mirocu
Feb 17 2023, 06:55 PM
Sakiri
Feb 17 2023, 08:55 PM
I feel the vision thing. I'm 20/1400 or something, my prescription is - 12.5 and I'm blind almost entirely in my left eye
mirocu
Feb 17 2023, 09:13 PM
That's rough. Sorry to hear that, Saki.
Anything happened today then? I drove my parents to the train station. Or rather; I drove their car home after Dad drove us to the train station
Dark Reaper
Feb 18 2023, 08:01 AM
QUOTE(macole @ Feb 17 2023, 02:15 AM)

A new adventure has begun. Today I began preparation for cataract surgery on my right eye next Wednesday the 22nd. It’s a fairly common procedure with a high 99% success rate. When it’s complete I should be able to read easily without sticking my nose on the page or zooming the screen up 200%.
So why am I worried, frightened more like it, that the one percent will leave me totally blind? In 1968 when I was 18 a virus (HSV-1) erupted on the left side of my face and eventually across the left eye. After six months (no one knew my name, I was the guy with the eye patch) of treatment I was left with worse than 20/200 vision in the left eye (can’t read the big E on the eye chart). I’ve had three episodes since the first the latest being in 2009. None were as bad as the first; knowing the early signs and newer treatments have helped with that.
Everything has been stable until this past year when in little over six months a cataract has bloomed in the right eye. No wonder it’s dark
Anyway, my surgeon has put me on valacyclovir as a precaution and if all goes well by the end of February I will be seeing as well can be expected. More importantly I’ll be able to speedily read all the great stories here at Chorrol.
My Dad had laser surgery for his cataracts and hasn't had any issues since then. I pray the surgery goes well for you.
mirocu
Feb 18 2023, 09:36 AM
Have you had a chance to shoot your new gun yet?
Also;
this is for Reaper
Sakiri
Feb 18 2023, 09:40 PM
Yo.
I took more ffxiv screenshots, I should show them.
mirocu
Feb 18 2023, 09:43 PM
Yo.
Dark Reaper
Feb 19 2023, 02:24 AM
My best achievement EVER! I just didn't hand Rykard his butt, I outright slaughtered him!!!
Praetor Rykard No Moe!
TheCheshireKhajiit
Feb 19 2023, 03:10 AM
QUOTE(Dark Reaper @ Feb 18 2023, 07:24 PM)

My best achievement EVER! I just didn't hand Rykard his butt, I outright slaughtered him!!!
Praetor Rykard No Moe!Congrats! You’ve definitely got more patience than I do to have hung in there with ER!
Dark Reaper
Feb 19 2023, 04:35 AM
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Feb 18 2023, 09:10 PM)

QUOTE(Dark Reaper @ Feb 18 2023, 07:24 PM)

My best achievement EVER! I just didn't hand Rykard his butt, I outright slaughtered him!!!
Praetor Rykard No Moe!Congrats! You’ve definitely got more patience than I do to have hung in there with ER!
Thanks. When the first part of the fight went down that quickly, I knew right then and there the second half would be a slaughter.
macole
Feb 19 2023, 07:04 AM
QUOTE(Sakiri @ Feb 17 2023, 01:55 PM)

I feel the vision thing. I'm 20/1400 or something, my prescription is - 12.5 and I'm blind almost entirely in my left eye
I am so very sorry to hear that your vision. What caused the loss in the left, if you don't mind me asking? In my case the left eye was infected with the HS1 virus. Can you imagine the ribbing I got in high Scholl when I told people what was going on? The cornea is so deeply scarred; it's like looking through a couple of sheets of wax paper, surgeons hesitant to touch it. They tell me to think of it like a spare tire in the trunk. Fine with me as transplants have their own set of issues you have to deal with.
I'd like to thank everone for sharing their concern.
Sakiri
Feb 19 2023, 06:18 PM
QUOTE(macole @ Feb 19 2023, 07:04 AM)

QUOTE(Sakiri @ Feb 17 2023, 01:55 PM)

