I can't drive until after my eye surgery, so let it sleep soundly under its fluffy white blanket.
January 28, 2019
My car, right now.
I can't drive until after my eye surgery, so let it sleep soundly under its fluffy white blanket.
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Had a catarac replaced in my right eye. Was amazed at how well I could see at a distance since I've always had to wear glasses. Reading glasses are still required but I don't have to wear glasses to drive anymore. I'd suggest getting a pair of sunglasses with the light yellow lens to cut down on the glare when driving at night. Blessings on your surgery.
Professor: you have cataracts in both eyes so you can't drive? Or just don't want to drive with one bad eye?
I was assured that happenings like that were a thing of the past.
Cataract surgery. Just done. Both eyes. Incredible improvement in far sight. (Make sure you get the intra-ocular lens that suits your usage best.) It's a bit cringe-worthy to have your eyes worked on but it is well worth it. Good luck.
Make sure your anti-freeze is up to the task in this temps.
I had cataract surgery several years ago. I did not get the $7000 adjustable lens because I distrust gadgets. I use reading glasses bought at Costco.
"Professor: you have cataracts in both eyes so you can't drive? Or just don't want to drive with one bad eye?"
One eye is much worse than the other, but I'm getting surgery in both. I was able to pass the driver's license eye test a couple weeks ago, but I took myself out of the game. I don't absolutely have to, but I can and I did.
I could live here without a car, because it's walkable, and of course there are also cabs. But there's also Meade, and he's an excellent and willing driver, so I am relying on him for now.
"I did not get the $7000 adjustable lens because I distrust gadgets."
I rejected them too, and not because of the money. I don't trust myself to get used to them and I don't want to be annoyed. I never got used to progressive lenses on glasses, and I've been used to putting on reading glasses (over contacts) for 20+ years.
Your car is just following its instincts. Like any good predator it uses camouflage to seek and hunt its prey. In this case it's likely hunting the black Chevy further down the block. When it comes within range it will throw off its snowy cape and tear the Chevy to pieces...
Usually you wouldn't see it, but you picked up on it immediately. Very "eagle-eyed" of you.
Not knowing what the mouse situation is over your way, but you might want to dust that off and fire it up every now and then as a way to prevent nest building activities. Also, the snow around here (eastern MA) would get rather hard and crusty over time from the melting and refreezing that occurs outdoors and difficult to remove after a few days or weeks.
Good luck with the surgery - the success rate is very high from what I've heard and read.
@stevew
Thanks. We won't leave the snow like that too long. It's just been a couple days.
No garage?
Good luck Althouse. Hope you can see the world better very soon after the surgery.
"No garage?"
We have a garage.
At least the CR-V you could crawl through the windows. If you hold the unlock button down, it will role them down for you. But then, if you have the Touring trim, you already have remote start to melt that snow away.
But there's also Meade, and he's an excellent and willing driver, so I am relying on him for now.
Can you imagine if he wasn't and just dumped you for a new girlfriend with better eyesight because if might be more convenient for his sex life? Meade's a good find. I doubt a NYT writer could find one like you did.
Goodbye, car! See you in the spring! Have a nice sleep.
In just a few weeks you should be seeing the world again with new eyes! I expect it will be quite a treat. Again, good luck and godspeed with that.
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I had my cataract surgery in Rio de Janeiro. Half price. No regrets. I can drive, read and use the computer without correction, though I do prefer reading glasses. I recommend that an Amerikan needing any type or medical or dental care consider Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil or elsewhere. The prices are generally not hidden as they are in the USSA.
Maybe with new eyes, we will see photos again on the cafe post instead of an over worked rodent.
A high school friend had a small British sports (I think it was an old Lotus Elan) and he had it parked at the curb in front of his parents' house just before a big snow storm in NW Indiana.
The city snowplow couldn't see the car under the snow and... Ouch!
If you lived in Denver the sun would be out in 15 minutes and the snow long gone in about an hour.
Hope you didn't leave a window open.
Ann: I also had to renew the DL before surgery and passed flying colors. I also took myself out.
After surgery, one eye sees well in distance (driving, shooting, and exercising my toxic masculinity at distance), but was not (and is not) good at reading w/o glasses. That was by design. The other eye was set for reading (but not great with distances). That also was by design. My physician insisted my brain would adjust to whatever I was doing, and I would not need glasses. He was right! After about 1 1/2 weeks, I could read, write, drive and do whatever else without any glasses whatsoever. I had seven pair of cheaters, they went to the dump.
