Veterans

Last edited Thu May 15, 2014, 09:44 AM - Edit history (1)

That call I received on 5.12 was to confirm surgery on 5.14; I was so excited I put down Tuesday as my surgery date.

D'oh.

I was at the VA Wednesday morning for my cataract surgery. They called me in around 0740 into pre-op. The usual stuff - what part are we fixing today? What's your name, DOB and SSNO? At least four or five different folks stopped by including two docs.MY BP was something like 158/95, but anyone messing with my eyes or needles or surgery pumps it up a bit.

They wheeled my ass into surgery around 0845. The gas passer said she would give me a little something to relieve anxiety which worked as I remember NOTHING about the surgery.

My bud picked me up around 1030, we went down to the Pharmacy to pick up eye drops and dropped me off at the hacienda.

Yesterday was a weird day. I could read signs at a distance, I saw the moon without a halo yesterday evening. I can see colors again and differentiate between shades of colors. I can see details again.

Today is equally weird - I'm typing this note (no reading glasses) while I'm wearing this pirate pin cushion eyepatch. I can see both the screen and the keyboard through the eyepatch.

Once my right eye is done and healed I have a bunch of stuff to do again:

1. Go to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
2. Assuming this will cure my night blindness, I should be able to drive at night.
3. Picture puzzles.
4. Newport, RI, New Hampshire, Maine, Cape Cod and Boston.
5. Use my camera again.
6. Put Nova Scotia back on my bucket list.

.. the list is quite large.

I have a 0730 day after checkup this morning. With any luck I will have to wear my pirate-gear eyepatch only for sleeping.

So far I'm impressed as hell.

on edit to add:

Just got back my my first post-op checkup. Everything's going great and I have a one week post-op appointment 5.22. Depending on how that turns out we could also be talking about doing my right eye.

Oh, and I do not have to wear my pirate pin cushion eyepatch during the day anymore.

I'm a happycamper.