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« Last post by sKePTiKal on October 23, 2025, 12:59:21 PM »
Yesterday was s'posed to be my first surgeon appt. I was still 15 mins from town when they called - saying he had an emergency and I could reschedule or meet with the technician instead. I didn't know any of this until I'd arrived at checkin. I don't answer the phone in the car, and i already don't see great!! My new glasses (temps) were ready for pickup and I had 5 minutes to get to the other appt. I need whatever improvement they offer.
The whole drive in was an anxiety tornado. I already don't see well. Ended up behind a truck that was spitting some oily substance onto my windshield. He drove mostly below 40 mph the whole way. Where the highway turns 4 land I was finally able to get around him. It NEVER takes me an hour to get to town, except yesterday. So I was already a grumpasaurus and flustered beyond belief, trying to juggle my stuff, the 10 pages of forms to fill out - and then signing the two I missed. <rolling eyes>
I got passed to one tech, who ran me through a couple new to me, eye tests then she passed me to the real technician. Kay assists during surgery, and turns out she lives in my county. She put the worst of my unexpressed and expressed fears to rest. She heard me, when I said all this stuff was brand-new to me and not knowing what to expect was the worst. She did great explaining what goes on. Did some more typical eyechart tests - gathering info that the doc would need anyway and she DIDN'T dilate my eyes.
I told her thanks - big thanks - and that my day just got a whole lot better. I'm scheduled to see doc next week and firm up dates/times for surgeries. New glasses help me see a little better - but they're funky at the far reaches of my peripheral vision. They are helping with depth perception a bit.
First surgery is scheduled 1st week of November, and I can have the second on the Monday after, if I like. Not the wait of a couple months, as the first eye doc suggested. I would rather get it over with and then see what I can see, after I heal up. And if I still need glasses after the surgery, so be it. Kay gave me a few brochures on the different kinds of lenses they can insert. Trifocal, distance or close up, or a new UV lense that is customized with light exposure. I'll be able to decide after he goes through the pros & cons of the UV ones. The others i understand pretty well.
To drive, I need distance vision.
For all the sewing, art stuff - I need clear closeup vision.
In the intermediate zone, that's how i know where I am in space relative to everything around me - and also where my vehicle gauges are, etc. So I'm kinda leaving toward the the UV lenses, right now. I know it'll take some more appts after the surgery. But the sales brochures don't mention any negatives and there are always tradeoffs. I'm asking the doc about all of these.
I need to find out just how much astigmatism (if any) I have going on too.
I'll probably dig around online & see if people are sharing their experience with these lenses.
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