My modelling work is a little bit low at the moment. Last week I had a vitrectomy as they found the week before a torn retina, which they lasered, but last week some 30 holes in my retina were discovered. Fine, in surgery they could close all holes, removed my normal eye fluid (which had all kinds of rubbish floating in it) and restored the macula (centre of the retina). And all this as a reaction to a cataract operation I had in may this year. The odd's to get this complication are 1 : 1000, so I guess I had a little bit of bad luck. My eye is now filled with gas under a slight pressure to let the retina subside and fixed to the eye again. The gas bubble gives the effect of looking through a glass filled with water and the water is moving around. So much for seeing any depth and that will make modelling difficult for the coming months. In the last days the gas is already diminishing in size, but my sight in that eye is still very foggy and unsharp. But the fact that I can see is a good sign.
I remember 3 years ago, when I had a cataract operation in my other eye, I asked the opthalmologist if I wasn't to young for cataract. Looking around his waiting room my guess was that the average age is above 75 for this type of work, but he reassured
me that it occurs on all ages.
Well, for the coming period I am not allowed to fly or drive a car. The first for avoiding a gas explosion
and the second probably for insurance and liability issues.
Hopefully in a few months I can see more depth and start detailling again.
regards,
Ivo