Greynomad wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:45 pm
T1,
Does the Dr put anaesthetic drops in your eyes before poking about with needles?
Special drops to dilute the eyes first, stings like battery acid, then try to read the eye chart, the photo op for the eyeballs, and back to the waiting room and try to focus on the words in the e book on the phone, then the anaesthetic drops, had to change what drops they used because I developed a reaction to the normal drops and it was melting the skin over the eye, agony ..... so twice as much of the new drops, then this masked man appears from behind my head and starts scrubbing all around the eyes with cotton buds soaked in something or other, so that runs down and into the ears

then the dreaded "look at my mask" and this needle appears in the area of focus ...... the second eye requires a lot more concentration not to blink or move the eye or the head ..... then it's the "count the fingers" trick, the young assistant washes down each eye, handed a folder and told to take that to the front desk .... yeah, right, gotta find the door first, but after more than 2 yrs, I know my way now

The funny one is if they ask me to put the pin number in for the card .... like I can even see the keys and no hope of what says on the screen

so a retry and the tap and go works, a new appointment card to hand to Margaret when/if I locate the orange Prius, and head home, waiting for the drops to wear off and the pain from the student who wants to study the inside of the eyeballs with that extra bright light, try to watch tele wearing sunglasses, then off to bed .... and the next morning, besides being light sensitive, the eyes work again
Out to 8 weeks between visits now, just need to get the cataracts done and that won't be until the backlog of elective surgery clears, and that requires elective surgery to resume ....
T1 Terry