I feel the vision thing. I'm 20/1400 or something, my prescription is - 12.5 and I'm blind almost entirely in my left eye
I am so very sorry to hear that your vision. What caused the loss in the left, if you don't mind me asking? In my case the left eye was infected with the HS1 virus. Can you imagine the ribbing I got in high Scholl when I told people what was going on? The cornea is so deeply scarred; it's like looking through a couple of sheets of wax paper, surgeons hesitant to touch it. They tell me to think of it like a spare tire in the trunk. Fine with me as transplants have their own set of issues you have to deal with.
I'd like to thank everone for sharing their concern.
I was born with a hemangioma on the inside of my eye region near my nose Bridge, upper right side of my left eye.
It swelled shut when I was 3 days old and I never learned how to see out of it. They couldn't remove the extra tissue either because surgery on that type of birthmark just wasn't done then. They gave me steroids to shrink it, but my sight never came.
mirocu
Feb 19 2023, 06:20 PM
Sorry to hear that, Saki. My sister has her left eye impaired too but in another way I think
Sakiri
Feb 19 2023, 08:16 PM
It's OK, I'm pretty used to it.
mirocu
Feb 19 2023, 08:31 PM
Dark Reaper
Feb 20 2023, 04:01 AM
QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 19 2023, 02:31 PM)

We can conclude that souls of bad people are indeed in the sun.
And to answer an earlier question. I haven't shot the .22LR yet, still winterish here in Kansas.
QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 18 2023, 03:36 AM)

Have you had a chance to shoot your new gun yet?
Also;
this is for Reaper 
Heck that green Vulcan sounded just like a real LMG!
mirocu
Feb 20 2023, 05:50 PM
Sakiri
Feb 20 2023, 10:22 PM
Ello. I sleep now, but still say hi.
Dark Reaper
Feb 21 2023, 06:12 AM
Gave my Mini SCAR a final upgrade, a flashlight/laser pointer attachment. Now it looks like a proper AR

.
TheCheshireKhajiit
Feb 21 2023, 04:50 PM
QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 20 2023, 10:50 AM)

Name it “Burt”.
mirocu
Feb 21 2023, 05:59 PM
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Feb 21 2023, 04:50 PM)

QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 20 2023, 10:50 AM)

Name it “Burt”.
I'd name it Brrrrrrt
Dark Reaper
Feb 21 2023, 06:25 PM
Or name it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
mirocu
Feb 21 2023, 06:50 PM
Or Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Sakiri
Feb 21 2023, 08:17 PM
mirocu
Feb 21 2023, 08:22 PM
Oh, so THAT'S where you and Mikael live! I didn't know he had an East Asian looking house. Also, you look dashing in that dress I must say
Sakiri
Feb 21 2023, 09:32 PM
Haha
Dark Reaper
Feb 22 2023, 04:36 PM
I'm playing the new
Harry Potter Game. So far I like it.
Acadian
Feb 22 2023, 04:52 PM
Looks neat! I hope you enjoy it.
mirocu
Feb 22 2023, 07:33 PM
Scary Plotter
Dark Reaper
Feb 23 2023, 02:54 AM
QUOTE(Acadian @ Feb 22 2023, 10:52 AM)

Looks neat! I hope you enjoy it.
Beautiful game and less stressful than Elden Ring

.
mirocu
Feb 23 2023, 05:11 PM
*Hrrrm*
I think you meant less stressful
than Elden Ring.
Yes; you can look forward to me picking other nits soon
Dark Reaper
Feb 23 2023, 07:25 PM
QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 23 2023, 11:11 AM)

*Hrrrm*
I think you meant less stressful
than Elden Ring.
Yes; you can look forward to me picking other nits soon

Fixed.
mirocu
Feb 23 2023, 07:28 PM
QUOTE(Dark Reaper @ Feb 23 2023, 07:25 PM)

Fixed.
Sorry

Done any fun today, Reaper? Some Playstationing?
Dark Reaper
Feb 24 2023, 06:44 PM
QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 23 2023, 01:28 PM)

QUOTE(Dark Reaper @ Feb 23 2023, 07:25 PM)

Fixed.
Sorry

Done any fun today, Reaper? Some Playstationing?
Other than taking my dad cross country to his doctor's appointment in another town I may play some more Hogwarts Legacy when I get back.
mirocu
Feb 24 2023, 06:51 PM
Eye sea.
Never been into good ole Harry of Pots, but have fun! It's always great when you find a game that encaptivates you
Sakiri
Feb 24 2023, 09:02 PM
Ello.
mirocu
Feb 24 2023, 09:07 PM
Hello!
Payday today, ey?
Sakiri
Feb 24 2023, 09:12 PM
Just not doing so well lately is all.
Depresso expresso.
mirocu
Feb 24 2023, 09:19 PM
Seems like something that's floating around these days. Coworker is the same.
Still; day in the wood tomorrow. Prolly gonna take down another birch or so.
TheCheshireKhajiit
Feb 25 2023, 12:15 AM
Never could get into “The Wizarding World”. I watched the HP movies up through Goblet of Fire but haven’t seen any of the ones after that. I did like Azkaban. Felt very “Halloween-y”.
Decrepit
Feb 25 2023, 12:49 AM
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Feb 24 2023, 05:15 PM)

