Eyes

Of course I should probably not be playing on the computer as much as I do...

5-6 weeks ago now I started to have a problem with my right eye. Doc said "Its nuffin, put these drops in for a few days". I dutifully did so and after another week I lost sight in the eye. Back to the docs, he shines a torch at my eye and umms and ahhs then shrugs and says "I dunno." - Gotta love GPs huh.

Up to the hospital I go... Test after test, a consultant who reminded me so much of Dr Ruth the sexologist I wondered if I was in the right department. They talked of blood vessels and snowballs. No wonder I can't see out of the eye if theres a dirty great snowball in it! (although you would have thought I would have noticed). They kept asking me if I was feeling generally well within myself, no flu-like symptoms and such. The upshot being yet more tests and a consultant appointment this Thursday. They are testing me for Multiple Sclerosis and Diabetes.

I've had an MRI - nasty experience, don't reccomend it. I dont suffer from claustrophobia but that thing just brings it on anyway. Being shoved in a machine that looks like some sort of giant ammo tube on a submarine and then subjected to 20 minutes of banging noises and drilling sounds. Top tip, don't drink the night before! It would not be the place to be with a hangover. All with a little cage over your head and a distant nurse talking to you through headphones. Why is it as soon as someone tells you not to move you are instantly uncomfortable and itchy all over?

Also had lots of blood removed from my person by a very nice nurse who managed to make one of my worst nightmares (needles) a bearable experience. Now I *know* its possible for blood to be taken and for it not to hurt very much. I shall demand to see this nurse again if they want more of my fluids!

So now I wait... To be honest its been so long that I've done the panicky thing, the what-ifs, the "bugger I shouldn't have looked that up on the web". Now I feel rather numb and just want it over with. I do feel ok in myself, and the eye is finally showing some signs of improvement so hopefully its nothing more than an inflamed optic nerve due to working with these damn machines all day and then centering my homelife around them too.

I have reduced my PC time quite alot recently, and lifes priorities do change when one gets a scare like this. Lets just hope its nothing, but that I learn from the experience and not slide back into old ways.

Catch Up

Had a bit of a password issue, hence no recent postings.

So, to catch up:-
Met a World of Warcraft buddy in real life! Me and the GF met 'Jherak' at a day out at Joust (a big medieval fair). We got on very well and hope to meet up again soon. Its nice when a computer game can produce a friend for the Real World(tm).

On the Warcraft front though both me an 'er have got very bored. We left our raid community and tried out a 'high end' one. It was great to see the end game zones like Blackwing lair and Naxxramas, but it didnt bring the game alive for us again. So, we told the people thanks very much but we wouldnt be taking it further. I haven't logged into WoW for days and days now. Maybe the new expansion will freshen things again I dunno. I miss the friends we made there, but it seems as if many people are leaving the game. It doesn't have the longevity of my 5 years in the original Everquest.

However... we fired up Everquest 2 which we bought on release and never got into and its like a totally new game! They have made many changes, the game is huge, characters are great and with a great deal of personalisation. That was one of my biggest bugbears in WoW. Once you start to raid and get stuff you all end up looking the same. There are also a TON of quests to play with and not to mention the nostalgia at seeing the old places and indeed some of the old loot :) Including a seller in Nektulous forest actually selling some of the most famous loot (Oh how I yearned/evercamped for the Flowing Black Silk Sash, The Wurmslayer and those Jboots) Nice touch Sony :) Plus! I get to play my favourite class again. I play a Bruiser (evil monk) and I can't remember when I have had this much fun in Warcraft. Certainly not for many months.