{"id":1935,"date":"2010-05-07T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltdrivebetty.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2010-09-29T18:24:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:24:37","slug":"the-eyes-have-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?p=1935","title":{"rendered":"…the eyes have it…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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…but not for long!<\/p>\n

Some of you may already know this…but I can’t help but talk about it….I’m stoked!<\/p>\n

I’ve been unable to ride due to an eye disease since Nov 08…<\/span>I’m not a very pleasant person if I can’t ride (hell – I’m barely palatable when I can LoL)<\/span><\/p>\n

I have an eye disease called Map Dot Fingerprint Dystrophy (Cogan’s Dystrophy) – in essence my corneas look like cobblestones…plenty of pain, often feels like there’s glass in them, water like crazy and I end up not being able to drive cos I can’t keep the active or flaring eye open….I end up laying in the dark…with a boomin headache and can’t read, can’t watch tv, can’t be on the puter…for days at a time….and when it gets unbearable I have to impose on one of my friends to take me to the hospital so they can freeze the damn eye to get it to stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

it’s a major PITA…I’ve been fighting it for about 6 years but the last 2 years have been the real pinnacle<\/span><\/p>\n

the surgery I need is a type of corneal abrading that will force my cornea to regenerate (Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK))…the theory being that the regenerated cornea will be normal and I shouldn’t have the issues with my eyes once it’s done<\/span><\/p>\n

so….I need in the ballpark of $5000.00 (anywhere from 1500.00 to 2500.00 an eye) worth of laser surgery and BC Medical wouldn’t pay it cos they’ve decreed that all laser surgery is cosmetic…and I sure as hell ain’t got no $5000.00 to throw around…<\/span><\/p>\n

my arguement all along (once I really found out what it was – cos that was no walk in the park either) in my case the surgery won’t won’t “repair” my vision like it would if I was getting PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy) which is the surgery they do so you don’t have to wear glasses anymore<\/span><\/p>\n

I keep saying that I’ll happily wear glasses for the rest of my life if I just don’t have to have sore peepers….and if I don’t have sore peepers…I can ride!<\/span><\/p>\n

today word came in that the surgeon has finally been able to convince the MSP board that I should be funded and that they have agreed.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I get to have the surgery on the 4th of June…that fact in itself wasn’t any kind of a celebration because my boss tried to tell me that it meant that I’d have to cancel all my holidays this summer if I took a week off to have this surgery…but after several phone calls and some “information sharing” via our HR dept it’s booked!<\/span><\/p>\n

So about a week recovery <\/span><\/p>\n

and then if all goes well I can go back to work….but mostly I can insure the Pickle and see if I can get the old girl to start.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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