Never could get into “The Wizarding World”. I watched the HP movies up through Goblet of Fire but haven’t seen any of the ones after that. I did like Azkaban. Felt very “Halloween-y”.
Brave Browser shows a rotating, ever-changing roster of images as background on its "New Tab" page. The other day some new backgrounds appeared, with "portraits" of cats in fantasy-style gear. Though I'm not normally a cat person, I think they look pretty nifty. Remembering that we have a resident cat-person here, I captured two of them before they all vanished, to share with the Chorrol gang.
(link)
Cat 1 (link) This is my favorite of the two.
(link)
Cat 2 (link) I initially liked this one best, but had to crop too much off the left to avoid link-icons and text.
Acadian
Feb 25 2023, 01:04 AM
Kewl Kitties!
TheCheshireKhajiit
Feb 25 2023, 03:22 AM
QUOTE(Decrepit @ Feb 24 2023, 05:49 PM)

QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Feb 24 2023, 05:15 PM)

Never could get into “The Wizarding World”. I watched the HP movies up through Goblet of Fire but haven’t seen any of the ones after that. I did like Azkaban. Felt very “Halloween-y”.
Brave Browser shows a rotating, ever-changing roster of images as background on its "New Tab" page. The other day some new backgrounds appeared, with "portraits" of cats in fantasy-style gear. Though I'm not normally a cat person, I think they look pretty nifty. Remembering that we have a resident cat-person here, I captured two of them before they all vanished, to share with the Chorrol gang.
(link)
Cat 1 (link) This is my favorite of the two.
(link)
Cat 2 (link) I initially liked this one best, but had to crop too much off the left to avoid link-icons and text.
They are both very pretty kitties!!
I think I like that first one more too, but that may just be my preference for profile portraits.
macole
Feb 25 2023, 05:57 AM
Decrepit, those are great cat pictures. A prince of Corinthe perhaps?
A follow-up,
The cataract operation went well. Over before I knew it; don't remember a thing.
After my first follow-up visit I can say my vision has improved greatly; 20/20 in the right eye. I didn't realize how dark things had become. Now everything is so bright and clear it’s like seeing the world for the very first time. There a few minor issues at night with flare which I’m hoping will lessen as the eye heals. Have to talk to the doctors about that. It was kind of fun the first night to see every lamp looking like a pulsar but it’ll quickly get annoying.
Thank you all for your kind word of encouragement and support.
mirocu
Feb 25 2023, 09:49 AM
Glad it all went well, macole!

Here; have a
Sakiri
Feb 25 2023, 10:26 AM
Good to hear it went well! Yeah that's quite common after or so I hear. Hopefully things get better for you in that area.
Acadian
Feb 25 2023, 01:16 PM
Great news, macole! So glad you can see better and I hope the rest of your recovery goes smoothly.
Decrepit
Feb 25 2023, 02:30 PM
QUOTE(macole @ Feb 24 2023, 10:57 PM)

Decrepit, those are great cat pictures. A prince of Corinthe perhaps?
A follow-up,
The cataract operation went well. Over before I knew it; don't remember a thing.
After my first follow-up visit I can say my vision has improved greatly; 20/20 in the right eye. I didn't realize how dark things had become. Now everything is so bright and clear it’s like seeing the world for the very first time. There a few minor issues at night with flare which I’m hoping will lessen as the eye heals. Have to talk to the doctors about that. It was kind of fun the first night to see every lamp looking like a pulsar but it’ll quickly get annoying.
Thank you all for your kind word of encouragement and support.
Great news!!!!

Glad all seems to be going well, eye wise.
mirocu
Feb 25 2023, 08:09 PM
Nice day in the wood today
Dark Reaper
Feb 26 2023, 05:41 AM
Next gaming thing to get is a flight stick and rudder pedals for my Xbox and PC. Time to start playing something else other than Elden Ring.
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