so, day 5. Bruising: almost gone. Just a small bit under my eye. Even my subconjunctival blood is largely gone. Still a good view of the three blue sutures in my globe, which are driving me mad. Constant foreign-body sensation and tearing. At times I want to rub my eye, hard, or claw at it.
However, no other real pain.
Visual perception? the constant feeling that there is something blocking my sight in that eye that I can just lift away. Good light perception. Surprisingly good close (very close!) vision when looking directly down, through the liquid layer. No apparent areas of distortion or holes? Encouraging. However, looking forward, there is little more than perception of light and dark in that eye. Very distracting. No depth perception, therefore clumsy and cannot judge distance. Constantly feel I may bump into things on my left side. Feel very protective of my left eye; afraid I may walk into something on that side.
Sleep is fitful and full of frequent awakenings, with a puzzled, fuzzy "where am I/ what the heck?" feeling.....Plus the overwhelming desire to turn onto my side, or even more dangerously, onto my back when sleeping. That would probably fry my lens, so to be avoided at all costs.
Still, progress. Headaches and eye aching pain gone.
Sitting up for an hour to read the paper or watch tv, or work on the computer feels like a luxurious extravagance.