"Fickle Fuchs"

Fuchs is often referred to as fickle Fuchs because the symptoms can be so unpredictable and vary so much person to person. The disease typically begins progressing in a person's 60's or later, but there are teenagers who present with symptoms. It is genetic, but some people never have any symptoms at all, while other family member's progresses to the point where corneal transplants are necessary or blindness will ensue.

It is also fickle within each person. The fluctuation and changes in my eyes on a daily basis are amazing. Some mornings things look very foggy and others...not so much. Some mornings my eyes are VERY watery, and others...not so much. Some mornings my eyes are VERY sensitive to light and others...not so much. Some mornings I can read from my large print Bible, other mornings...not so much. Some mornings my sight clears up pretty well by noon or early afternoon, some days...not so much.

I really don't have days where I can go outdoors without my dark sunglasses anymore; at least not without my eyes watering and burning really bad and hurting and getting a migraine. This makes it hard to do photography sometimes. There are days where I must wear my sunglasses indoors, as well, especially if the lighting is flourescent. Some stores are really painful on my eyes.

Some days even with my eye drops they don't ever totally clear up, now. That's normal as the disease progresses. It takes longer and longer for them to clear as the corneal swelling goes down until enough cells die that they cannot dry up and the fog, and watering and poor eyesight continue and blindness is eminent unless a corneal transplant or divine healing happens. That's just the nature of this beast. I won't mention the painful breaking blisters that come along with that extra retention in the cornea because that will get me down unnecessarily. I may not have to get to that stage, and I'm not there now. So, I will not borrow trouble from tomorrow.

"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life." Matthew 6:26-27

God instructs me not to worry. He loves me and will take care of me no matter what happens. I am very valuable to Him. (I know I just quoted these verses in the last post, but they are very special to me and God keeps bringing them to my mind and comforting my heart with them.)

Since there's only so much I can do about my eyes and symptoms, I will just keep taking advantage of my good days and rely on my audio Bible and such the other days. I will continue to trust the Lord and do His work as I wait on Him.

Obama's Brilliant Plan-Socialized Medicine

Well, I was thinking...maybe too much, about Obama and this coming January and the next four years. It's quite scary to think of what he may do to this country, it's citizens, taxes, economy and who knows what else.

The future of my eyesight is at stake here, and that's no comforting thought. To think that I may need a corneal transplant in the next four years and yet not be able to get it because of socialized medicine. I may go blind waiting for the doctor or donor tissue I need if our health care changes dramatically. I used to think HMO's were bad and that we didn't have much say over our health care with those, but what Obama plans to do will make HMO's look desirable! This type of plan has failed in so many other countries, so why in the world does he think it's a good plan for "free" America? Well, that's a whole other blog post for a different type of blog.

It's a good thing I know the Lord and that He has a plan to prosper and not to harm me. I thank the Lord that my sight is in His hands and I can trust my future to Him, because otherwise I might tend to worry myself sick over the future and the coming administration of Obama.

"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life." Matthew 6:26-27

I love these verses. They give me such comfort! I know that faith in God will get me through whatever lies ahead for me and for our country.