Progress with my cateract and a bit of dyslexia news

Me at the sheraton Hotel March 5th, photo taken by my missus. Had to grow the beard as I really couldnt shee yo shaving it lol

Hello all, hope all is well

Well, its been a month since my cateract operation. The healing process is going ok. In gereral my vision is very clear, colours are brighter, images sharper and clearer. Just took a lot longer than I anticipated to get over the operation. 

I will  still need glasses for reading and using the computer I think. But I will need a different prescription. I can still use my old glasses but I have to sit with my face very close to the screen for them to work. 

My middle vision is fine, I can watch tv, like I said, I can watch tv, play games etc without glasses. 

I think my long vision has improved and I believe I will still be able to drive, but I will need to get my eye tested again to see if I am still able to drive legally. I will need blue tinted galsses to drive.

My university dyslexia work is still going on but its still a bit slow. |I have been told it slow in study support in general. I think Universities are using assistive software without using specialists like me. 

I am planning to visit Business Gateway to get some advice on providing support privately.We will see who that goes. I used to do this face to face before COVID. But when my university work was very busy I had to drop it.

Anyway, #PeaceLoveGrooveyness from me,

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

I had the cateract removed from my right eye 20.02 26, road to recovery.

 

Me at home after my cateract op lol, looking handsome as ever lol

Hello, all, hope you are all keeping well.

I had the cateract removed from my right eye 20.02 26. Its 01.03.26 and this is my first blog since my cateract op. The photo is me when I got home after my cateract had been removed. It really was not painful, just uncomfortabe and awkward as I already struggle to see out of my left eye due to my stroke. 

The operation took about 30 minutes. Have to say my legs were a little wobbly so I had to be wheeled out of surgery and rest for about 30 minutes. Needless to say I struggled to see very much at all. 

Took about 3 hours for my eye to reopen. Then my sight was quite blurry and weird colours . I have to take drops in my eye for the next month. I cannot bend down, lift anything to heavy as it may impact of my new lense. Taking  easy and me do not compute lol.

Its going to take about a month or so to recover barring any complications. My long vision has imprpoved, colours are brighter and images clearer. But its still quite bright though. But I already have difficulty with light in general before my op. 

I have a cateract in my left eye which, even though, it was  damaged by my stroke last year, I will get it removed as well. I call my left eye my 8 bit eye. I can see out of it but its a bit like an old 8 bit compter.

I did a little dyslexia work on Wednesday, only an hour or so but I enjoy my work.

Anyway, thanks for reading, please leave a comment or a like etc. Maybe share as well. That way I dont feel like I am not just blogging in the wind lol. When I am up to it I will make a new podcast from this blog.

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness to you all

from me Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

Invitation to my Unique Dyslexic Eye Podcast PAGE

Me in the college studio recording an early podcast as part of my HND in Broadcasting

Hi everyone, hope you are all well

My podcast is called Unque Dyslexic Eye and podcast dyslexia and neur diverstity. I started it up because COVID happened and I wanted to support and nurture the metal health and well being of dyslexia, neuro diverse through creativity.

I had a mini stroke in my left eye about a year ago so not made a new podcsat for a while. I am determined to start it up again. 

I would be happy to be a guest on podcasts about dyslexia, neuro diversity, disability, health issues, science fiction, prog music etc. 

I am a successful social entrepreneur. Founded my social enterprise, Dyslexia Pathways CIC in 2007. 

I am a dyslexic, dyslexia and inclusion specialist with over 25 years experience working with dyslexic, neuro diverse and disabled communities.

Here is a link to my podcast pager on Podbean: 

My Unique Dyslexic Eye Podcast Page

Your comments are welcomed as are likes. My podcast is free to subscribe to

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness from me

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

Update and progress with my mini stroke and dyslexia news

 

Dyslexia is not about disorders, discrepancies and deficits its about diversity and difference

Dyslexia: a difference that reflects diversity

Good day to you all hope everyone is well,

First, a little update on the mimi stroke in my left eye. 

Its about one year since I had my mini stroke that made me lose about 70% of my sight in my left eye. 

I can't really recall the exact day or time. All I know is it happenned. But it must have been sometime around this time in January last year. 

I call my left eye my 8 bit eye. It will never recover. There is nothing that can be done to repair that eye. Lucky enough I can still see pretty well with my right eye. I have been passed fit to drive. I went though a period of grieving for my loss eye sight.

It has made it more difficult to compensate for my dyslexia, My good eye gets tired more easily when I am reading.

