Eye See

Life gets interesting as the years roll along.  Almost everything that I love doing involves my eyes and my hands.  And speaking of "eyes" here is a partial face that I painted in watercolor. I love that eye. 

Since long ago (third grade to be specific)  I have worn glasses because I am near-sighted. That has gotten worse as the years progressed. Although in the past 3-5 years, the change in prescription has been minimal or non-existent.    

A couple of months ago, I started to notice that my left eye vision seemed blurry.  I knew that my yearly appointment with the ophthalmologist was in early October. So I watched and waited.  The day of my appointment when the tech did the "over-refraction" we saw that the left eye vision was horrible. I mean seriously, the big E was blurry.   She then did an optic nerve scan to rule out that possibility. 

Finally the Doc came in.  (FYI - I love this guy's way with patients.) He did a lot of looking and then told me the "bad" news.  The cataract in my left eye has gotten a LOT worse.  

Frankly, at this point, I considered that good news.  The optic nerve looked okay, no problems with the macula, retina, or any of the other eye structure. We can fix this.  

Now the surgeries are scheduled and my eyes have been measured for the replacement lens which will correct for distance.  I will be able to walk in the rain without blurry vision. Yes, that is such a simple thing, but I am counting it as a big blessing. I will need reading glasses, but I will be able to do many things without glasses. 

As an aside, when the office called in the prescriptions for the drops I will need, they warned me that the price could be prohibitive even with insurance.  Ha ha!   They said I should call if that was the case and they could prescribe something less expensive.   The price?  It was more than half my monthly income.  I called.  Working with them and the pharmacy, by using alternate drugs we got the price down to less than $35.   

Moral of the story, don't be afraid to call the doctor and say "I just can't afford that medicine. Is there an alternative?"

So I may be Missing In Action for a while - I may not be commenting as much since my eyes will need time to heal and rest.  But I am most likely going to be just fine.  

By the way if you have any suggestions for things I can do without "looking" a lot - drop them in the comments.  I have a few ideas but not enough.
 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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