Patience Ann. We all must suffer the indignities inflicted upon us by the health care system. We are all thinking of you and praying for a swift and complete recovery. I am sure that after the surgery, it will all be worth it.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:21 AM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Luck with the surgery Ann. You might be able to take some reassurance > that my then 88-year > old mother had both eyes done in the space of one year, and now does not need > glasses except for > very close work. > Mine will need doing soon, my optometrist tells me.... > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele > Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 10:02 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT: croossed-fingers request > > I've been quiet cause I can't see anything in the shadows :-) I figure I'll > lurk for a least another > couple of weeks > > cataract surgery is Thursday. I don't knwo what time, because they don't > BLEEPING tell you until > 5:00 pm the day before... > No water after midnight - no blood thinning type pain killers etc.. > all new to us... > > All friends who have previously had it done have told me (1) piece of cake > and (2) after it is done > I'll be saying wow ! I can see! look at those colors! etc. > > But I'm still a bit nervous although not quite as nervous as annoyed that > they can't tell me what > time I have to get up on Thursday morning > > THen I get a ROBO call saying I have an appointment on Friday at 8:00 am I > call to say no no no I > can't get be a long subway ride away from home at that hour after having gone > under knife the day > before and can't talk to anyone beucase the robo call came after their office > hours! > > Tomorrow I will call and protest. I am seldom out of bed before 9 am or out > the door before noon, > and riding the NY subway at rush hour?? > Not to mention that my good friend who has come here from the great North to > get me home when I'm > under the influence after the procedure won't be in any shape to get up early > enough the next day. > > I'm hoping reason will prevail and when I call tomorrow they will nicely > change my friday time to > later in the day. > > the good news is I had a really wonderful report from my regular geriatric > doc for all th tests that > one now has to endure before having any sort of surgery done. > > Needed to share a rant.. wordy as I just awoke from my daily nap. > > The surgery is in my camera eye - looking forward to whiter whites and > blacker blacks and lovely > rainbows > > ann > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
