Friday, March 28, 2014

I can see clearly now! ♪♫ ♪♫ ♪♫...




Almost there as you can see above my eye going through the surgery is still recovering and right now looks angry red! I have several drops to put in during the day and at night and that darling hard patch thingy still have to be worn for six more nights only!

Oh for you who do not follow me on Facebook I am here this evening with miraculous beyond belief news!
We went to the doctor's office this morning so he could take the patch off and check my eye and what happened next was earth shattering ... not only could I see my hand but everyone and everything and the BIG E was a meek minuscule desire forgotten swiftly... the informal test appeared to indicate that my righty was seeing 20/25! Normal eyesight is 20/20, as everyone knows! Considering when last tested, prior to surgery, mine was something like 20/800; this was truly a miracle or was it?

You see, after my initial bout of optic neuritis back in July of 2010 and after the IV steroids treatment that did not work at that time. My next brain MRI in February of the following year 2011, according to my former neurologist who stated that my optic nerve was dead and that they do not regenerate. You see, in the interim and before it was an absolute on the optic neuritis unbeknownst to her I went to my ophthalmologist surgeon, he had done my cataract on my left eye in January of 2010, who had concurred that I did indeed have optic neuritis and that at that time I had a very slight cataract that could not be held responsible for my blurriness. Even another optometrist I consulted too, since I was concern with going on those harsh IV 1000 MG. of Solu Medrol for three days again, and that for my first time I had been hospitalized for their administration back in April of 2009 for an exacerbation of the MS, which left me with a horrible infection, a UTI from the catheter.

As my eyesight appeared to diminish over the years I would consult my neuro and the eye doctors and they would constantly tell me the same thing that although my cataract was now growing larger with the optic nerve not functioning it wouldn't be worth it to remove the cataract.
Before this change in insurance it would have been out of pocket, like in 2010 to pay for the surgery in the thousands, but if there were a chance I was willing to take it, but they kept saying it wouldn't be worth it.

Now with the so-called OBAMACARE and my co-pay of only 200 bucks and my old eye docs no longer on this new insurance so I decided to try an old doctor I went to years ago and he examined me and noticed that my eye contracted with the test telling him the nerve seemed to have something there, but with my now enormous cataract, due to more than likely all the additional IV steroids as well as the pill ones, it was hard for him to be absolutely certain, thus his conservative diagnosis of me possibly seeing the BIG E.

Well, today made it all worth while it was well worth it all!
I will not need any glasses and if my physical therapy helps if I can stay infection free to go back and strengthen my legs I may again be able to drive our car! I will have what I originally had wanted with my left eye as a reading eye/lens, circa 2010, and my righty my distance/lens, circa 2014! Just like when I used to wear my mono contact lenses as a young gal! There are several great things about having permanent lenses,like you don't have to take them out ever and you don't have to take them out ever and you don't have to take them out ever, and also your prescription doesn't change ever! LOL!

I do have a letter/formal complaint going out tomorrow to the state Division of Medical Quality Assurance telling all. 

As far as a legal case goes, according to two attorney offices where we inquired, since I am actually better, not worse, and I did not suffer lasting disability from the misdiagnosis and therefore there is no case. 

On that note of much note, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and we will too!

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

PS Thanks to Ron for the title tonight. Can you hear me singing?

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