[Magdalen] New specs

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Thu Sep 3 16:33:43 UTC 2015


I was cleared to wear my contacts on Monday, TBTG. Shingles in the eye are
gone. That lessens the irritation from the pressure of the glasses on the
post-herpetic neuralgia.

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> You'll get used to them, I;m sure.
>
> BTW -- saw my Cornea Specialist at Cornell-Weill last week. I knew my
> sight was deteriorating, but falling from 20/40 to 20/100 was startling --
> especially as my vision often clouds due to edema under the Cornea.
>
> A visit to the Retina Specialist is September 24.
>
> The current thinking is to get along as best as possible until I can’t
> function, and then do a partial cornea transplant (only the back part of
> the Cornea). But all this needs to be co-ordinated with the Oncologist as
> well.
>
> A year after the cancer diagnosis, my tumors are all smaller, at least,
> and I’m handling the chemo well – with all blood tests in normal range.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>


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