When to have a graft?

[GarethB]

Alison,

The first thing I noticed when I got my lens for the dodgy garfted right eye was that I had aged.

The nurse found it quite funny when I shreiked "I'm old I need to shave my nose hair!"

I love having decent sight, but for me the price is now being able to see my physical defects, but a price worth paying.

[Alison Fisher]

I had another shock when I got home and saw all the dust.

No matter what the reason, any sudden improvement in your sight can be quite disconcerting can't it? When I've got a new prescription I've always found supermarkets to be amazing places - with all the colours of the packaging. I love looking at my garden as well - to see individual leaves on trees instead of a blurred green blob, and individual blades of grass as well. Great stuff. I also remember getting one set of lenses and spending ages looking at the tarmac of the footpath outside our home - I always thought it was plain and boring but suddenly I could see all the individual stones etc. When I've not been able to see well I really miss seeing textures, but like you say Anne, you don't always know what you're missing.