Life it pretty much the same at our house. I go to work and
look forward to the weekends. Hubby is
doing well and has graduated from physical therapy and walking like a champ on
his new leg.
This weekend we both went for eye exam. Yes…it is couple time.
LOL! We always go together as we go on Saturday and it is good to have someone
to help pick out glasses when you are blind like I am. I wrote last January about my eye exam and subsequent
cataract evaluation here. I have been doing okay for the last year, though in
the last few months it seems like I am not seeing as well and on occasion, I
seem to have some double vision issues. Yep, my cataracts are now imparing my
vision. AND the doctor can no longer correct it with lenses. I figure it must
really be time for the surgery as if the doctor could correct it at all it
seems like he would be trying to make a few bucks off selling me some glasses
while I “think about the surgery”. But he
didn’t.
So I called today to schedule the re-evaluation and will
schedule the surgery. It is not that I am scared of having it done. I know so
many people that have had it with no issues. But I just have not wanted to take
the time off work. I don’t know why,
except that I took a lot of time off with Hubby. I have plenty of vacation time,
so it won’t hurt to take off. I have to use PTO as we don’t have “sick time”
anymore. If I have to be out longer than 5 consecutive days for the surgeries,
then I would have to go on short term disability on the 6th day. So,
I won’t use more than 5 “vacation days” for it. But I REALLY wanted to schedule
a trip to Tennessee soon. I guess that will now delay until later on.
Hubby does not need corrective lenses at all! He and the doc
came out joking that the amputation of his leg corrected his nearsightedness and that if he had the other leg amputated he
would have super vision. LOL! They are both very silly. Hubby was only the
slightest bit nearsighted, so I guess the correction happened with age. He
needs reading glasses, but he buys them at the drug store and has pairs all
over the place.
So our two exams only cost $128. Our exams were each $25 and
we had both had a service that insurance does not cover that replaces dilation
of the eyes. Our dr has a machine that takes pics of the inside of your eye…and
it is really cool. It gives a much more detailed view so I think it is worth
the $39. That is the least amount of money we have paid at the eye doctor in
YEARS. Afterward, we celebrated not having to buy $400 glasses by going to a
Chinese buffet for lunch. Yummy!
Yesterday, we went to see The Imitation Game, a really good
movie, using a gift card Hubby got for Christmas the year before last, then we
went Chili's for lunch, using a gift card I got for Christmas this year. But he
HAD to have dessert, so our lunch cost $16 after the gift card. But I won’t
complain about $16 for a movie and lunch date. It was fun!
And we saved a LOT of money by making NO trips to the
grocery store this weekend. Yeah!
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