Second eye surgery just completed an hour ago. Seemingly a success.. The process was even more interesting because during the removal of the natural lens, the visual was a little different. This time it was more like dainty black ink splatters, not a big drop or splash. So it was little specks of black ink with some kind of fireworks-like white points of light. Wonder if this is related to what technique is being used, or skill, or experience. It was about the same duration of maybe a minute or so.
This time I requested they knock me out a little more, which apparently they did because I remember nothing of the lens implantation procedure.
Immediately thereafter we went for coffee and stickybuns at the nearby Saint Frank’s coffee shop on Polk Street. It’s one of those bright sunny San Francisco days. On the way home., Kathryn asked to be routed past more of the addresses I had lived at in the city in the past, so we went by Jackson Street where I lived for a little longer a year when newly arrived in the city. It was about seven or eight blocks away from Pacific Medical Center (on Buchanan St. in 1976), where I had an office and was working on a distance learning project for medical education.
There was an achy pain in the eye socket this time (unlike right eye two weeks ago), controlled pretty well by 500mg Tylenol. Maybe need to sleep mid-afternoon?
It’s probably obvious to you that my first eye (right eye) is really doing great and it’s easy for me to use the computer right now. This is consistent with my experience the first two weeks, and tomorrow when the eyepatch is removed, I really look forward to testing out full binocular vision and more of the near distance abilities of my new lenses.