Is it Sticker Shock?

They gave me a nice tote bag advertising the place

I was wondering about this as I went to my cataract appointment today.  They were supposed to measure my eyes for the lenses and also have me talk to a counselor about prices.  Uh-oh.  Why would I need a counselor unless it was going to be a BIG price tag?

Hubby went with me and had to sit in the waiting room over an hour.  I think they had a trainee looking in my eyes through all the machines, but lucky for me a gal came to assist and told me she’d been there twenty-nine years so that made me feel better.  After all, everyone has to learn their new jobs and I’m okay with that as long as they have a seasoned professional with them.

They ended up having to test my eyes again on one test because they water so badly due to my dry eye, they wanted to be sure the reading was accurate.  That was okay with me.  I’d rather them be sure too, even if I had to stay there all day.

 This is the eye patch I'm supposed to tape on at night after the surgery.  I was expecting a "pirate patch."  I hope this thing stays on.  Of course hubby says I have a wild imagination.

 

Now I’m home and I guess it all went well.  Everything is still so Greek to me.  I guess they do these procedures all the time though so I worry needlessly, but it is my eye they’ll be cutting on and that makes me very nervous.  It’s actually both eyes because one is done one week and the other the next week.  Naturally, you have to sign all kinds of disclaimers, adding to the nerve wracking value of the whole thing.  My hubby tells me to stop spinning off into outer space and calm down.  It’ll all be fine.

It didn’t end up being a big sticker shock after all because my insurance will pay most of it, but I’m wondering if I made the right decision.  I suppose I’ll be wondering that until the day I have surgery.

 They gave me these dark glasses to wear in the sun afterwards.  I may use the ones I already have and save these as a spare.  I already broke one pair and had to get new ones that protect against UVA and UVB rays as well as being polarized.  I think the last ones fell off my shirt too many times and that's why the lens fell out.

 

I wasn’t a candidate for some lenses due to my macular degeneration even though that isn’t bad, but it could change as I get older.  I’m having the surgery done through some ultra sound procedure and one of my eyes will be made slightly far-sighted and the other slightly near-sighted.  That sounds so weird to me but no one else seems to think this is weird but me.  I guess our brains figure out the difference and that way we can see without glasses most of the time, near or far.  My husband thinks it’s such a good idea that he wants his eyes done that way.  What?  I can’t believe it but he really wants to get away from glasses that he’s worn since he was a teenager.

My surgery is scheduled for the 11^th and 18^th of July.  Does anyone have any input on this type of surgery, or know of anyone who’s had it done?  I guess I should just be happy if I’m not blind and can get away from my glasses that are always dirty.

Now if they could fix my dry eyes, I’d be REAL HAPPY!