Bruce Urie
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Hi fellas. Remember me? The guy that breaks things? Yep, Brucie boy here.
Well, I sure would like some opinions here on an upcoming operation I'm having this coming Tuesday...which also means, (reluctantly) I'm getting fricking OLD! (did I really say that?)
Seems on my last eyeball appointment, my eyeballotologist told me I have cataracts! (I told her I drove a "Rincoln.") Anyway, she referred me to her eyeball slicer down the road....this doctor told me I also have astigmatism and also very ugly...... so he's going to start with my left eyeball this Tuesday, use a laser to cure the astigmatism, actually cut my eyeball to relieve pressure and hide his stash in maybe, plus insert a new lens in my eye so I'll be able to have perfect mid and far away vision......
Two weeks later I then get the right eyeball taken out, sliced open, put back in whatever. Man, this is sounding like a Steven King novel!
I'm somewhat nervous about this but will get it done anyway as things I see are quite fuzzy, and have been for quite some time....As I've telling my wife to please shave her face, her facial hair is longer than my beard....it turned out that my vision was blurry, she didn't have a beard at all!!......but the knot on the side of my head, well, one can say the wrong thing now and then....sorry, dear..........I might lose my close-up vision and will have to use coke bottle lenses or something like store bought magnifying glasses.....I'm not worried too much about this, as I'm dorky looking enough, already won over my wonderful wife and not ever have to worry about dating gorgeous girls anymore, so I don't care how I look concerning reading glasses. (Jeez! That IS getting old, cripes!!!) Besides, I talk funny, too.
Of course, Medicare will only pay for the lenses, the laser comes out of MY POCKET. Thank God I've got some cash saved up....(by NOT breaking things)......Medicare WILL NOT PAY for anything that will drastically IMPROVE ones vision using advanced lenses, so that's out. Nice, thank you Medicare, come back again.
Any of you older fellas ever have this done? Could you chime in if you have? Maybe sooth my worries a little? Like did you have your eyeballs put in reverse and now you can view your brain as you try to make sense of "why in hell did I ever do this?" Will I have to get a white cane? Can I feel my way down the highway in my Grand National if I'm completely blind? Is that legal? Will I have to park in handicapped spaces? Can I still go to the shooting range, or will I have to get a permit for concealed sunglasses?
Everyone around here, all my friends, etc. tell me I'll be fine, I'll love it, burn all reading materials, etc. Sure, it's easy for them to say, most of my buddies here are much younger than I....including girls, but they don't come within 10 feet of me since I look so dorky....with coke bottle glasses they'll stay even farther away, but at least I can burn ants with the glasses! Remember how fun we thought that was? Now PETA will castrate me for doing that!
Any opinions here on this subject would sure calm down my nerves.....I'm getting to old to get old, so I need some sound advice. And please, don't refer me to Stevie Wonder!
Anyway, hope to hear from anyone on this.....my anxiety level is slowly creeping up like an unexperienced newlywed. I'm getting scared to death, to put it frankly. There, I finally admitted this through all this double talk.
All opinions will be kept un-confidential, so don't worry.
Bruce '87 Grand National
Well, I sure would like some opinions here on an upcoming operation I'm having this coming Tuesday...which also means, (reluctantly) I'm getting fricking OLD! (did I really say that?)
Seems on my last eyeball appointment, my eyeballotologist told me I have cataracts! (I told her I drove a "Rincoln.") Anyway, she referred me to her eyeball slicer down the road....this doctor told me I also have astigmatism and also very ugly...... so he's going to start with my left eyeball this Tuesday, use a laser to cure the astigmatism, actually cut my eyeball to relieve pressure and hide his stash in maybe, plus insert a new lens in my eye so I'll be able to have perfect mid and far away vision......
Two weeks later I then get the right eyeball taken out, sliced open, put back in whatever. Man, this is sounding like a Steven King novel!
I'm somewhat nervous about this but will get it done anyway as things I see are quite fuzzy, and have been for quite some time....As I've telling my wife to please shave her face, her facial hair is longer than my beard....it turned out that my vision was blurry, she didn't have a beard at all!!......but the knot on the side of my head, well, one can say the wrong thing now and then....sorry, dear..........I might lose my close-up vision and will have to use coke bottle lenses or something like store bought magnifying glasses.....I'm not worried too much about this, as I'm dorky looking enough, already won over my wonderful wife and not ever have to worry about dating gorgeous girls anymore, so I don't care how I look concerning reading glasses. (Jeez! That IS getting old, cripes!!!) Besides, I talk funny, too.
Of course, Medicare will only pay for the lenses, the laser comes out of MY POCKET. Thank God I've got some cash saved up....(by NOT breaking things)......Medicare WILL NOT PAY for anything that will drastically IMPROVE ones vision using advanced lenses, so that's out. Nice, thank you Medicare, come back again.
Any of you older fellas ever have this done? Could you chime in if you have? Maybe sooth my worries a little? Like did you have your eyeballs put in reverse and now you can view your brain as you try to make sense of "why in hell did I ever do this?" Will I have to get a white cane? Can I feel my way down the highway in my Grand National if I'm completely blind? Is that legal? Will I have to park in handicapped spaces? Can I still go to the shooting range, or will I have to get a permit for concealed sunglasses?
Everyone around here, all my friends, etc. tell me I'll be fine, I'll love it, burn all reading materials, etc. Sure, it's easy for them to say, most of my buddies here are much younger than I....including girls, but they don't come within 10 feet of me since I look so dorky....with coke bottle glasses they'll stay even farther away, but at least I can burn ants with the glasses! Remember how fun we thought that was? Now PETA will castrate me for doing that!
Any opinions here on this subject would sure calm down my nerves.....I'm getting to old to get old, so I need some sound advice. And please, don't refer me to Stevie Wonder!
Anyway, hope to hear from anyone on this.....my anxiety level is slowly creeping up like an unexperienced newlywed. I'm getting scared to death, to put it frankly. There, I finally admitted this through all this double talk.
All opinions will be kept un-confidential, so don't worry.
Bruce '87 Grand National
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