BAM!!! Crosseyed - Right out of the blue!!

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Diplopia. What a wierd word. It means "Double vision." Wierder yet, is how it hit me and what caused it. See if you have experienced something similar: I woke up one fine Friday morning, minding my own business, getting breakfast ready, when I noticed a little pain in my sinuses. Since I had been fishing on a windy bridge on Wednesday prior, I figured that to be the probable cause. By Friday night, the pain had included my eyes. By Saturday the pain continued, but by evening I noticed my eyes began to function erratically as I moved around. I still chalked it off to a sinus cold which I have experienced before. By Sunday morning there was definite eye muscle disfunction and I began to experience some dizziness. By Monday morning...THERE IT WAS!.... Full-fledged double vision. The pain had settled in my right eye and sinuses and Tuesday was even worse. Wednesday morning I decided to call my family doctor. After telling her my symptoms, She said she had never heard of sinuses causing double vision and I should get to an opthamologist right away, which I did. When I told him of my condition, he worked me in to his schedule that very morning. After putting me through the usual exams, He recommended I take a blood test and cat-scan, which I did without wasting any time. The result was very surprising. They found that I actually had a brain. But better news was that the cat-scan was normal and so was the blood test. At first the doctor was suspecting that shingles might be among his probabilities. Naturally, I was afraid that a brain tumor was the cause. As it turned out, that given my history of type 2 diabetes, he diagnosed it as "diabetic palsey." which has affected the muscles of my right eye. This condition cannot be treated medically but has to run it's course in about 3 to 6 months. It is a lot like "Bell's Palsey" which, for the most part, gets better over the same amount of time. Meantime what do I do; stagger around, getting nauseous as I try to cope with this condition? The answer: cover the affected eye and play one-eyed pirate for the next 3 to 6 months. AYYY matey! It may be funny but at least the double vision is gone.