I want to thank everyone that encouraged me to go forward with what is to me a scary operation.  I love everyone that wrote / called me to tell me their stories.  I had my second appointment with the eye doctor.  Even with the prism that took some of the fussy out of the letters I was seeing the best they could do for me was 20/70.  I have no idea of what that means but she asked if I was driving and I replied yes which seemed to upset the doctor.   The office is wonderful and very LGBTQ+ affirmative and they included and joked with us totally comfortably.  I had to laugh when the doctor asked the eye person to get his husband and she went out and told Ron he had been summoned.  

It seems she feels I need to have the surgery to see.  She is unsure if they will do both eyes but feels they will.  She explained what she felt would be our costs, and what would happen to my eyesight if we did not go forward.  Ron told them about how high the magnification is on my monitors and how he has to try to step back to read everything smoothly.  He told them it was unacceptable my sight would get any worse and I would lose the ability to do what I love, be on the computer with all of you.  

So they set up an appointment with the eye surgeon.  I was shocked at how fast it was happening.  I figured I would have a couple of months, but the appointment is for next Monday.  Ok I know everyone has told me how great their experience was but … I admit to being scared.  My eyes are so important to me and how I live my life.  I could give many organs but if I lose my sight my life as I love it is over.  

The eye doctor is a wonderful older lady who was concerned about the costs for us and Ron told her we would manage that it was important enough.  She cautioned us not to be dragged into expensive things I man not need as most people getting the normal corrective lens were more than satisfied and had good vision.  She warned that the market was in convincing us to pay for “Upgraded corrective lenses” that I may not need or could be avoided with a cheap pair of reader glasses.  

I have to admit she was far different from the big business eye place Ron and I went to several years ago.  I was not yet 62 so they told me as soon as I was I needed to see them to have the cataracts removed.  Ron was already over that age for Medicare to pay for it and they pushed him hard to have the surgery.  His eyesight was far better and less cloudy than mine.  They just wanted the money from Medicare.  Plus after my exam they took me to their glasses section.  After picking out what I thought was a pair of reasonably priced frames they totaled up my new glasses … at $1,400.00

I looked at Ron, we had never paid that for any glasses.   I told them I needed to think on it and never went back.  The only issue I have is do I pay extra for the “corrective lenses”?   If anyone could leave me a message on their experience either way, I would be so grateful.  Ron was such a cheerleader for me after we left the eye doctor’s office saying how he felt this would be so good for me and make what I love doing on the computer so easy.  I wish I felt as confidant as he does.  Hugs