a bit of good news

[miriam_e]

Went to an eye specialist yesterday. He thinks that although it looks similar to macular degeneration, what I have is not that, but a viral infection in the retina of my right eye. He believes it will continue to worsen for a while as it runs its course, then quit leaving some permanent damage, but at least without blinding me. Best of all he doubts it will spread to the other eye. While this is not really great news, it is certainly way better than the prospect of going blind in the near future. Yay?

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[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Yes, much better. :)
It's funny. I'd thought I had accepted the situation. (I'd thought: "Oh well, that's life. I've had a good run, with better vision than most people up till now. I'm interested in zillions of things. Blindness will just mean I'll do different things.") But the relief I felt on this latest news perhaps means that I hadn't really accepted it quite as well as I thought I had.

I'm glad I don't have to find out.