Stage 2 Kidney Cancer and Cataracts

[Sir Henry]

Well Gene, how is the eye? Doo you see a major difference?

Currently it’s not much better with the only difference is I can see equally bad without glasses. The good news is it gets better each day. I suspect in two more days I will see 20/20.

[HenryFan]

Sir Henry -

You will get the vision you want. As I said earlier, the ophthalmologists have this procedure down pat.

You will be pleasantly amazed at your post-operation vision compared to your pre-operation vision.

Although it is not a trait I have, patience is a virtue.

[Sir Henry]

Sir Henry -

You will get the vision you want. As I said earlier, the ophthalmologists have this procedure down pat.

You will be pleasantly amazed at your post-operation vision compared to your pre-operation vision.

Although it is not a trait I have, patience is a virtue.

It was like an assembly line getting it done. They were staging us about 10 minutes apart and we could talk to each other as we moved alone the line. It took about 90 minutes with only 5 minutes of slice and dice.

[HenryFan]

Same experience for me. Waited for a short time in a lobby, back to the operating area and was wheeled to the exit an hour later or so. Same experience on the second eye.

I don't know how many operations were conducted that day but it was a lot more than just me.

[Sir Henry]

Today is day five. The last two days my eye would clear after a few hours of putting drops in it in the morning and then cloud up again overnight. This morning I woke to clear vision. I’m calling the right eye surgery a 100% success as I can see 20/20 with no clouds and I can see into shadows when it’s backlit with no flare. Now a 13 day wait for the left eye.

[markiver54]

Good news Gene!

[graywolf]

Haven't been on here much in last couple weeks and just catching up on posts. Hope all is good with your eyes.

[daytime dave]

I'm glad to hear your eye is good. My experience was not the assembly line you mentioned. I sat in the lobby after check in and paying the deductible.
In prep, the first time, I was offered a face massage. I declined. The second time, there was no asking, a lovely young woman massaged my face, almost putting me to sleep. I was always on my own, only interacting with the nurses. Enough numbing agent was used the second time and I didn't experience any discomfort or pain. 10 - 15 minutes post op, no patch or eye cup and out the door.

[Sir Henry]

I'm glad to hear your eye is good. My experience was not the assembly line you mentioned. I sat in the lobby after check in and paying the deductible.
In prep, the first time, I was offered a face massage. I declined. The second time, there was no asking, a lovely young woman massaged my face, almost putting me to sleep. I was always on my own, only interacting with the nurses. Enough numbing agent was used the second time and I didn't experience any discomfort or pain. 10 - 15 minutes post op, no patch or eye cup and out the door.

I was told by the person that drove me that my nurse was beautiful. It’s a shame I couldn’t see her clear enough.

This morning, which is the sixth day, my eye is perfect. The only problem I’m experiencing is at medium distances. At 50 yards and further my right eye takes dominance. At 3 feet my uncorrected near sighted eye is dominant. The distance in between nothing is clear. I suspect this will end after the second eye is done and I wear progressive readers.

[cooperhawk]

This morning, which is the sixth day, my eye is perfect. The only problem I’m experiencing is at medium distances. At 50 yards and further my right eye takes dominance. At 3 feet my uncorrected near sighted eye is dominant. The distance in between nothing is clear. I suspect this will end after the second eye is done and I wear progressive readers.

You're in the never never land where it's difficult to determine distance very well. Somehow I managed to take the right mirror off my
Explorer during this confusing time. Hang tough, it will get a lot better.

(Carol still reminds me of that).

[Ernie]

It does take time for your eyes to get settled(?). It was a disturbing time until after the second surgery/acclimation period and I was able to get a good eye test to order a pair of glasses. Several weeks in fact. In the interim I just used some reading glasses from Walmart and dealt with it. Of course I was impatient. Hang tight.

[Sir Henry]

Yesterday was the 7th day and my right eye made a big improvement. I could see 20/20 at distance but anything closer than 20 feet became blurred and reading up close was a total strikeout. Then my depth of field improved so I can see clearly from infinity to about 4 feet and reading although not perfect is possible.

My next checkup for the right eye is on the 24th and I get my left eye done on the 30th.

[Steve in PA]

Best of luck with your surgery and fight with cancer. Keep fighting.

Fall of 2021 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. While doing scans in preparation for surgery, they discovered something up near my heart. In the winter of 2021, I was diagnosed with a rare thymic carcinoma. About 1.5 people in 1 million will get it. I got it. I’m currently on chemo which is keeping both the thymic and prostate cancers in check. Gotta keep fighting!

[cooperhawk]

Maybe I've mentioned this before, (old age sneaks up on you), but when they made CBDs legal in Minnesota some friends started telling
me how much they helped with arthritis, so I gave them a try. They did give me a lot of relief with my hands and knees but one side effect
I hadn't expected was my vision got better. It has gotten so good in fact that I'm sitting here typing without glasses and often I start driving
to town and realize I don't have them on but my drivers license still requires them.
All they are is an anti inflammatory. You do not feel any other effect from them. No euphoria or anything like that.
Just saying..................
I've had both eyes done but this also helped.

[dave77]

Haven't tried CBD's, but my distance vision has improved somewhat and since turning 70 I had to go in to renew last year. Asked them to give me the vision test and while not 20-20 it was good enough to remove the corrective lenses requirement.

$170 for the renewal but I paid a little extra to extend it to 8 years instead 6 years until the next renewal, also have the enhanced license and am still keeping my motorcycle endorsement even though I haven't driven one for over 30 years.

[Sir Henry]

I get my left eye done this afternoon. Yesterday I received the billing statement for the right eye. The Eye Clinic Of Wisconsin billed the VA for $7,629 and the VA paid $504.84. By contract they have to accept what the VA gives them and can’t bill me the difference.

C05B9463-FC7D-4222-AA4D-FA78C2D86ED1.jpeg (2.32 MiB) Viewed 1313 times

A lot of private care facilities will not accept veterans because the VA pays so little. When they do accept veterans they sometimes treat us like second class citizens.

Last Thursday I had a kidney biopsy at the VA Hospital in Madison. It was a long day as they picked me up at 4:30 am and I didn’t get back till way after dark. I do not have the results back for any of the four appointments I had that day.

[The Wiz]

The VA pays the same as Medicare.

[BigAl52]

Vets should get it for free. No bill should be sent to anyone

[daytime dave]

Gene, I hope to hear that this afternoons eye surgery came out well.

[Sir Henry]

Gene, I hope to hear that this afternoons eye surgery came out well.

Thanks. Surgery went great and now my left eye sees 20/20 or close to it. It still has some cloudiness but that should clear in 3 to 5 days.