Still on the mend

[ova50]

It’s been 3 months since I damaged one of my eyes, and was hoping for a full recovery.

Not to be, have lost approximately 20% of my peripheral vision, with some scarring across the centre of the pupil (which is somewhat annoying) and some blurred vision.

I am hoping that a lens correction to my glasses will correct some of the blur but will know more next week when I visit the optometrist.

I have been relying on my wife and one of my sons for the driving duties, as I don’t feel confident being behind the wheel at the moment even though I have driven a couple of short distances in the past week.

[growler2058]

Hope the lens correction goes well for you mate

[TPC]

I missed the thread about you damaging your eye and just looked back, scary stuff but good you did not loose the eye.
Hope the glasses can make things a bit more normal for you.

[threedogs]

Ex president of the TLCCV lost his eye when a spanner he left on his Ultra light vibrated off hitting the propeller, well you can guess the rest.
He has no problems driving his 4x4 with only one eye, top bloke to boot. been a few years now since his accident.
It may just be a confidence thing but hope you get behind the wheel sooner rather than later

[Stropp]

Know how you feel mate, my right eye is scarred on the retina so I will never have great vision again with that eye but the left is very good so it compensates and most of the time I have little problem now. Good luck with it !

[mudnut]

I sincerely hope the corrective lens helps, mate. We all take our eyes for granted but reading stories like yours brings home how fragile they really are.

[bignev]

I got scaring across the cornea on one of my eyes (from shingles 30 years ago). Because of that, my eye sight is pretty much sruffed in that eye and a lens wont help. The only solution would be a cornea transplant. However, it hasnt stop me from doing stuff i want to do or having a good life. If you dont get the result you are hoping for, you will adapt and you still do the stuff you enjoy doing.

[ova50]

I am hoping new glasses will help.
Even a little improvement would be better.

[Bloodyaussie]

All the best mate, a reminder of the simple things in life we take for granted.

[ova50]

Thanks BA.
The hard bit is getting use to the faint line (scarring) I often see through the centre of the eye, particularly when outdoors.
This accident happened when a short length of an old TV antenna flicked up when I stood on it in a garden bed as I was starting to kneel down.
I was wearing my glasses at the time, but it came between the glasses, just one of those "bad luck" things.