Eye Appointment

I went for my annual eye exam yesterday, and they dilated me. Blech. I hate being dilated. Actually, I hate when they check the pressure in your eye. It really, really is uncomfortable.

Anyway, I've had glasses since I was four years old, so I can't remember a time when I had good vision. When they first started doing Lasik a lot, when I was in high school, I was interested in having it done. The doctor I had been going to before this year had told me because my vision was so bad, they wouldn't consider it unless I went to 5 years of checkups without having a change in my prescription.

I just thought, well, I'll ask and see what this new doctor has to say. So I talked to her about it and she said "No, 2 years is what we recommend, as long as you're over 21." But she said that the procedure was only approved to correct up to a certain point, and they wouldn't be able to fully correct my vision to 20/20, but it would be much better than it is now, and I would just need glasses for sharp distance vision (like driving or going to the movie theater). That was kind of disappointing but I told her I was still interested.

So she went out to get the machine to do a preliminary measurement of my eyes to see if I'm a candidate for the procedure, and she asked the doctor who does the actual surgery about it. He said that he agreed that due to my prescription being constant for the past couple of years and my age that they would do it, and he also said they had just gotten approved to correct more than they could before. So the new level they can correct to is even more than I need!

And then she measured me and she said I have enough corneal thickness to be able to do it!! I'm so excited (and a little nervous, lol).

K and I are going on vacation the second week in May, and I have to wear glasses for 2 weeks before my appointment to do a complete "pre-op", and then for 2 more weeks between the "pre-op" and the actual surgery. So, what I'm going to do, is make the appointment for 2 weeks after I get back from vacation. That way I don't have to deal with wearing glasses all the time while I'm on vacation.

Oh! And, the insurance I have offers a discounted rate on the surgery, and the doctor I go to is the only one approved by that agency in the town I live in. It just really seems like its coming together. Hopefully everything will go smoothly with the pre-op and they'll tell me with certainty they can do the surgery.