OT new eye tomorrow

Thank you, Michelle. Today in pre-op I told my wonderful dr that I was his happiest patient. He asked if that meant we were going to be famous. I told him 'No'. I've already been famous and it's a bummer. With my 2 week-old new eye, I can squint and see this screen as white/black. With the next eye, it is blurry and yellow. Isn't that something? I have become so fascinated with myself that it's hard to pay much thought to others. We surely hope I'll get over being: me Me MEEEE and get back to loving others. It will happen. Polly

Happy patient is always a good thing! Bet this whole adventure of "new eyes" is quite a thing to go through. Doesn't it make you wonder how you missed all the neat colors in the last few years?

G> Thank you, Michelle. Today in pre-op I told my wonderful dr that I was his >

keeping positive, healing thoughts and prayers going your way, Polly. Looking forward to a good report when it is all over. Hugs, Taria

I get my close-vision bionic lens tomorrow morning early. Please hold me up and close. They do it so quickly that there won't be time for a real stash raid but you're welcome to try. Bring the gators some chicken or an insurance adjustor. No local Inspectors of any kind please; the gators have had a "belly full" of them. Polly

I'll be thinking of you and hoping that all goes as well as last time. I'm sure it must boost the doctors to know how pleased you are with what they have done so far. That will surely make them resolved to ensure another brilliant outcome. . In message , Polly Esther writes

best of luck today! i hope it all goes well....and polly, i've got a wagon full of gator bait....

Wow! A bionic Polly -- I can't wait to see what that does for your quilts, Polly! They're already so colorful and happy that I suspect they'll be downright ECSTATIC in future!

I just know you'll sail through your procedure and be back with us before we can begin to pine for your posts. :)

I read that title as 'Eye Of Newt tomorrow'. Seemed appropriate, somehow!

Hope all goes well and you can watch the gators consume insurance adjuster in glorious close-up! ;)

Good to hear it went well Polly. I expect a full report when you are able.

Dee in Oz

Well done Polly, sorry I haven't replied earlier and wished you good luck but my son-in-law broke his leg in three places - he's a jockey and a horse reared in the starting stalls and crushed his leg. He is home now and recovering after the operation.

Did you feel any pain when they were doing the procedure - how do they make it painfree? I would like (not the right word) to have this done but am too scared. My eyes are growing older faster than me.

Thinking of you.

Di Vic Aus

Don't know why but I had the mental picture of them yelling for me to hold still and terrible pain. When finally truly desperate, I asked around - lots - to find the best dr available. They hook you up to an iv that makes you quite calm. If you're a card-carrying coward, they even deaden your hand with lidocaine (sp?) so you don't even know when they do the iv. Not 'out', just calm. For just a minute or two they really do put you out so they can do something, I forget what, and then you're back v-e-r-y relaxed. I was mildly entertained by seeing the spots in my vision disappear one by one. Post op, sometimes my eye feels 'scratchy' but not painful. Just now, Mr. Esther asked me to read the fine print on his vitamin bottle. I was able to. No glasses, no contact lens and no magnifying glass. Praise God. Polly

So pleased to read you post Polly, puts me at ease. Very happy that you could read the fine print - I can do that if I hold the writing about 4 inches from my face - depending on the size of the print.

That's fantastic results.

Di

One of the "don'ts" in recovery is don't hold your head over. Sure. No problem. I can put on my shoes without holding my head over - but - any idea how to brush my teeth? Maybe out in the back yard - with the wind? Nice nurse said that just meant not to decide this would be a good time to go plant bulbs for next spring. Today at post-op, dr said my close-up eye had cataracts as hard as sheetrock. Wonder what my quilting will be like when I can really see? Polly

As lovely as ever.

Di, you are so kind and I sincerely apologize for being so focused on my new eyes. Mr. Esther claims that if somebody said, "Polly, your car is on fire" that I would simply check my watch to see if it was time for my eye drops. I really was so sorry to read about your SIL's leg crush. What is his prognosis? Is that the word for 'hoped for' recovery? Will he be able to ride again? Will he want to? I know what they say about getting back on the horse but am not real sure that 'they' ever experienced what he has. Polly