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I got back in the house about 40 minutes ago.

Good news: my eyesight remains stable. My next scheduled checkup is in February 2026. It's logged into my scheduleware.
dewline: "Not Fail" (compliment)
The new pair arrived via Canada Post this afternoon. I'm wearing them now.

Thanks.
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My glasses just broke at the left-side hinge.
dewline: Exclamation: "Hear, Hear!" (celebration)
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...
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Continuing the job search. Watching the City Council's Finance and Economic Development Committee ("FEDCo") meeting as I do that. They're just getting into the Climate Plan portion of discussions re: the 2022 draft budget for Ottawa the City.

This afternoon, I've got my first regular, normal, not-covered-by-OHIP eye exam since before the Pandemic started.

More as I think of it...
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Taking a break from Pirate Day stuff because one of my friendlisters needs help covering their eye care.

Douglas [personal profile] 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!
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So, I'm watching this one:



Seems like an odd thing to watch, but who knows where the job search will go, right?
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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.
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I got a call today from the Eye Institute. My regular checkup on the choroidal nevus at the back of my eyeball has been postponed a second time, to May 21st. I am not entirely unsurprised by this news, given the Pandemic context. In fact, I was expecting something like that phone call to happen. If we'd stuck to plan, that appointment would be next Monday, a week from this date.

Quite understandable.
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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...

Progress

Nov. 14th, 2020 09:53 pm
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New printer is up and running.

New eyeglasses are on order. I should be seeing them - and seeing with them - in about a month.

Made more progress with cataloguing my personal library today.
dewline: "Not Fail" (not fail)
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."
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...and they'll be taking another of their semi-regular looks at the spot at the back of my left eyeball. Not expecting any surprises with this particular morning check-up.

See you later...
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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.
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The word is "Stable". This is good. Next appointment is in August.

As for the ultrasound test, yes, there was goop - not the kind as trademarked by Gwyneth Paltrow, so far as I know - applied to the eyelid, which I had to keep closed for the purposes of the test. My open eye was expected to track a little red LED wand held by one of the technicians. I had to sit in what looked like a modified barber's chair for this.

(I suspect that the same people who make barber's chairs also supply eye doctors.)

More later.

Eye News

Feb. 10th, 2019 11:42 am
dewline: Three question marks representing puzzlement (Puzzlement 2)
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.
dewline: Exclamation: "Hear, Hear!" (celebration)
"Stable" and "benign" are good words to hear from your eye doctor.
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...and another eye exam tomorrow.

Hoping for good news. Or no news, which will do.
dewline: "Not Fail" (compliment)
Had an exam at the Eye Institute on Friday. The specialist handling my file pronounced my situation "rock stable" and recommended that we do this again in about six months. I am more than happy to go along with this suggestion.
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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"?

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