My Chinese Learning Blog

New eyes!  That's amazing.

 

As a diabetic my eyesight has been deteriorating over the last couple of years and I almost got to the magnifying glass stage for Hanzi... in my books they always seem to be just slightly too small.

Heal well and all the best for your new enthusiastic studies! ?

I'm glad the procedure(s) went well, Shelley.

@abcdefg thank you, I am very happy. I am amazed at how good it is.

 

@mungouk I am sorry to hear that. Not familiar with the eye problems associated with diabetes, although I am aware of them. I have a friend who lost the sight in one eye through diabetes but they operated to save his sight but said he had left it too long so I don't know what was going on there, but maybe a warning to get sorted asap? Hope it goes well.

 

Thanks @Shelley, I'm on the case!

 

Congratulations, Shelley. I had it done on one eye on the NHS last year - the other eye is OK. I can now read with my right eye and see in the distance with my left eye. I have to think about it when I use my camera, because I used to rely on my right eye. I have been spared reading glasses for the time being. 

@Zeppa Good stuff, I was offered the option of one eye for distance and one for reading but I decided that was too weird, my eyes are so bad even without the cataracts that it would be a huge difference. I know someone who did it and she is very happy but its not for me.

 

Great to hear it @mungouk

That's interesting - I had no choice but it works well for me. My problem was that they did not believe I can read without glasses, because I had bifocals with a distance part and a very weak near part, so they did not hear my complaint about hoping not to have reading glasses. I am so used to reading without glasses. And the thing about reading glasses is not using them, but people have to keep taking them on and off when you talk to them and show them something. If my other eye is ever done, that will be me. But the NHS here did not even offer me the two-different-eyes option.

Oh it was here in the UK on the NHS, maybe you just have to ask where you are. They are funny in different areas.

Yes, you said it was on the NHS, I was just saying that 'here' the NHS did it differently. 

Sorry that I wasn't clear, what I meant was that the NHS in different areas do it differently and sometimes you just have to ask. Sorry again.

Today was the last post op exam and I have been given the all clear. So its full steam ahead.

 

It was really nice to read without straining but the biggest difference was my writing, it was neat, small and what I had been striving for. When I say small I mean it fits between the lines and characters made of two halves or more parts look like they are one character instead of two or 3 bits floating around near each other.

It has all become a joy again. 

Wonderful! Very glad for you.

Thank you @abcdefg