It’s story time.

You see, I’ve been wearing glasses since I was a year and a half. That would be over 66 years now. I also have lived with very nearsightedness all that time. Which meant, I couldn’t live without my glasses. At all!

As time passed, the wonderful world of contacts came along and I started wearing them at the age of 17. What a blessing those were. They were the hard version, but I didn’t have to wear my glasses anymore. I loved them.

More time passed and semihard contacts came along and those were so comfortable compared to the hard version. My prescription was too bad for soft lenses or laser surgery. I wore contacts until about the age of 55. But, my eyes with age, were scared from all the years of wearing contacts and very uncomfortable. So, I started wearing my glasses again.

But, as time went by, I noticed my vision wasn’t as good as it was and after a few years, my eye doctor told me that cataracts were forming. Hallelujah!!! That meant I could have much better vision and be able to wear normal-thickness of lens in my glasses. They could only get my vision down to 20/40 and 20/50 but I could see faces clearly for the very first time in my life!! I could see without my glasses to get around if need be.

Again, as time passed, I noticed my vision was getting bad again. Because of my very nearsightedness, the gel inside my eye was pulling away from the walls. This is a normal aging process for some people. That’s what causes floaters. Large cloud-like floaters. Big black blob floaters. My optometrist said it was time to see a retinal specialist.

I went back to the place where I had my cataract surgery and was told by my new doctor, whom I love, that he could replace the gel in my eyes BUT, here it comes, my retina is scared badly. BUT, he could go in and scrape off the scaring and my vision would be much better. Ok. But that means you will put a needle inside my eye!! But, I was ready to see. I was willing to do the procedure and was told that its basically as easy as cataract surgery. I will be the judge of that.

That surgery day came a few days ago. I was ready. I knew they would give me some good drugs (valium) to help me relax because I had to be awake during the surgery. When he started the procedure, I could see EVERYTHING he was doing inside of my eye. It was incredible and very interesting at the same time. I could see him peeling off the scaring. He removed my old gel, which is called a vitrectomy, and replaced it with some new gel.

The surgery went very well. It’s been a week now and I can see very well. All the giant floaters are gone and my vision is so clear. It will be a full month before all my vision has come back. But I’m so happy with what I am seeing now.

I will have the right eye done later. It’s not as bad as the left eye was and my retina is in great condition.

I am so grateful and blessed to have had this procedure done. My eyes have been an issue all my life. And I will keep doing what I need to do to see until the good Lord says it’s time.