My neuro-opthalmologist and her staff spent three hours with me this morning.  As doctor visits go, I found this one hopeful and enlightening.  Many of the problems I am having will be solved by stronger and properly made and fitted glasses.  Not all; but many.  Yes, my eyes have worsened; yes, my cataracts have grown; but no, I’m not as bad off as we feared.  Part of my problems arise from the fact that last year’s glasses do not have the proper amount of prism in them; and part of the problems relate to the improper location of the tri-focal lens in those glasses and the frames which don’t fit my face!

Once I have the proper correction, appropriate prisms, well-made in “petite” model frames (I like that!) I am hopeful that I will be able to drive earlier in the day and later in the evening.  This news thrills me!  My doctor seems to think that the impact of the virus which presumably ails my cerebellum has not yet begun to materially affect my eyes.  Yes, the virus rampages, but it seems that it has not yet trampled on my vision as much as I feared.  Getting stronger and properly made glasses will keep this Energizer bunny going a bit longer!

As for seeing clearly — well, it takes more than eyes to see.  My heart grows stronger and my insights more sure every day.  Case in point:  I’ve worried and fretted that the decline in my vision could not be corrected because it was wholly the result of the reactivation of my virus.  While there might well be a connection, in point of fact, much of the situation can be addressed with proper eyewear.  Which goes to show: sometimes you just need to look at things from a new  perspective .