Keeping my Eyes on the Road

So I got a new eye last week.

OK, not the whole eye. But a pretty important part of it. It's a new lens. Because the old one was clouded by cataracts and not functioning very well. Driving at night was like traversing through a star-studded galaxy - lots of mystery and diffuse pinwheels of light. (Sure, that sounds pretty, but not really what you want when you're driving.)

So the left lens was replaced. It was the worst one, both in terms of the cataracts and the overall bad vision. From that eye, I now see bright colours. And stuff that's far away. Because I went for the cadillac lens. Some sort of flexible, multi-focal, top-line thing. After all, it is my sight we're talking about. Critical, right?

But now the right eye, which has been doing all the work for a very long time, is the poor cousin. It's struggling (and failing) to keep up with my super-eye. Leaving everything a bit discombobulated for me. Have to get used to it, though, as it will be about about another month before the right eye gets done.  Then, I will truly be bionic (currently, just 'onic') and can throw away all my glasses. But I am going to get me a really cool pair of shades. Non-prescription. Maybe some Ray-Bans (frankly, I don't even know what's cool anymore!)

If you ever get a chance to have cataract surgery, DO IT! The surgery itself was awesome!

They give you some stuff to numb your eye, but you are awake throughout. And it is totally, f*cking cool. Psychedelic. Kaleidescopic. Bright lights. Rich colours. All bleeding and pushing into one another. And watching the flexi-lens fluttering above, like a shiny, transparent butterfly, just before it was placed in my eye. Spectacular! (And I don't think it's just the Atavan talking.) Really wish I could have filmed it.

I sense a lot of upside to this change. Once the right eye is done and the eyes are more coordinated, holy moly. It'll be a new me.

Downside is that I have to put 4 different drops in my eyes 4 times a day for about a month, and I am still in the 'no-shower, no-shampoo' stage. (even the dog is keeping his distance.) And no eye makeup for 2 weeks. (Time to reveal my hereditary turtle eyes - thanks Dad!)

But all the little challenges will be worth it. I keep saying to myself "Wow. This is how most others must see the world! Spectacular!"

So I'll keep my (bionic) eyes focused on the road ahead. No more mystery and diffuse pinwheels of light.