On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

The new pair arrived via Canada Post this afternoon. I'm wearing them now.

Thanks.

Eyesight is stable.
The back-of-the-eyeball issue is stable.
The exam price got discounted by one-third.
I missed my first bus homeward, but managed to catch a second one two minutes later.

Small blessings, and I'm grateful for them all.

And now, back to our regularly-scheduled troubles, whatever they happen to be...

Taking a break from Pirate Day stuff because one of my friendlisters needs help covering their eye care.

Douglas gridlore Berry has some post-cataract surgery complications that surprised his finances, and so there's a GoFundMe now active to cover those extra costs. Details here. If you can donate, please do. If not, please spread the word as best you can!

A weird thing that's happened this past week: I got a text message from my regular eye-care clinic, telling me that my regularly scheduled check-up originally set for December 2021 has been cancelled because of COVID-19 considerations. This, despite my reasonable expectation that I will be fully vaccinated before that point.

This strikes me as very strange...out of character for the clinic, I'd say.

Therapy day, check.

New glasses, check. They work, they aren't flaking off protective UV coating, they aren't pinching me at the temples, they just work.

Picked up Origins of Totalitarianism at the local library, check. Part of my ongoing citizen self-education process. It's probably a book we all ought to read, regardless of how global politics seems to be going.

Trying to figure out if I need anything currently on offer from the Serif Infinity Store. Haven't made up my mind about that. I want to design and print a few custom gift cards for assorted friends and relatives, and should I just use the stuff I already have on the hard drive for that and get on with it, or procrastinate and waffle and/or be waylaid by ADHD issues (if my doctor's right) until it's too late again?

I am starting to be tempted to believe we might get to Inauguration United States 2021 without too many additional Complications. I know that believing such a thing is dangerous right now.

More as it comes to mind...

My next scheduled check-up at the Eye Institute is set for January 2021.

"Stable" is a good word to hear in this context. So does "let's set the next check-up for 10-12 months from now, rather than 6-8 months."

And yes, OHIP still considers eye care a luxury item. Unless they're watching your eyes for signs of cancer, in which case they'll make an exception specifically for that purpose alone.

One of those issues I still have with the state of medicare in Ontario specifically, and in Canada in general. If you know of provinces or territories where eye care's considered more carefully as a general rule, please refresh my memory.

I have another Eye Institute checkup tomorrow morning. This one will include a first: an ultrasound scan. I remember being told this is to establish a baseline for the stuff they're keeping watch on inside my left eyeball.

I also remember being told what they're looking at during my last appointment, and I remember writing the phrase down. I can't recall the phrase, though.

...and another eye exam tomorrow.

Hoping for good news. Or no news, which will do.

Going to work as normal, but leaving early for the Eye Institute quarterly check-up. After that, dilation drops or not, I expect to go back to the office and do what I can for the rest of the work day. I promised as much.

Meantime, installing more brushes in MangaStudio/Clip Studio Paint tonight. Where to "file" the skin and hair "brushes"?