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20211217 : my eye test

After the stroke, I have been struggling with vision. Blurryness due to increased power, struggle seeing things in shorter distance (just age related I guess - but it got very sudden and accelerated after the stroke), progressive vision disruption in the left eye (had started before the stroke - don't know if the stroke has accelerated it). Double vision... I needed a eye checkup badly... So I got one yesterday. If you are wondering how I managed to get to a eye hospital in my state, I didn't. The Mountain came to Mohammed. A very dear friend very kindly brought the hospital home. My friend and two doctors were with me for a good part of last afternoon with everything from a monitor for the lines of different sized letters, the vision checking glasses with a huge briefcase full of lenses, various scanning tools, etc. Whether worthy or not, I certainly felt like I was part of the royal family.. One of the lenses (left) of my glasses was patched up to see what it feels like. It f