Eye had a bad month!

I’ve been tweeting about this for a while, but for those who don’t catch some things I thought i should give an update on what the hell has been going on.

A month ago I went for an eye check-up as I hadn’t been seeing quite right for week, but was always just told that it was dryness due to my laser eye surgery last year. This appointment was the 3rd check-up since June but this time with a lady I hadn’t met before who instantly sent me to hospital. It was an unexpected shock when I was told I had retinal detachment and would need surgery the next morning. My engagement party 2 days later had to be cancelled which upset us so much. I was utterly shocked.

I hadn’t had a general anaesthetic before so it was really scary. Turns out it was 3 tears in my eye too so more complicated. I was gutted that it wasn’t detected earlier as the timing is crucial I’m told. Anyway, the surgeon was amazing and after 2 failed attempts at reconnecting the retina he opted for the gas bubble procedure and all seemed okay. This was the one I didn’t want as was told in advance that I’d have to lie on my side for 50 mins out of every hour for 7-10 days. 10 mins break each hour to sit up and eat, do emails etc was yuck, especially for an OCD freak like me! This was in order for the pressure (kinda like the way a spirit level works) to push the bubble against the area to be sealed.

So, for the first time ever in my life I had to have a sick day/week and lie on my couch for a week. For me this was hell as I’m always so active with a million things to do! My eye was swollen like Rocky and shut completely to begin with, and to lie still doing bugger all was just so frustrating.

Anyway, I persevered and a few weeks later was starting to get my life back to being a bit more normal. I missed little things like my own rubbish cooking, aerobics and getting dressed up for a night out so much, so it was great being on the mend, especially as I wanted to do all the exciting planning for my wedding next year! I even booked an appointment to get my eyelash extensions redone. It was hard only having one eye working as depth perception is rubbish. Sadly I wasn’t allowed to fly with the bubble in my eye, and missed being Godmother to my niece in Surrey which was sad.

But…..check-up on Wednesday said that something was seen in my eye that was a little worrying but may be okay. I was told to come back next week but to let them know immediately if anything seemed wrong. After the late detection of this before I was extremely wary and 2 days later decided that I needed to get myself checked out as I was worried something wasn’t quite right. I was hoping to be told that I was just being paranoid but sadly was told that another little tear had appeared right enough.

So, I’ve to get the exact same operation this Thursday. I’m absolutely gutted. That whole experience was awful, and thought I was on my way to being normal again, albeit not seeing very well. I wanted to go to gigs again and plan for my wedding which is now less than 10 months away! Only advantage this time is that I have nearly a week to prepare for it so am trying to do all the things that I won’t be able to shortly. I am going to my favourite pub quiz on Monday, making lots of my rubbish cooking, drinking lots of red wine, and downloading films to see when lying down etc.

So that’s the update. Not a very happy one, and I certainly prefer writing about music news. Any recommendations to what I should do while I still can for the next 4 days is much appreciated! I’m going to stock up my fridge with fiance friendly food to cook, get my hair done, and hopefully sort a few more wedding things. I’ve to be there 7.30am Thursday. Annoyingly its the day the Pope chooses to visit Glasgow and make it hell to get across town. But, fingers crossed all goes okay and I’ll get those eyelash extensions back one day! Thanks to everyone who’s given me amazing support throughout all this.