It sucks getting old

NogDog

I just had laser surgery done on my right eye for a torn retina. The good news is the doctor said he thought it went well. The bad news (though all things considered it's not really all that bad) is that it will probably be a few days before the blood in my right eye starts to get reabsorbed to the point where it will be much use again. So in the meantime you folks will probably have to somehow find a way to survive without my usual level of presence here, as it's rather annoying trying to work at a computer with one eye closed. Maybe I should get any eye patch for that sexy pirate look? 🙂

Anyway, I guess I'm lucky to be living in a time and place where in less than 24 hours of noticing the first symptoms they were able to repair it just by shooting beams of coherent light into my eye. (Yes, there's a little pain when they do it, but it's only for a few instants.)

And if any of you ever start seeing strange flashes, see your eye doctor ASAP!

YAOMK

Awe mate, you will be certainly missed. Have a speedy recovery.

Horizon88

Agreed; get well soon. And I for one strongly recommend the pirate look. I think you could pull it off.

Weedpacket

Definitely go with the eyepatch. Monocular vision is a lot easier with an eyepatch. Otherwise you're constantly trying to do different things with each eye and they both get tired of the effort. We won't tell.

NogDog wrote:
Anyway, I guess I'm lucky to be living in a time and place...

The trick to immortality (edit: immortality) is not to try and live forever, but to try and live long enough.

And yes, that is lucky. Millions would disagree. Come on people, we can do better than this!