Eye surgery always sounds scary so these things may help, Bob. Any eye
surgery that isn't done immediately is not as worrisome as one that
must be, so let that help. If you were losing retinal integrity or
had a pressure that was immediately worrisome you'd have been in
immediately.
Many eye surgeries these days are non-invasive. They can still have
some after effects for a while, and any sequential surgeries can knock
the stuffing out of a person for a while. Hopefully, yours is non-
invasive. Most invasive surgeries are done pretty immediately so that
is relieving.
Personally, I found the ALT (green) laser approach for glaucoma very
comfy, and there is a red laser type that is supposed to be even more
so. For the second my Mom-in-law said she felt nothing during or after,
while a cousin's wife who has very sensitive eyes to the point where
she yells when getting drops swears it is horrid, but she is unusual
that way. I've had half of each eyeball done with ALT for glaucoma.
There isn't much too it, though it stung (but not terribly) when the
laser gets near the nerves at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock points. Takes
about 10 minutes to do 150 hits. Then there is post-op steroid use to
reduce having too much pressure increase. The first use stung. The next
uses did not. The average time before repetition for a glaucoma laser
surgery is 2 years but some can go forever. For some they hold as
well as for others. I did get pretty exhausted starting about 2 days
afterward, but my eye surgeries were a month apart and only a bit more
than a month after an invasive abdominal surgery so i was already
knocked out some, meaning you may not have that result.
I was greatly helped by spending the bucks for amber Fit-Over glasses
to wear over my own glasses because I had trouble with sunlight and
anything bright for a few weeks afterward. I still use them for other
uses. They are spendy but very well made and I consider them worth it.
Turning down my computer's brightness level helped.
In Mail under edit you can click open "speech" and have the computer
read selections to you.
Using clover f for finding key words is very useful when the eyes don't
work together well, because skimming in very hard with one eye.
In your Mac under System Preferences you will see Speech. When loading
a voice I find that the most recent, Alex, is the best by far.
Now, I just need to find the hidden thing that lets you hear what you
are typing. It reduces typos when the eyes are not working well but is
never easy to find...
Okay, it is in Universal Access in Preference, and is the ONLY segment
they actually have in large print.
Oh, that reminds me: for large print:
For most things you can use clover + but that does not work for
all. For some things you may need to use clover + option but be
warned that makes things squirrel around the monitor when you use your
trackpad or mouse. That is something they hope to fix with a later
system but so far no luck...
Be warned also that although PDFs have increase and decrease options
under "view" that the print gets much fuzzier when larger so some
article pdfs might be unusable unless you print them out and use a
magnifier.
In Word you may find Zoom useful. I always use the 200% setting.
Oh, and you can set the print sizes in mail for your own writing, too,
as well as font. I find that Papyrus is the font which is easiest to
read with fewest reading errors from eye problems. That's in Format.
If this doesn't help you then hopefully it will help some other FML
member.
Meanwhile, luck to you and wish me luck. I may need repeat laser
surgery in Spring. Luckily, my pressures were a little better at my
appointment on the 30th of Dec. So, maybe not. We'll know in March
if either or both eyes need it this year, too, unless things change
before then.
[Posted in FML 6209]
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