Glaucoma

 If you can read this, you probably have eyes.  That's what eyes do.  Or should do.  Not everyone's eyes work at all, and some only partially work.  Even so, "Partially" is a lot better than not working at all.

One of mine doesn't work and the 'good' one has a bad case of glaucoma:

   "Glaucoma - a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball, causing gradual loss of sight "

I'm being treated for it, but what that actually means is that the doctor is trying to stop it from worsening.  Apparently, there is no 'cure' for it.

It had gotten so bad that I voluntarily gave up driving.  "That was almost a year ago. 

I'm not exactly complaining, because I know there are those who would give anything to see what I see if only for a moment.  It's more like I hope the specialist I'm seeing (pun intended) now will at least get me to where I can read a book, or watch TV, or drive again.  And after last week's visit with him, there is reason to believe that I may be able to wear glasses.  Up until now, my vision fluctuated so much that glasses would not work all the time.  I certainly couldn't drive a car if my vision only worked sometimes.

So next week I go back to my regular ophthalmologist to get a prescription for glasses.  I sure hope that will work.

If you have eyes, make it a priority to see a good ophthalmologist (not an optometrist) every year for a checkup.  Trust me on this advice.