11-11-2009 Keeping a Sense of Humor: I had my annual eye appointment yesterday. It seems my eyes are a little older than I am. I have Fuch's dystrophy. The cells that are responsible for removing excess water from my corneas are dying. Right now, it just means my vision is really blurry in the morning. Eventually, the blurriness will begin to last all day. Then, as the cells become pretty sparse and the water builds up in the corneas, they form blisters. Eventually, the blisters pop. The blistering part of the disease is supposed to be painful. The whole thing leads to blindness. Isn't this the perfect disease for a photographer? Thank God for auto focus, huh? It's all okay though because there is intervention....cornea transplants. I'm not there yet. I just have morning blurries. But my doctor says that the disease has progressed unusually far for my age. I'm 45. When I went home and looked up the disease on the internet, I found its description on the AARP page...great. This goes perfectly with the arthritis in my back. :D I'm a 45 year old 85 year old. I'm going to just roll with it for now. I don't have blisters, I'm not blind and I'm not in a wheel chair. It's all good for now. But maybe I should write that book now while I can still see the keyboard. I've said that I don't want the world to see how I look but rather look at how I see the world. If I wait too long, they'll just have to close their eyes to do that.