My eyes are slightly dry since my cataract work. To put drops in, I lean my head way back, pull down on the lower eyelid, and aim the drop for the well made by the lid.

neo:

Nothing personal but just the title translated to … I’m outta here. As I said back then:

I can barely read about this level eye stuff without tearing up or hiding under my desk.
https://thenewneo.com/2022/04/23/the-story-of-my-left-eye-so-far-part-i/#comment-2620049

That said, it’s worth it.

Congratulations!!

I certainly celebrated it. You may recall my many-part series on my cataract story, which begins here. My surgery wasn’t easy either, if it’s any consolation.

There’s a video on YouTube of my surgery. I can’t bring myself to look at it. Even the thumbnail is horrific.

I was glad I didn’t learn what cataract surgery was until after the fact. A full description sounds fairly insane on paper.

Marlene:

Thanks! But it’s really my problem. I’m quite phobic about my eyes. It’s a crisis to put eye drops in. I once tried contacts and they were a disaster.

Which reminds me … it’s time to hit my right eye with the old Prednisolone. Ugh.

Turns off he was a little off.

c. 600 BCE (or earlier, possibly 800 BCE): The first clear, detailed written description appears in the ancient Indian Sanskrit text Sushruta Samhita (attributed to the surgeon Sushruta). This is widely regarded as the earliest well-documented account of couching, describing the use of a needle to pierce the eye and displace the cataract.