboard with it.
I'm at about 30% vision in the left eye -- the top part of the vision is fuzzy, and the bottom part has this wobbly air bubble that I can't see through -- but the doctor seems happy with the results of the surgery and thinks I should start seeing an improvement over the next few months (of the hole, that is; the air bubble will go away much sooner than that). In the meantime, I don't know if I'll be able to drive for a while, but I certainly hope so. Lots of people do it with only one eye, right?
I honestly feel fine other than the eye business, but my mother (a former nurse) keeps saying things like "insult to the body" and "take it easy," so I'll see how much easing back into work it'll actually take. My theory is that I'll spend Friday and the weekend catching up on stuff, and then be back to work for real on Monday. I hope this theory is more like a brontosaurus and less like Victor Raymond's "land of theory."
I am now allowed to hold my head up most of the time, though I'm supposed to spend at least two hours a day face-down, and sleep on my side or stomach, not my back. And I'm now allowed to read, as long as I don't go too overboard with it.
I'm at about 30% vision in the left eye -- the top part of the vision is fuzzy, and the bottom part has this wobbly air bubble that I can't see through -- but the doctor seems happy with the results of the surgery and thinks I should start seeing an improvement over the next few months (of the hole, that is; the air bubble will go away much sooner than that). In the meantime, I don't know if I'll be able to drive for a while, but I certainly hope so. Lots of people do it with only one eye, right?
I honestly feel fine other than the eye business, but my mother (a former nurse) keeps saying things like "insult to the body" and "take it easy," so I'll see how much easing back into work it'll actually take. My theory is that I'll spend Friday and the weekend catching up on stuff, and then be back to work for real on Monday. I hope this theory is more like a brontosaurus and less like Victor Raymond's "land of theory."
