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My Brain, My Eyes, and Cataract Surgery
a whole lotta learnin’ goin’ on
[updated May 2020]
It has been one year since I had cataract surgery and so much has happened in this time with the communications between my brain and my eyes that I felt the need to write about it — I hope you all find it as intriguing as I did.
I know that eyes and brains are intimately hooked up. I took a course in neuropsychology in graduate school and I’m sure I learned about brains and vision in high school and college.
I know the basics of how my brain and my eyes work together. But, knowing all this and going through a relearning process post-cataract surgery are two different phenomena.
My brain was not ready for the onslaught of new information that it was getting.
I contemplate the workings of my brain a lot — so I found it fascinating to be aware of what was going on.
A bit of my eye background….I am astigmatic — oops change that — I WAS astigmatic. I am also very…
