Have you missed me? I got back online to find several messages in my email and Facebook account asking where I was.
As some of you know, I've been wrestling with cataracts for about a year now, then they started getting bad enough that I couldn't see enough to use my laptop. You can imagine how bad that was for me, it was like telling me I couldn't eat! So I broke down and had my surgeries.
The first one was three weeks ago on my right eye. I had it done in Evansville at the Tally Eye Care Center. They were W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L!! Patient, funny, calming, and I only had a little discomfort through the procedure.
I had the left eye done this week at Fairfield Memorial Hospital by the same surgeon. The pre-op staff were great. The nurse that did my eye drops (FYI: there are TONS of eye drops for a cataract surgery), but something was different. The eye drop used to numb your eye must have been different than the one they used in Evansville because half way through the surgery I could feel it.
They had told me that if I felt pain tell them and they would give me more. I told them and the response was, "No it's alright, it's just a little discomfort." EXCUSE ME? I think I know whether or not I'm having pain or discomfort. The surgery in Evansville had discomfort, the surgery in Fairfield had PAIN.
Another huge difference. I'm a twitcher. I have trouble getting comfortable and laying still. I told the staff this in Evansville and requested that they restrain my head. They obliged by taping my head down. It wasn't going to stop me if I was determined enough, but it was enough to gently remind me.
In Fairfield I told them the same thing and they said they would restrain it for me. When we got to the OR I was simply told, "Don't worry, you'll be fine." Apparently after the pain set in I did start moving, because I suddenly felt somebody leaning on my forehead.
But enough of the complaints, I had some really fun side effects that apparently are occasionally part of the healing process. With my right eye I saw red for days, literally. It was funny, because everything blue was purple, and everything had a red or pink tint to it. It past after a few days, and I didn't have the same thing with the left eye.
Now I can see! I currently have 20/30 vision, and my doctor says it will continue to improve every day. I have to use reading glasses, but that's alright. The idea that I can drive without glasses is amazing for me. Now I can get some of those adorable sunglasses that I couldn't get before because I had to have my glasses to see at all. =D
Congratulations Liz Pryor!!
I'd like to send out my fondest congratulations to Liz Pryor for being the Advice Guru selected by Good Morning America! I haven't had the opportunity to talk to her myself yet, but I have heard from another former contender that she is a wonderfully friendly person. I've seen her on GMA and she seems so well suited for the job, I think they made a great choice. Go get'em, Liz! =D
