Back on Track
It's been a tough few weeks. Nothing has gone as planned and I can't draw the line under anything yet, but at least I can say I'm back on track. Starting with health issues, I had my second cataract operation as planned at the end of October. What wasn't planned was the serious eye infection that reared its ugly head two/three days later. I went to the Royal United Hospital (RUH) in Bath, where they changed the drops I had been using for something stronger, and was told to come back in two days on the Monday. By the Monday it was clear that the stronger eye drops hadn't helped as the vision in my left eye was cloudy and I couldn't focus. I went back to the RUH and was seen by one of the Registrars, who called her Consultant (who was on-call) to come in because of the seriousness of the infection. After being examined (again!), I was told it was a rare and serious infection (can't remember the name) that could result in sight loss ... not what I wanted to h...
