"My" Remodel

I told Gary that while we are remodeling the house, apparently I also need to be "remodeled."  He assured me that it was the worth the expense and he didn't just want to "trade me in for a new younger model."

On December 3, I had the cataract removed from my right eye and will have the left eye done tomorrow.  People told me that it will be amazing how much colors change.  I was doubtful because I didn't really notice the colors changes.  For me, it was seeing in the dark and especially while driving that was getting harder and harder.  However, people were right.  Colors are so much brighter and intense that before.  Even my eye drops were a bright yellow--I had thought they were basically yellow-tinted.  Crazy.  I guess that changed so slowly and didn't impact life in the same way as the dark problems.  We chose to do the new transition type of replacement lens and it is remarkable how clear I can see with that eye.

Currently I am wearing my glasses with the right lens removed so that my left eye still gets correction.  By the end of the day, it is more likely that my left eye is tired, rather than my right eye.  As my doctor pointed out, it is a bit tricky for one eye to be corrected at the lens and the other one to use the glasses a inch away from the eye.

When you have cataract surgery, they do not put you a sleep.  I was not excited about the thought of that, but decided if millions of people could do it every year, I could manage it as well.  It was actually quite remarkable.  The untreated eye is covered, but all you can see in the other eye is bright lights.  They give you some medication to make you relax and not care---I had had something similar years ago in IVF treatment, but it left me with a feeling of being loopy.  This medication didn't leave any sense of anything. I remember thinking during the surgery that I could move or do whatever I want, but I didn't need to do anything, but lay there and breath.  I could hear them talking and the doctor would give me little updates along the way, but it was just a peaceful odd experience. Afterwards I didn't feel any side effects at all and Gary was disappointed that I didn't do anything silly he could report to the kids.  The whole surgery takes about 15 minutes.

It will be nice to get the other eye done tomorrow.

Then I went to the dentist for a checkup and cleaning and there is a whole other set of stuff going on with my gums and my teeth that need to be fixed.  One old crown needed to be replaced (half way through that process right now) and another tooth will need to be replaced (we knew it would need to be done eventually).  So, in January, I go in for more "repair work".

And I haven't even done my hearing checked yet. Unfortunately will probably some sort of reno for my hearing as well. Getting old has its disadvantages.