Monday, March 24, 2014

RAIN!

What can we say about rain?
It is a welcoming relief from a hot summer's day, or a drought or fire seasons, which is what we here in Florida, are in, but it can be dangerous too.

Sadly, rain can cause floods and mudslides and tornadoes and hurricanes...yes and that is very bad.

We are enjoying our tame rain, while many in our country are suffering from the results of theirs causing horrific mudslides in Washington state, killing eight with more than one hundred unaccounted for as of yet...Our prayers go out to them.

In more news...
 
As of today a British satellite has seemed to have picked up the pings from Flight 370 the Malaysian airliner has crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, families although now know it goes without saying that they are of course are grief stricken. Our condolences are sent to all with love.


Moving on…

My eye surgery is scheduled for the end of this week.
If anyone recalls why I am having said surgery it is because I am willing to pay my mere a $200 co-pay for the surgery to remove an enormous cataract covering the optic nerve dead blind eye, which without insurance would be thousands, just to find out if my righty eye will be able to see the BIG E on the eye chart, scary or crazy or both, hmm? Perception is everything and supposedly if it works my balance that was compromised before with Ataxia and its optic nerve dying after that issue might also improve slightly. So it’s not an absolute, and I am going into this with my eyes wide open! Interesting choice of words; purposely using them, hmm?

Slowly I turned and as in most things in life there are hidden charges… Sure even with cataract surgery and any of you out there who have had it know what I am talking about.

The pre-medication prior to surgery the prescription was given to me three weeks ago when Jill measured me for my lens. Hubby picked it up Friday, at first he went to our usual pharmacy but they did not have in stock so he went to Walgreen’s and they had it but it was to take an hour to be ready, he had shopping but no problems.

When he went back to pick it up they informed him that it was $150! He said what? Oh they checked again and said with MY insurance it would only be $70, whew! I wonder if they did that to him so the seventy didn’t seem so bad and this is for Besivance 0.6% OPTH Suspension 5 ml., what? Yep a real tiny amount that can be refilled 3X; sure hope NOT!
Oddly enough it is an antibiotic used for conjunctivitis.
But for this off brand use it is being used four times a day for three days prior to surgery, one drop each time of the eye to be operated on in the lower lid and held closed for one to two minutes with each application.
Weather is good and bad and happy and sad and so it is much like life in those ways…

So I will leave you tonight with that thought of my odd analogy, or maybe not so odd after all… and please try your darndest to have a happy one and kindly count all your blessings and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
  

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