Posted in Follow up letters

2 unexpected appointments

So, whilst I was ill, I received 2 appointment letters. Both for the Eye Centre Hospital again. Near to where I live.

I haven’t had my results back yet from my other 3 tests that I had some time ago. This is what I’m waiting for to see the consultant again.

These tests where.

⚫ ERG

⚫ Autofloressence

⚫ Field test


It can’t be helped, as we have had a pandemic shortly afterwards.

These appointments are for a Glaucoma Field Test and the Optics Clinic. This test hasn’t even been mentioned to me so far.

I don’t know what the Optics clinic are seeing me for. Or if that’s a test there or maybe even seeing the consultant.

These were for the 13th and 16th of November 2020.

I cancelled these due to me being ill and not being able to go.

I have now popped an update page on my site. You can find it in (Menu) at the very top of the page, or, if you can find the it by clicking the picture below.



Posted in Funny Stories

Pretty tied up

Women holding out swollen blue finger to the front with sad face

I needed to know the size of my finger, and I have one of those ring sizes.

Went into my back bedroom to get it. I knew exactly where it was because it’s been in a drawer for a while.

Popped it on and tightened it up. Then had a mini panic because I realised I wouldn’t be able to read the letters. They are too small to feel. So I tightened it to fit.

This is the sort of thing I do now and again, without thinking, then suddenly realise that I’m not going to be able to actually see whatever I’m looking at. Often followed by a big sigh and “Oh”.

I got my magnifier app on the phone to see if I could have a look. I was also feeling around the outside of the ring sizer. . It was perfectly smooth.

There were NO letters.

It was a cut off tie wrap.

Photograph of a cut of piece of black tie we wrap

You can imagine what I called myself.

So then, trying to get it off, I tightened it further.

So, I called myself the same name again.

So sat there thinking I would never get it off, I thought… ‘get some best butter on it’.

Eventually, it came off. Thank goodness.

Then I remembered, my ring sizer was white. Where had THIS even come from? I had been saving this little piece of tie wrap.

For years.

Posted in Funny Stories

Not slots of fun

Woman with back towards you playing a fruit machine.
So… After a bit of a nightmare time I will get onto the purpose of this blog. So the next two posts are about the funny, yet frustrating side of this condition. Considering that epic rant (Covid) of 3 months ago.

When I went away with my friends last year. In the small window, when were were allowed. They wanted to play on the fruities in an arcade.

Now I’m more of a 2p machine kind of girl, but thought I would give it a go.

I kept winning small amounts, or so I initially thought.

I was popping the money in, it lit up, flashed and spun. Then it kept coming out the bottom.

Now, I couldn’t actually see what was on the buttons. I just pressed the right hand side, where the start button usually is.

“I keep winning”… I declared excitedly to my friends nearby.