It all went of smoothly. My cataract operation. I arrived at Park Clinic at 8:00 a.m escorted by Mitali. Went to the Operation Theater at 9:00. A lot of time was spent on preparing me for the operation. Dr. Juthika Pal started the operation at 10:00 as scheduled and I was down at the Day Care centre by 10:00 and out of the clinic by 11:30 though I was supposed to stay till at 5 p.m. I thought I'd be able to rest better at "home" -- Raj and Mitali's place. Jayati was kind enough to send her car so that I would not pick up an infection by taking a taxi.
At home I had lunch and went to sleep for a while. Then Jayati's car arrived at 4:30 to take me to the doctor's chamber. The patch was removed. The doctor examined me and said all was well and I could feel it too and I could see properly and the world seemed a lot brighter. And surprise! I am not wearing glasses!
After receiving post-operative care instructions, Mitali and I went and had lots of chocolate ice-cream to celebrate and we came home. And then I sat at the computer and checked mail. Nothing muuch there. So I decided to watch the cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings XI -- KKR won!
\So all is well. But yesterday while I was "blind" in one eye, I experienced what others who have one eye must experience all the time. It's inconvenient to say the least. Being able to see only one side and having to turn your whole body or head around to see the other side. You don't know what coming at you from the blind side. And yet, strangely enough, my sense of hearing was much more heightened... so I could hear the faintest of sounds. The rustle of cloth, paper, etc.... and even sounds that I would have otherwise ignored.
I kept thinking of the Nawab of Pataudi, one of India's greatest crickets. He had only one eye and yet, boy could he bat! His feat seemed so much more outstanding to me yesterday.
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