BLURRED VISION

Last night was spent filling in two forms ready for Mr. HCB’s appointment with an Ophthalmic Consultant at a local Private Hospital this morning.

We don’t actually have private medical insurance but this appointment was made after Mr. HCB was referred from his Optometrist at Leightons when he last had his eyes tested and was found to have a cataract on his left eye. However, at the time, he opted to have his lens prescription changed and once that was done things weren’t quite so blurry.

Fortunately, it has been quite a quick process so far but because there is quite a long waiting list for cataract surgery, Mr. HCB thought it would be good to get the ball rolling, so to speak.  

I thought I would make a collage of the various things that happened this morning, including having a bright light shone into his eyes,  seeing the Consultant, having drops put in and then the final examination.  However, when the Consultant said that he could do the operation in September, that didn’t quite fit in with Mr. HCB’s cricket plans, so he asked if it could be put off until October.  After explaining why, and then chatting with the Consultant about cricket, he was quite happy to go forward a month, so hopefully, the operation will be performed on the 13th October - we aren’t superstitious, so the date doesn’t bother us - and in fact, as the nurse pointed out, today is Friday the 13th.  

Whilst sitting in the waiting area, we saw an abstract painting on the wall opposite by an artist called Allison Ford.  I didn’t take a shot of the painting, but according to the Neema Gallery website, Allison, an American artist, is “primarily an abstract artist with a love for mixed media design and collage work. She focuses on painting how she feels and is inspired by organic shapes, nature and bright colors. Her work is full of texture, depth, and layers. Allison aspires to produce works that provoke viewers and collectors alike to dive into the painting, to touch and feel it, and explore the work with all of their senses.“

We did sit looking at the painting for about fifteen minutes and I saw lots of different things, including a figure wearing black trousers, a heart being held between two hands and the head of a donkey, although it’s fair to say that because his eyes were rather blurry by that time, Mr. HCB couldn’t see very much.  

We went shopping at Waitrose afterwards, to get a few odd bits and pieces, but of course, I had to drive, because Mr. HCB still had very blurred vision and even wore his sunglasses because the light hurt his eyes.  However, it didn’t stop him telling me how to drive!  You won’t be surprised when I tell you that there was no pasta, no tinned tomatoes and just one pack of toilet rolls - see extra shot.  We have plenty, so I left it there and before we left the aisle, a lady came along, looked furtively around and then put it into her basket - she probably has 20 packs at home, but took the last one “just in case” - I did tell her I had left it for her! :-)  

Hope everyone has a good weekend and stays safe and well.

“Abstraction demonstrate 
     an escape route from reality 
          in depicting images in the artwork.” 
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