Eye Doctor's Report

There are two pieces of GREAT news and three pieces of not-so-great, but not horrible or anything.

The best news is, my retinas are intact, undamaged. That was the biggest worry.

The next best news is, I don't need eyeglasses except the drug store kind I currently use. My distance vision is slightly impaired, but glasses wouldn't help. (Tip: Dollar Tree sells them for $1.00.)

That's because - here we begin the not-so-great news - the problem is "baby cataracts." Very early ones. Most people in my age range have them, and they are too small to present any problem worth dealing with now.

There's a large piece of connective tissue floating around in one eye, that has come loose from the optic nerve. I don't see it any more because it has migrated to the bottom of my eye, where it isn't bothering me. I forgot to ask, but I assume it will go away in due course. ??

And lastly, I have a mole in my eye! It's the size of a pinhead. The doctor thinks I've probably always had it and that it wasn't detected before because a GP doesn't have the specialized equipment.

Mole in the eye? Yes, you can have them there, same as anywhere else. And as with any mole, it should be monitored a bit to make sure it doesn't grow. So I have another appointment in 8 months.

Snippet of dialogue in ophthalmologist's waiting room:

Anastasia, daubing at her eyes with a tissue: "I'm not crying; I've got drops in my eyes."

Other woman: "Who can see whether you're crying or not?"