Seeing is believing.

**Olly Buckle** · 11-14-2010, 09:43 PM

I am getting a bit blind, well more than a bit , I can’t drive any more, I can barely see the number on the bus before it stops. That is a rare example, most things I don’t see I don’t miss seeing, I am simply oblivious. It is the things that I see imperfectly, the brain does not like imperfect, so it shows me something that was not there.

The person walking a Shetland pony down a London street on a rainy day, with a child on the back of the pony. When I came abreast on the other side of the road it turned out to be two women, both carrying shopping, one walking slightly behind the other and pushing a push chair.

There I was sat on the top deck of the London bus, in front was a van sign-written in italic script across the back, with difficulty I made out “Teabag Engineers”.

Life will become more predictable after the cataract operation.

**Eluixa** · 11-15-2010, 01:13 AM

That's rough, and comical, forgive me. My eyes are going too, just started a few years back. Not getting better with computer use either.
My neighbor just had that operation. Stock up on goods for laying low for a bit. Nice bunch of cookies for your tea. Best of luck with it too!

**Gumby** · 11-15-2010, 03:05 AM

I'm looking at that in my future also, Olly. Eye doc said probably not for another 10 yrs. or so, but my time will come. Hope all goes well for you. This seems to be a very successful operation any more, with wonderful results.

**Olly Buckle** · 11-15-2010, 08:18 AM

Thank you for your good wishes both of you, I have been looking at the op on line, as well as having a couple of friends who have had it. You are right Gumby, generally very successful, both medically and in the sense that it makes a startling difference. I have a couple of difficulties in that I am on immunosuppressants and my retina is slightly detached, but I am still looking forward to it.