When I was going through all the medical examinations on my sight as a whole They found baby cateracts in both my eyes. Not enough to interfere with the sight in my right eye as it is now. But it will not go away by itself. So i have decided to get the cateract it my good eye removed. This will happen some time in March 2026. 

I could leave it for a while until it impacts on my sight in my right eye. But, I have decided to get it done as soon as possible. There are risks involved but they are small risks. 

There are risks involved it I do nothing. Had a chat with my wife and decided to get it done.

I am accessing support from the RNIB, Royal National Institute for Blind People.  I am involved with a weekl chat group and getting counelling, both over the phone.

Dyslexic news:

Today I went into Heriot Watt University to pick up a new laptop for my work. It came with a lot of new assistive technology helpful for my dyslexia. My own Windows 10 laptop works ok but it just not  secure or safe enough to use any more.

I am going to go to the Buisiness Gateway nextweek to get advice on doing my dyslexia work online. I will look around for any possible support for disabled entrepreneurs. 

I got Adobe software from the Uni included with the new lapto. So I can start recording and editing new vlogs and blogs again.

Thanks for reading;

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness from me:

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

Well, here we are again, on our way to welcoming in another new year, namely, 2026

Video from one of our Unique Dyslexic Get creative workshops. This was from one of our trash to treasure workshops supported by Furniture plus is Fife

Hi all, hope Christmas was good to you all

Well, it's nearly time to wave goodbye to 2025. It's been a tough time for so many of us.

Time to wish a happy new year to all my family, friends, stroke survivors and followers across my social media. 2025. Its safe to say, has not been such a great year for a lot of people. Lets hope for better times ahead in 2026.

I recenty revamped out Unique Dyslexic website: Below is a link to the revamped site. Please let me know what you think?

Please support our work by sharing the link, or by giving us a thumbs or becoming a follower.

Unique Dyslexic website link

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness 

from me,

Steve #UniqueDyslexic Mccue

Carl Sagan a true genius talks about life on Earth, our Pale Blue Dot

Earth, a pale blue dot suspended in a sunbeam

Hi all, hope you are all doing away, as we say up here in Scotland.

I have always had an interest in astronomy, in science fiction and fact. Below is a video by Carl Sagan called Pale Blue Dot. He talks about planet earth and humanity. Sagan was. American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. 

His best known scientific contribution is his research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by exposure to light.

Maybe many will be aware of the movie and book Contact authored by Sagan, which explores first contact between Earth and extra terrestrial. 

Its a pretty good movie for me. It appeals to the dyslexic dreamer in me.

Anyway, the video is called Pale Blue Dot. Its an iconc photo or planet Earth taken by Voyager 1 in 1990. Taken when Voyager explorer was 6 billion kilometers away from Earth,

 Thanks for reading, 

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness from me

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

New Unique Dyslexic Website

 

From the Unique Dyslexic Exhibition

Hello everyone, hope all is well for you all

Wayyyy, way back in 2015 we launched Unique Dyslexic campaign. The Unique Dyslexic website was part of that.

My social enterprise, Dyslexia Pathways CIC, is focussed on supporting dyslexic and neuro diverse University students. We have support many thousand of students in that time.

Unique Dyslexic was all about nurturung and supporting dyslexic and neuro diverse creative talents and their mental health. 

The basic premise of the website was to support our successful Unique Dyslexic, Get Creative campaign.

The objective of Unique Dyslexic Get Creative is to support, promote and celebrate the creative talents of the dyslexic community across the full range of creative spectrum. At Unique Dyslexic, we promote and support the social model of dyslexia. We see dyslexia as a difference that reflects the diversity inherent in humanity. The Unique Dyslexic website is a celebration of that successful campaign.

The campaign was very successful, however, the web site, looking back on it now, was a bit of a dogs dinner. Some if it worked well and some of it less well so lol.

The idea was to develop the site myself. Bur what with work my heart attacks and life I never managed to do that. I did try to find a volunteer to help us out with it but that never came together. I designed and built a Unique Dyslexic mobile app.

I have been thinking of just closing it down but, well my head is telling me to close it down and my heart to keep it up and running. I believe its worth keeping it up to support dyslexic and neuro diverse communities.

Below  is a link to the new updated versionUnique Dyslexic website, have a good rummage around the site and see what you think:

Unique Dyslexic Website

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness to everyone who helped make the campaign and to all those who share the fruits of their creativity with us.

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue