Grey Mist Lifting

Welcome to Grey Mist Lifting!

We named our blog Grey Mist Lifting because this expression – or words like it – are commonly heard in the clinics we support. When the bandages come off after cataract surgery, patients often describe what they are experiencing. For example; “Yesterday, all I could see was a grey mist. Today, the mist has lifted. I can see again.”

We hope you enjoy the posts and we invite you to comment and join the conversation!

Blindness from ‘sugar disease’: Be aware and be safe!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Ghana, Our Work, Prevention
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Did you know diabetes is the single most prevalent cause of blindness in Canada? The Canadian Diabetes Association warns that if you have diabetes, you’re more likely to develop diabetic retinopathy (serious changes to the retina). You are also more likely to develop cataracts at a younger age, and twice as likely to develop glaucoma.… Continue Reading Blindness from ‘sugar disease’: Be aware and be safe!

Cooking up support to fight avoidable blindness

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Donors
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Our 50th anniversary has brought many welcome surprises – letters filled with memories from long-time donors are one of our favourites. One surprise that has us particularly excited is from Dr. Ben Gullison’s great niece Iris Quinn, a long-time Operation Eyesight supporter. Iris is an accomplished stage and film actor, director, voice-over artist and acting… Continue Reading Cooking up support to fight avoidable blindness

Thanks to you, Deborah Cullen

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Donors, Zambia
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Deborah Cullen says she felt disorientated when she returned home to Calgary, AB after a trip to Africa. “Africa is very humbling. It gets you,” she says. “There’s such culture shock when you come back to our land of plenty. We have so much; we’re so safe here. We turn on our taps and the… Continue Reading Thanks to you, Deborah Cullen

The Jenkyns Village program

| By Lorie Gibson, former Vice-President of International Programs
Categories: Communities, India, Our Work
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Developed by our Indian staff, Operation Eyesight’s model of hospital-based community eye care stresses the importance of recruiting and training local individuals as community workers. The goal of these workers is to promote health in their communities, which they do through a process of eye health screenings, referrals, and follow-up visits. This model has been… Continue Reading The Jenkyns Village program

Thanks to you, Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Donors, Kenya
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As past president and a past chair of international services for the Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise in Simcoe, ON, John Wallace’s enthusiastic support of Operation Eyesight knows no bounds. Not only is he a donor, he’s a supporter, a fundraiser and a cheerleader for the organization, which he calls, “an amazing and unique Canadian… Continue Reading Thanks to you, Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise