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Stabbing for great justice
Aug. 5th, 2021 09:57 amI had my latest appointment with the eye specialist yesterday, and it went as well as can be expected from these things.
After an earlier treatment, he extended the time between visits to eight weeks, since it's not fun for either of us to get or give a stab in the eye. A few days before my appointment, the vision in that eye began to degrade noticeably - to the point where I'd have called him if I wasn't going to be seeing in him a couple of days anyway. Retinal scans confirmed that the swelling had come back, so he shortened us back to six-weeks between visits. After two of those, he stretched it out to seven weeks for my latest visit. Everything was holding up good, and an eye-test showed me with 20/20 vision with my glasses on1 so we're pushing the next visit out to eight weeks again with strict instructions to call him immediately if I notice any changes in my sight.
I've never seen the waiting area so empty (there were a couple of people behind me in this shot). Maybe people aren't having eye issues these days in spite of all the smoke.
On another note, we changed our vacation plans this fall. We'd tentatively been hoping to attend one of the conventions that we've been hitting up the past few years, but we've run into the same thing as a lot of other Canadian travellers have been encountering:
"What is required:
An original vaccination card provided by the CDC or a report from a state sponsored organization that will show both doses of a 2-dose vaccine with the second dose being received on or before 08/27/2021 (2 weeks prior) or a 1-dose vaccine being received on or before the same date.
Or
A valid COVID-19 test showing a negative result, the sample for which must have been taken within 72 hours of the convention."
While I applaud them for the measures, there is the issue that since we'd be coming in from another country, we'd have neither a state vaccine card, nor a CDC report. Getting tested in spite of us both being fully vaccinated is a bit insulting, but it also adds a layer of complexity that we ultimately decided wasn't worth dealing with. We'd either have to try and cajole our way into one of the testing sites up here (where they are only taking symptomatic people), or we'd have to drive down early and pay for a test in the US, giving ourselves enough time to get back the negative results.
We also don't know if the border will be open yet. This all added up to us cancelling our vacation plan for another staycation over that weekend.
The other convention we were tentatively looking to attend at the end of the year hasn't announced their COVID plan yet. We'll see if they are limiting it to only US attendees as well.
1Just to clarify, this is 20/20 vision when it comes to reading. I am very grateful that this eye injury is slightly offset from centre, so it's just outside of the small window in my vision that I use for reading. There is a chance that my vision will never go back to 100%, but as long as they can keep it from getting any worse with these treatments then I'm okay with this.
After an earlier treatment, he extended the time between visits to eight weeks, since it's not fun for either of us to get or give a stab in the eye. A few days before my appointment, the vision in that eye began to degrade noticeably - to the point where I'd have called him if I wasn't going to be seeing in him a couple of days anyway. Retinal scans confirmed that the swelling had come back, so he shortened us back to six-weeks between visits. After two of those, he stretched it out to seven weeks for my latest visit. Everything was holding up good, and an eye-test showed me with 20/20 vision with my glasses on1 so we're pushing the next visit out to eight weeks again with strict instructions to call him immediately if I notice any changes in my sight.
I've never seen the waiting area so empty (there were a couple of people behind me in this shot). Maybe people aren't having eye issues these days in spite of all the smoke.
On another note, we changed our vacation plans this fall. We'd tentatively been hoping to attend one of the conventions that we've been hitting up the past few years, but we've run into the same thing as a lot of other Canadian travellers have been encountering:
"What is required:
An original vaccination card provided by the CDC or a report from a state sponsored organization that will show both doses of a 2-dose vaccine with the second dose being received on or before 08/27/2021 (2 weeks prior) or a 1-dose vaccine being received on or before the same date.
Or
A valid COVID-19 test showing a negative result, the sample for which must have been taken within 72 hours of the convention."
While I applaud them for the measures, there is the issue that since we'd be coming in from another country, we'd have neither a state vaccine card, nor a CDC report. Getting tested in spite of us both being fully vaccinated is a bit insulting, but it also adds a layer of complexity that we ultimately decided wasn't worth dealing with. We'd either have to try and cajole our way into one of the testing sites up here (where they are only taking symptomatic people), or we'd have to drive down early and pay for a test in the US, giving ourselves enough time to get back the negative results.
We also don't know if the border will be open yet. This all added up to us cancelling our vacation plan for another staycation over that weekend.
The other convention we were tentatively looking to attend at the end of the year hasn't announced their COVID plan yet. We'll see if they are limiting it to only US attendees as well.
1Just to clarify, this is 20/20 vision when it comes to reading. I am very grateful that this eye injury is slightly offset from centre, so it's just outside of the small window in my vision that I use for reading. There is a chance that my vision will never go back to 100%, but as long as they can keep it from getting any worse with these treatments then I'm okay with this.
