JoelR

Merry Christmas to the TylersRoom community!  

Wow I'm impressed, you guys have had a Christmas thread since 2009 -- congrats on over a decade of holiday tidings!

It's still a couple of weeks early, but wanted to wish everyone a Happy December

his allure has been trickling for a very long time... trust me, it's worse once you have a peek at his yummy pecker.

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I like his rump

So I went for cataract surgery on Monday the 30th.  Had my right eye done.  Amazingly simple and painless procedure.  Took about 10 minutes if that long.  Home within an hour. Some minor soreness and stinging that ibuprofen took care of and in 24 hours the corona haze and blurriness receded and by Tues. at 10am I had 20/20 distance vision in that eye. I'm using pharmacy reading glasses until the eye finishes stabilizing and I can go for new prescription glasses for reading etc. While there was a procedure to negate the need for a lens for the right eye the left eye will always require a corrective lens.  Plus Medicare doesn't cover astigmatism correction and my medical supplement would have required a $2000.00 copay for this procedure.  I've worn glasses since I was twelve so the cost benefit relationship just wasn't there for me so I went for the monofocal lens. What's cool though is being able to watch tv without glasses and be able to read  the c/c from across the room without glasses or tilting my head to accommodate my lenses. I gotta admit I was terrified going in as the consequences of a fuck up would have been catastrophic because my left eye is kinda fucked to start with due to a detached retina issue a few years ago.  When I left for the outpatient surgicenter my BP was 127/64.  When I got there it jumped to 199/80 so yeah I get I was a little agitated, lol.  They put you in a kind of mummy wrap so you don't move around, numb the eye, give a relaxing anesthetic iv and while awake I wasn't really aware of much and felt no discomfort or pain.  When I woke up Tuesday and looked out the window of my apartment over downtown and the clarity of the sunrise and view versus before I almost started crying with relief.   If any of you are delaying this type of surgery out of fear of pain or discomfort don't do so any longer.  The results are stunning to say the least.

Congrats on the happy surgery!  

Firefighter of the day

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