Thanks for the report, Elizabeth. My parents' doctors were primarily at MassGeneral for years. The other half had his bypass surgery done at New England Medical Center, even though his diabetes and eyes are followed by the VA Hospitals. He's already said he would go back to New England Med for anything he needed done, but I do realize there are numerous good hospitals in Boston. Glad your sister is doing well with her eyes.
-- Carey in MA
I was sufficiently conscious to respond to quuestions, but I had no idea what was going on!! Twilight sleep, maybe?. it was definitely NOT frightening. I look forward to the left eye being done. They adjust the valium or whatever it may be to your personal needs.
Gillian
My parents were not given a choice, the type of cataract surgery was determined by the opthamologist. My Mother started wearing glasses at age 13, and is now 80. She still talks about how much she hated wearing glasses, so is happy as can be she only needs them for reading.
take care, Linda
It's not just from getting old... My DH is 53 and has worn hearing aids for over 10 years. The sad thing is because of the type of hearing loss he has the hearing aids do very little for him. I guess the next step is possibly cochlear implants.
He's worn glasses since his teens, so is very used to not doing without those. I get my first pair of 'real glasses' this week, and believe it or not I am very excited about them. I am so tired of the 'on/off' thing, so will be pleased as can be to be able to leave the glasses with progressive lenses on and see everything clearly.
take care, Linda
I don't think as a norm people are given a choice; it is assumed you are fighting long-sightedness. it is folks like Lucille and I who have been near-sighted since early childhood who want the unusual option taken.
i have to admit, I spend more time looking around the house for my glasses than ever before!!
Some years ago I read here on rctn of the options one could take, and I made sure they were followed in my case.
Wow, I sure hope he does it the same way this time!!! Can you picture one eye long-sighted, and the other near-sighted.Horrors Now I will have nightmares all night.LOL
Gillian
John panicked slightly with the last eye, With the first one he had the local anaesthetic injection behind the eye (sounds far worse than it actually is!) and this time, for an instant, he thought they`d forgotten the anaesthetic - it was a different surgeon, who uses drops instead of injections!!! His blood pressure had shot up compared to what it was before the operation, probably he was more concerned about that than he let on! Still, after they gave him a cup of tea and a piece of cake, it went back to normal.
Pat P
That sounds cute! Cheryl
Dearheart, that's where I am, naturally! Wanna see a street sign, close one eye. Wanna read fine print, close the other one.. LOL Unless I do have my glasses on, then I can read both with no problem, but I always have to warn people to not pick mine up to look through them. At one point during the night at my job, I have to go into freezer to get some breakfast sandwiches out for the morning rush, and always take my glasses off to avoid the fog-over effect. Came out one morning and found one of the kids that hangs around rubbing his eyes and asking just how in the heck do I see without them?
I can't imagine actually having both eyes see the same way! Tegan
Doh!! I'm nearsighted in one eye and far in the other...and never attributed it to my lack of depth perception.
I do remember getting something sharp in my eye in my 20s. The hospital took it out, and bandaged the eye and gave me orders NOT to drive as I had no depth perception with the one eye covered. Looked normal to me. :-)
Tara
My SIL has one of her contacts 'powered down', so that she can see for driving and see for reading. I have to admit I was quite skeptical so asked a friend who works as an optemetric assistant. Yes, indeed this is quite common now. My SIL's original prescription was for distance, but now needs some assistance for reading. They made adjustments to her prescription so that she could continue to wear contacts....and it works very well for her.
Amazing the things they come up with these days...
take care, Linda
See, my optometrist tried to do that for me but it didn't work. It didn't work enough for my contacts (I still need reading glasses) but worked too much for my spectacles: I couldn't see to drive with them. What annoyed me the most was that she hadn't really explained what she was doing before she did it. So I went back. The contacts are ok, but the spectacle lenses had to be replaced with bifocals. Next time I get new contacts, I expect I'll get those in bifocal as well.
Elizabeth
Hi Gillian, One near sighted, one far sighted is not so bad! I've been that way (naturally) for years. In fact, it was only when the boy I was dating as a teenager (who later became DH) asked why I walked around outside with one eye closed that we found it out. In the younger years in the schools, they only tested for near sightedness, which I only had in one eye and not too badly, so I'd never been for a proper eye test. I'm still more comfortable not wearing glasses than wearing them, but I won't drive without my glasses, even if the DMV says I can! Heather Of the odd eyes, who can see anything! (Or so I used to claim...)
My ex D.I,L. has odd eyes - only in colour, though. One brown and one blue. Took me a while to realise what was a little odd about her.
Pat P
Was she about 32 years old and part Greek? I knew a kid like that, about 28 years ago. Judy
No, about 40. small, naturally blonde, and as English as they come! LOL! Apparently her grandmother had the same odd eyes.
Pat P
I'm stitching king TUT from Thea Gouverneur, you can see my progress at
Happy stitching
Amber
That's coming along lovely Amber. Please share again when you've made more progress!
Mavia
Coming in late to the discussion cause I been to busy to read the newsgroup very much. I am almost done with TW's Spring Carousel Horse, dowqn to the last corner. Have been backstitching as I go along. Have done this piece on airplanes, at the beach, at the doctor's office, in the hospital waiting for radiation treatments, etc. I am thinking I am going to make it into a pillow for the guest bedroom in Ogunquit.
I am also working on a needlepoint tallis bag for my grandson. The metallic on it is a real pia and I am going to try fray check on it to see if that helps. I also have a Van Gogh of irises that is ready to go. Only 131 colors but no quarter stitches and no backstitching. I also have another TW carousel horse ready to go, but I think I will give that some time before I tackle it.
In woodworking, I will now have to make my second grandduaghter an armoir and bed for her American girl doll that we bought her for her seventh birthday. I made them for the first GD, so have to do the same for this one. Will finish them in light maple stain to go with her bedroom. I will, of course, create a matress and pillow for the bed, and will have to find appropriate cloth to make the matress cover, sheets and pillow case. It's nice to have a sewing machine and know how to use it. I also am making a corner table for the guest bedroom. The bed is kitty-corner in the room, and I want a table behind the head of the bed for a lamp and clock.
Other than that I am looking forward to my 65th birthday this month. Someday I may be able to retire, but for now I am enjoying working and don't feel like giving it up.
George
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