WHO'S VIEW IS IT?

So far my training has been coming along just fine. However, since last October, I have been bothered by sometimes debilitating double and blurred vision. I have had “every test known to man” after an initial eye exam showed nothing too out of the ordinary. I continued to wear my contact lenses and had neurological exams, MRI, blood work-up, etc. Everything negative...but vision continued to worsen. Last Friday, I hit a “speed bump”...actually a major corneal speed bump known as a massive stigmatism which covers my entire left cornea which has now rendered me [temporarily we hope] just a few levels above “legally blind” so I can continue to drive. I am a writer and reading is very difficult, but I can still work....wearing two pair of glasses and using a magnifying glass! What a funny sight I am!!! Contacts are out of the question! Now on anti-inflammatory eyes drops and artificial tears. Everything is difficult...but, if all goes well and I am a candidate, surgery will occur on both eyes in a few weeks and I will see clearly again!!! It got me thinking...CANCER patients begin their scary journey with the hope that light will be seen at the end of the tunnel. I think of Matt every day...here I am worried about my temporary loss of clear sight...it’s really minor compared to what he bravely faces in his ongoing recovery. So, tonight I’ll swim...I can see the black line on the pool floor!!! Saturday, I run...life goes on...I won’t stop! GO TEAM!!!