I'm pretty much staying home and avoiding crowds (germs) as my partial cornea transplant surgery is a week from today. Interestingly enough February 26th is my half birthday, my birthday being August 26th.
Last Friday I had a checkup to make sure I was physically fit for surgery. Actually it's outpatient surgery but I'm grateful they're being cautious.
As I've written before, cataract surgury combined with a hereditary disease called Fuch's dystrophy caused my current vision problem. A partial cornea transplant due to this disease statistically has a good outcome. Believe me I'm praying for that as I have a cataract in my right eye that will have to be removed eventually. Hopefully it won't be a repeat of this left eye drama but possibly it would be.
It appears that I inherited Fuch's Dystrophy from my mother as for several years before her death she was using the same eye drops that I have for the last four or five years. 25 or 30 years ago her eye surgeon in Palm Desert, California removed her cataracts but I don't recall anything being said about any cornea disease. After her cataract surgery I can remember Mom saying it was like she was looking through a sheer curtain which is exactly how I would describe it. She also had macular degeneration but again I think her surgeon totally missed a potential cornea problem. From what I've read, Macular degeneration is a loss of center vision rather than trying to look through a sheer curtain. Just saying.
Since it looks like this disease is on Mom's side of the family I'd like to remind my Berger and Wekenman cousins to discuss this with their eye specialist, especially as we all get older.
I am so grateful for all the prayers from friends and family all these months. To be continued.
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