Today I’m sharing an updated version of the song I wrote three years ago when I lost my first eye to Golden Retriever Pigmentary Uveitis (GRPU). When I wrote it in 2023, it wasn’t like my usual lighthearted parodies. I was angry. Everything happened so fast when I needed that emergency enucleation surgery. Now here […]
My odyssey, or in this case eyedyssey, with Golden Retriever Pigmentary Uveitis (GRPU) has come to an end. It all began back in 2018 when my brother’s littermate started having eye issues. Prior to this, we had never heard of this genetic inflammatory eye disease found in Golden Retrievers and breeds crossed with them. It […]
Dear Angel Chuck Billy, tomorrow will mark one week since my enucleation surgery due to Iris Bombe caused by Golden Retriever Pigmentary Uveitis, and what a week it has been! Although I’m sure you have been keeping a close watch over me, I thought I’d give you and our friends an update. Thankfully, each day […]
Friends, my vision will not be returning. The Iris Bombe has progressed to a “critical stage,” and my eye will need to be removed. I am scheduled for enucleation surgery on Thursday, April 30th. In the meantime, I am receiving extra doses of eyedrops to manage the building pressure in my eye. As of now, […]
Friends, I’ve had another detour on my health journey. The nasal fungal infection is resisting treatment. The return of the symptoms last month wasn’t a respiratory infection as we originally hoped. Although the antibiotics did help with the sneezing, after being off the medication for over a week the ooze has slowly returned to the […]
Friends, I’ve been keeping a secret. Shortly after sharing in March the good news from my doctors, my nose cannon started firing again with a vengeance. The excessive ooze also resumed after months of it being under control. Needless to say, we all began to worry that the nasal fungus was fighting back. However, as […]
For the past few weeks I have been busy visiting my doctors for followup appointments. So here is my stem to stern report on their findings. For you landlubbers, stem to stern is sailor talk for front to back of a boat, or in my case – nose to tail! First up my senior check […]
Good news! I had my recheck with my internal medicine doctor, and she is very optimistic that the anti-fungal pills are working! Although I’m still honking like a goose, it isn’t as often. And the nose cannon is also firing less. More importantly the ooze from my nose is more often clear than a mucus […]
Many folks have been asking, so without further ado, it is time for Dad’s Christmas gift reveal! For those who are new to this tradition, Dad has a history of giving Mom practical gifts. In the past he has given Mom toilet seats (he’d want me to emphasize they weren’t just any toilet seats, but […]
Friends, I saw my eye doctor yesterday and the news isn’t good. There is scarring behind my iris causing adhesions, which restricts the movement of my pupil. I am in the early stages of Iris Bombe, which is how I lost my other eye. The ophthalmologist cannot predict when this sudden spike in uncontrolled pressure […]