This morning I have received a new lease on an important part of my life--my right eye. It had gradually been losing vision due to accumulated protein deposits on the lens, a condition commonly called cataracts for some reason. Yesterday, in an amazingly brief operation, the clouded lens was removed and a synthetic inserted in its place. I love straightforward, workable medical technology, in competent compassionate hands. My surgeon is a wizard at what he does. The world is insanely rich with colors and flooded with light!! It is most beautiful, even though it will take a few days to stabilize the focus. I can read things and see details with this dear old eyeball I never could before. I was woozy as hell, mostly from unaccustomed exposure to Valium, yesterday, and slept a lot. Today, things are brighter and more colorful looking than they have been for years and years.
It brings home to me how dependent we get on eyeballs. WHile I would prefer not to be dependent on mine, I must say that I can understand the addiction. Colors and the movement of light are really beautiful.