I read (computer and paper) for hours each day. I write as well. No problems. I drive wherever and whenever I wish, day or night.
I do, however, use sunglasses. It seems that replacement lenses are not as good as our naturally evolved lenses in that respect. Small distraction, really. So, here I am, over 70, and need no eye-helpers whatsoever -- it really pisses my friends off.
So, lady, go for it. And observe the doc's post-op instructions without fail.
Hope you have transportation to surgery center. Good luck with your surgery.
Both our cars are in the garage and I really don't want to use them until the deep freeze has passed. One is 20 years old and may not be up to the stress.
The garage is unheated but attached to the house, which adds significant warmth to it.
It's just frozen water, when you think about it. What you want to do is modify this beast into a snowmobile, as if you were James Bond, who would also enhance the vehicle to be an icebreaker to free Elsa and Olaf from winter's coooooold embrace.
Michael K said...
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I had cataract surgery several years ago. I did not get the $7000 adjustable lens because I distrust gadgets. I use reading glasses bought at Costco.
I faced the same choice, and went with the plain lenses. Even though I can drive without glasses now, I have 1 pair of expensive, progressive transition glasses. My younger brother the lawyer called me the other night. He was told he needed cataract surgery, and was wondering about the new "adjustable" Symfony lens. He doesn't mind spending money, but he's afraid to be a guinea pig. I didn't have much useful advice.
There's a countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7, -- in days -- 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, until corneal liftoff.
side-view mirror looks like a wart on the brow of a squinting snow-monster
The reason I opted for distance only cataract lenses is that I had a lot of problems with bifocals and progressive lenses in eyeglasses before I had cataracts. Those lenses fouled up my depth perception, especially going down stairways. I had to step down a stairway like a small child.
You still driving that stupid outie? Thought you had gotten rid of that POS.
Ann: The surgery will be fine. It seems apparent that you are concerned about it. I had one eye done in 2006. Use a contact lens to even the vision level. Dealing with the contact takes maybe ten minutes per day. Sunglasses for highway driving. Don't panic. During the surgery I could see a glow. The eye was open, after all. But it was very strange when my sedated self realized the surgeon was working inside my eye.
I would send Meade out to clear the car off!
I recently purchased a used GMC Sierra 4 door truck. Will not fit into the garage. My pre-purchase requirements included remote start. I hate scraping snow. Works like a charm.
Me Truck won't fit in me garage, nooooo!
Wind chill at -70F is deadly. Stay inside.
Question for the folks who have had cataract surgery: distance or near? I am retired librarian who reads MANY hours daily. (Enjoy all the conversations on Althouse.) I only drive about 3 times every 2 weeks for about 5 miles each trip. But I do walk about 3 miles a day, inside. Would the near lenses make walking difficult? I know you might not even play an ophthalmologist on tv but I have my appointment with Dr.'s assistant soon. Decision time in 2 days. I really cannot afford the special lenses and cannot wear contacts. Any ideas?
Good luck Ann.
That's an awful lot of snow. Thankful to not see it here or in Buffalo. Please take good care of yourself, and continue watching out for Meade.
Good Luck. I've known three people who got it done and it went great. In fact I started to consider it. My mother said all the colors got better.
Ann, hope it went well. At 62, I had both eyes done (now 5 years ago), and it worked great: I went from 20/400 distance vision without glasses to 20/15 (my surgeon said I was his "poster boy"). I chose intraocular lenses set for distance vision only.
I still need to use reading glasses for the close in work: reading small print, and when I'm in the Operating Room where the millimeters count. But for driving and walking the dog, no glasses are needed. A really pleasant change.
Get well fast, fellow Professor.
$7,000 for an adjustable lens? I had a discectomy (not the microsurgery variety) that I paid only $1,500 under Medicare Advantage for a gross bill somewhere above $40K - so I cannot imagine that such a tiny lens could cost that much to the patient. Folks who have worn glasses do not go for the adjustables because eyeglass correction is much more dependable.
My cataract surgery happened eight years ago, but I think both surgery sessions totaled about $1,200 out-of-pocket.
We are expecting a dusting of flurries in metro Atlanta. Shelves are empty in grocery stores and people have gone full apocalypse.
Good luck with the eye surgery - it will be a whole new world. Might even encourage you to start travelling, perhaps to visit your fans in Australia.
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