Many thanks to everybody who's been enquiring about my health in person over these last two months since I got severe double vision, 6th Cranial Nerve Palsy. Just a quick update for those few who might care to hear more about undiagnosed mystery illnesses like this one where modern medicine could offer absolutely no diagnosis, cure, treatment or medication at all.
Well, the problem has improved by itself, taking only prescribed standard vitamin tablets, basically a newly healthy and reasonably fit body healing itself. There's still a long way to go to full recovery, probably several more months. I've still got massive double vision on my entire left and lower field of vision, but much of the right side and part of the center of my vision has gotten so much better now.
I can function OK outdoors now and have even started hiking by myself and exercising again. Being capable of running around all afternoon today and doing 3 photo shoots (Treasure Hunt in Island Bar, Banyan House Kindergarten fair and Open Space Crafts Fair up close to the windturbine), not falling over even once, I have no real reason anymore to complain about my vision. Get over it, you wimp, stop whining and get on with your very happy, healthy life on Lamma!
In the meantime, Queen Mary Hospital has scheduled me for more out-patient tests, even a (free, internal) MRI scan in Feb, but by then I hope to have fully recovered, well before modern medicine maybe might finally figure out what went wrong inside my head, causing this little eye nerve short-circuit.
<img src="http://www.lamma.com.hk/forum/images/avatars/gallery/Misc/LG-MRI-av.jpg" align=left hspace=8 vspace=4>So I've just replaced my avatar, the cross-eyed Terminator made from my MRI scan, with Harry Harrison's cartoon in the SCMP. It shows somebody he insists is not me but who looks a bit like me, as several people have pointed out.
Actually, it's kind of a mix of past-me, during my pre-Lamma advertising/marketing days when I was actually wearing suspenders and ties and current-me with glasses and a (mildly) receding hairline. Not a flattering cartoon but kind of weird but cute. I like it!
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