Eyes

In a previous post I said mum's first cataract operation was on Monday.

That's been and gone. On the NHS, be prepared for a long wait. The appointment was for noon, but she was actually taken away at about 3:00pm and came out at about 4:30pm. The procedure is supposed to take 20 minutes. Afterwards she looked like she was wearing a tea strainer. Though she only has to wear that for a week, and after the first night she can take it off during the day.

They make a lot of effort to make sure you're aware that one in 1,000 may lose the sight in that eye and 1 in 100,000 may lose the eye.

The day after, mum took the tea strainer off and was blown away by how blue the sky was. She hadn't realised just how bad they had become.