Eyeball update and more

Kevin DrumApril 16, 2022 – 11:34 amApril 16, 2022 – 6:45 pm16 Comments

Progress is slow. My distance vision is now 20/20—though barely—and I had my second adjustment on Wednesday. This should improve my distance vision slightly and my reading vision considerably. For now, though, things are still pretty fuzzy. I can read and use the computer without glasses, which my doctor wants me to do, but it's not yet sharp or comfortable. I hope things will be improved by the middle of next week. In theory, when I go in for my next adjustment it should be a small one.

Whaddayathink? Is this a good looking eyeball? Will it eventually produce great reading vision? It certainly produces a good reflection of our patio.

In other news, I also had my first infusion of Empliciti (elotuzumab) on Monday, along with 40 mg of dex. The good news is that it went fine. I had no allergic reaction or anything else. The bad news is that it sure packs a wallop. I was fine on Tuesday and Wednesday, but then on Thursday I crashed like a Tesla on full auto mode. I was also very tired all day Friday and I'm pretty tired today too. My slot for the CAR-T treatment can't come soon enough.

16 thoughts on “Eyeball update and more”

mudwall jackson April 16, 2022 – 11:42 am at

all the best for you kevin
dspcole April 16, 2022 – 12:14 pm at

Uh oh. My grandmother Anna Maria Domenici says she knows the EvilEye when she sees it
1. cld April 16, 2022 – 3:58 pm at
  
  That is not the evil eye. Actual gypsies have given me the evil eye, I know it when I see it.
  1. Steve_OH April 16, 2022 – 6:50 pm at
    
    Nazar Boncuk
    1. cld April 16, 2022 – 8:05 pm at
      
      ah, valor morghulis.
KawSunflower April 16, 2022 – 1:41 pm at

Wish that progress were faster for you, but even more so that you have great progress in both situations. The four surgeries on my right eye didn't result in 20-20 vision & there weren't any adjustments, so this is an interesting medical advancement.
ronp April 16, 2022 – 2:46 pm at

good luck with the eyes and car-t!
sfbay1949 April 16, 2022 – 2:53 pm at

Good luck and 20/20 vision, near and far. I looked up CAR-T. It sounds like a game changer for you when you get it.
mikah257 April 16, 2022 – 7:12 pm at

Thanks for sharing these updates! Being able to tune your eyeballs just sounds like science fiction. Good luck with all of it.
golack April 16, 2022 – 9:10 pm at

IF you're reading things and are wondering--is this real. Your eyes are fine, Covid in going back up and Russia is still in Ukraine. Sorry....
Citizen Lehew April 17, 2022 – 9:24 am at

I think if you tweezed those crazy eyebrow hairs your vision would improve considerably. 😛
1. cld April 17, 2022 – 9:49 am at
  
  How does he get through doorways?
  1. sfbay1949 April 17, 2022 – 9:55 am at
    
    ????????????
  2. cld April 17, 2022 – 10:30 am at
    
    If I didn't keep my eyebrows trimmed half my lunch would be stuck in them everyday.
    
    And the beard, that thing is a monster. It grows out just far enough, then curls upward in these sort of jagged hooks. I could hang my keys on it. Measuring spoons. Gardening tools. For the sake of humanity I keep it shaved.
    1. sfbay1949 April 17, 2022 – 11:02 am at
      
      ????
2. rick_jones April 17, 2022 – 1:46 pm at
  
  Kevin must suffer from whisker envy.

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