Eye surgery

9/14/2010

I haven't blogged in a few weeks now, I think I was freaking out over my surgery. What could have happened? Umm, let's see, it might not work, I may freak out completely while on the operating table, the surgeon could screw up and I may not be able to see anymore, the way my life has been lately I would not be surprised if any of those things happened. There is no limit to how much crap you are dealt and the way things have been lately I wouldn't be surprised if things kept circling down the crapper....so yes, I was scared of so many things and I was certainly not looking forward to having the surgery. The day of surgery finally rolled around, the surgery center called the day of my procedure and said they were running late...of course they were. My surgery ended up being about an hour and a half after it was originally scheduled. I was given an IV with snazzy little drugs to help you relax, then eye drops to numb the eyes - ow, they sting! Apparently the surgery went well, they only did one eye, the right, hopefully they won't have to go back in and do the left eye. The recovery is less than fun, I was good n' pukey in the car on the way home from the surgery. I slept a good part of the rest of the day but I was supposed to stay propped up, so I wasn't super comfortable - I continued to put ice on my face to help alleviate the bruising...it seems to have worked some, swelling isn't bad and the bruising is mostly in the eye...feelin' pretty!

So now what? Now I wait and see if the surgery was successful, I am praying that the double vision is gone and now its time to re-train my eyes and their connection to my brain. I have my post-op appointment on Tuesday - I hope its good news!

9/22/2010
I had eye alignment surgery recently and I'm working on my recovery, its been a long couple of weeks.  I was having a slight melt-down prior to the surgery, what could go wrong?  I was going to be awake while they did the surgery, I was going to be given drugs that caused slight amnesia, I was afraid that I might be the asshole that freaked out on the operating table and acted horribly toward the doctor who was working so hard to help me, the doctor could slip and with the bad luck I seem to have I could loose my sight....seriously, these were the fears running through my damaged little brain.
  I had my post-op appointment and my doctor and he said that my alignment is at least 50% better - yay!  I have been feeling like there is sand in my eye, realistically I know it is the stitches I am feeling but I have to admit that eyeballs gross me out and everything about them freaks me out.  Of course I am still very much looking forward to the day they tell me I am ready for contacts and even though eyeballs freak me out I will figure out a way to get them in and out of my eyes!I am starting to move around more and I can read for extended periods of time now and once we get this baby shower completed I will head back to the gym - very happy about that!
Jamie will be home for her San Diego baby shower next weekend, we have come up with a Dr. Seuss theme and my mom, Jamie's best friends Kristen and Amber, and myself are working hard to make sure everything is just right.  Thank goodness Amber is so creative and comes up with so many great ideas otherwise all the guests would just be sitting around staring at each other!  Luckily I think it will all come together nicely, I have the menu planned, we have started buying supplies and I think all of my years of event planning puts me in a much different mindset, because my mom seems to be in a near panic, and I just believe it will all work out the way it is supposed to...who knows who's way is more accurate, time will tell.  I cannot wait for Jamie and Nate to receive all of the gifts to start their adventure with Jackson and I am so excited to welcome their little bundle of joy to the world this December.  I cannot wait to cuddle with my love bug nephew!