One down, One to go

The cataract surgery was a success, I am no longer near-sighted in my left eye and my vision is no longer cloudy in that eye.

My right eye? Well, it’s still the same. But that will change on Sept. 6th.

All went well with the surgery but let me give you a tip. If you are squeamish about IVs and needles make sure the surgery nurse doesn’t know. As I mention in an earlier post, I was resolved with the idea that the IV was necessary and decided not to say anything about it.

Evelyn had a different idea. She made sure the staff knew I was nervous about it.

The results? The nurse stuck me twice in the back of the right hand with no luck, she then began searching in the crook of my arm but could not find a vein there so she moved to the back of my left hand. All this time she was commenting on how hard it was to find a good spot. Funny, the lab tech who draws blood every 6 mos. for my cholesterol/lipid check never has a problem. I was good though, I clenched my teeth and took it. I’m surprised that I didn’t blow the top off the blood pressure monitor.

After that it was pretty smooth sailing. They gave me the Versed and that relaxed me, A LOT. They rolled me into the OR, tilted the table until I was practically standing on my head and taped my head to the table in the correct position for the doctor. Versed is a great relaxant.

I was conscious during the surgery. I could hear the doctor and nurses talking but it really didn’t register what they were saying. All I could see was white light at first but then as they started to removed and replace the lens, I could see a vivid display of colors. Cool.

Did I mention that I love Versed?

Then it was over in 9 minutes. 

On the way home, Evelyn and I stopped at Sonic. I immediately started reading the menu. Then it dawned on me. Holy Crap! I don’t have my glasses on. This thing really worked.

As I stated before, I’m seeing pretty well with my left eye. I didn’t get an eye patch, darn it! They took the left lens out of my glasses. That wasn’t going to work because my depth perception was way off and I couldn’t read or see the keyboard on my laptop. So today Evelyn drove me to Walgreens to pick up some “cheaters” and sunglasses. She is refusing to let me drive until I have my other eye corrected.

The “cheaters” are working pretty well since I am actually typing right now. Tomorrow is the big test, I go back to work.

In the words of my optometrist, “It’s going to be a long month.”

 

 

While writing this, I was listening to "Running to Stand Still" from "The Joshua Tree [20th Anniversary 2-CD] Disc 1" by U2