Thanks for the advice... It has all come in handy... I haven't regained
any vission as yet, but it seems that I'm getting the hang on drawing
again (At least a little)... Colouring is still a pain in the eye to
me...
Thanks for your concern... It means alot to me...
Signed:
Martin Gerlach
PS. I have started working on a pic of Jade poking Ross Sauer (I think -
Hey Ross..! your fursona was that bird-thing right..?) with a stick and
"Knark" (A female bat) is teasing him as well...
<-----Original Message----->
From: Tethasandry J'kress
Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] To: Martin Gerlach
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Gerlach"
Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: ATTN: Mr. Hardiman (Herbie Bear said
you'd
might know...
> Thanks all for your concern... And thatnk for the advice as well...
And
> thanks Mr. Hardiman for your kind and helping words... I'll do what I
> can to keep that pencil canding on the paper *Grin*...
>
> Just got back from the doctors a few hours ago... The final judgement
> was today... Its gonna be a permenent lose in sight of minimum 15% -
> Still at 25% today... But the doctor suspects it to get a little
> better...
> Still, my vision is very blurred...
>
> Well... Enough of all my whining... Anyone doing any interesting stuff
> lately...?
>
> Martin Gerlach - Trying to keep his mood up even though he miss' his
> little "kitty"...
>
Ok, I know this is way late, but I have been suffering from severe
insomnia,
so some days I can barely get the email downloaded, let alone read it
all.
But, your problem doesn't sound as bad to me as one might think. My
Grandpa,
while in the navy, had a steel wire in his eye, and today he can see
just
fine, through he couldn't see perfectly. What you had is admitedly alot
worse, but I think the doctor is giving a 'kind' underesitimate of how
much
your eye can heal...in his proffesion it's better to tell the person
that
you will have 15% eyesight loss, and you get 10%, then telling you you
will
get 10% and things not going as well as he planned. Once it heals fully
and
your mind adjusts, you should be able to do most of your pictures with
just
as much skill as you have before, it just might take a couple months to
adjust after it finishes healing. WHILE it is healing however, it will
not
be possible to 100% adjust, as your eye is constantly changing. Try and
learn to have both eyes open, but only concenrating on one eyes input at
a
time until then.It's no easy trick, but it can help you avoid sudden
walls
without closing one eye. Using a rolled up peice of paper and looking
through it (like you used to play telescope with as a kid) but not
covering
the other eye can help teach you.
I myself have black cateracts, a 'birth defect' that causes my eyes to
be
VERY near-sighted and to have black spots all over my vision. (mostly
only
noticable when I look at white) I have to wear glasses, with no choice,
but,
once your eye has healed ask your doctor if glasses might help...one
side of
course, your good one, will be just normal glass likely, while the one
with
your bad eye might have a special corrective lens they can use to reduce
blurred vision Not sure about the cost, as mine are paid for, but I
myself
have a combination set...reduces my fuzzy-vision, noticability of spots,
and
allows me to see much further then I can without it (I can be running at
a
wall and not be sure until within five feet of it...and the way I run,
well,
lets say I always have my glasses on when I run anywhere ^_^). Yeah,
these
things are thick, and they are annoying as all hell, but they are worth
it
if they work. Well, good luck. Take it easy till that eye heals all the
way.
-Tethas
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Received on Mon May 03 2004 - 13:23:36 CDT