Vitrectomy
So I was on my way home from Breckenridge
Where I had attended training
for a nature center.
Driving home something like a
fat, black worm
Started coming down from the
top left corner of my eye.
I had been warned this might
happen.
My retina was detaching and it
was the weekend.
Four days later I had surgery
on my left eye.
I was told that they had put an
oil bubble in,
And it would have to be removed
later.
My vision was bad in that eye,
but I could see a bit.
Driving was a trick, at times I
saw double.
As I waited for the second eye
surgery,
the pain, itching, watering
cleared up.
Four months later, the bubble was
removed.
I didn’t expect it to be as bad
as the first.
It was like looking through a
shower door.
I could see light and shadows
in that eye.
The whole left side of my face
hurt.
Thoughts assailed, What if it
doesn’t get better?
Ten days in, seeing more
movement gives me hope.
