THE EYES HAVE IT!

I’m later posting my Blip today because I wanted to take a photograph of me with my Blip friend, Mindful_Life, as I haven’t seen her for sometime.  It’s not the best photograph I have ever taken, in fact, some of the shots were quite blurry - but I’m not sure why.  Anyway, we had a great catch-up and this was the best selfie.

I have been to our lovely Opticians, Leightons, this afternoon and was hoping that I would be told that  my cataracts are ready to be operated on - but sadly they are not bad enough!  :-(  I have been finding since getting back into reading for the last few weeks, that particularly my left eye has felt as if the vision is quite blurry.  However, I was told that there are certain criteria within the NHS that need to be met for cataract removal, and mine don’t come within that, so I will have to wait a while longer and I must admit that I was disappointed. 

However, it’s not the end of the world and I will just carry on;  I was told that I could pay for them to be removed privately, but that needs some thought as it could cost about £5,000 for both eyes.  Mr. HCB has just been notified of a HUGE pension rise of 25p per week, with effect from his BIG birthday in mid April and he says he would willingly donate that, but it would take rather a long time to make up that amount so I will wait patiently.

One good thing is that there is no macular degeneration in my eyes, so I am grateful for that and David, who tested my eyes, has a delightful sense of humour, so it was a pleasant afternoon, even if it didn’t turn out quite how I wanted it to.  I can still see and we are fortunate to have a warm and cosy home with enough food to eat and water to drink, so we are grateful, especially when we think of all those in Ukraine who are struggling today - so along with millions of others in the world,  we are praying for a swift end to the violence and bloodshed.

“When the heart is down 
     and the soul is heavy, 
          the eyes can only speak 
               the language of tears”  
Ikechukwu Izuakor