Ye olde cataract surgery
So a couple years ago I was told that insurance wouldn't cover cataract surgery unless I was pretty much legally blind.
Well, welcome to 2024, where no strength of corrective lens will allow me to see more than blurs out of my left eye!
So... I'm finally getting cataracts removed from that eye. It will either happen after an eye exam with the surgeon tomorrow, or he might make the call to schedule it out after looking at me.
I'll still end up paying out the ass if I want more than basic lens replacement, but either way it will be nice to be able to see again. Any time I try to look at any fine print lately I feel like I'm 80 years old, and a magnifying glass doesn't help anymore.
Goddamn kids, get off my lawn!
....What do you mean those are lawn gnomes? They look like kids from here!
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Welp. My eye doctors referral was not accepted by my insurance. Also the surgeon is apparently no longer in network anyway.
I hate this system.
Ew. Who's your carrier?
Its a plan with "Group Help Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin".
My eye doctor was through my optical insurance, of course. But they either lost referral rights, or the insurance company somehow scheduled this shit without double checking referral rights.
As it turns out there aren't currently any eye surgeons in network. However, they'll approve them as though they're in network after other red tape has been dealt with. I just get confused with this bullshit.
Probably all the pinkeye you got
From all the sperms you got
In your eye
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That shit burns like hell. Gotta wear safety goggles, I swear.
Ok. Going through all the various processes. Got another appointment next month for a 'pre-exam'. Again. sigh
I have printed out copies of the referral as well as screenshots of my "MyChart" webpage, though the out-of-network-but-allowed-by-exception-surgeon still doesn't have me as covered. Its going to be a fight. But I'm kind of tired of being scared to drive at night, so I'll fight it after the fact if needed.
I have had some... arguments... with my health insurance about coverage and approvals.
But it seems that those are finally dealt with, so today I had a pre-exam today, with a goal of surgery some time in October.
Except... while I was there the doctor I was seeing had a last minute cancellation for Friday, and he really wanted to fill that time slot.
Anyway. Surgery is scheduled for Friday.
Fantastic! Good luck Clme.
No regrets. I can't see perfectly, but its such a damn improvement!
Still need to get some new lenses, but can't get that done until my next exam on Wednesday next week.
Fantastic, really glad to hear it. WD for battling through what sounds like a nightmare of administration
Age gets us all
Apart from the pandemic years when it wasnt on I took part in the London ride of World Naked Bike Ride to highlight the vulnerability of cyclists pretty much every year since 2011 when i first assembled enough nerve to do it. I've been a keen cyclist since as soon as I could balance on 2 wheels and bike safety is a concern of mine.
didnt go this year as a knee injury is resulting in intermittent clicking from that joint which could become a problem over a 10 mile route, and also, frankly, its gone from being a fun mad day out for the alternative-of-mind and mainly focused on the green message and the cyclist safety message to being .......show-off time for porn stars and loads of middle-aged exhibitionists with far fewer genuine riders present
I may also be approaching an age (32 when i first rode, nearly 47 now) where i look generally better with clothes ON too and didnt want to be assumed to be part of that particular group of wrinkly showoffs
Maybe time to grow up.
Yeah, I turn 47 next month.
If I had an opportunity to scold a teenage me, I'd say: Wear safety glasses whenever working on a vehicle, wear earplugs at concerts, get tested for ADHD, and slightly high blood sugar is still high.
You can say that again! But this time, into my _good _ear.
Next Tuesday, I'm getting a re-do replacement lense after my cataract surgery that happened last December. Apparently, it just started shifting around on its own adventures in there, so they have to re-do the whole procedure. They're also gonna clear up a bunch of gunk tissue that regrew, making everything blurrier than before. I'm not worried about it though, because originally, my retina almost detached, and the guy had to laser-staple it back, then drain my whole eyeball and let it refill over the course of a month. After that, any lesser eye surgery is easy mode.
Holy. Crap.
You know what? I'm not even going to type an entire essay complaining about the whole issue I've had getting insurance to cover my glasses. (I have two different optical insurances between my wife and I, and it turns out that they both refuse to cover something if I don't find a place that covers both so they can fight over who ends up paying).
Anyway. I should finally have new glasses in a week.
But GOD DAMN, the shifting lense and eye draining thing just gave me new nightmares.
(I mean, more than what the Salvador Dali fim "Un Chien Andalou" gave me after seeing the aqueous humor drain from a cow eyeball).
Also: Other than that, how you been? Haven't seen you here in awhile.