Doctor, My Eyes

     Some of you may remember the Jackson Browne song, "Doctor, My Eyes". We,, this post is about my eyes. I've really been having eye problems as of late, especially getting any focus in my right eye. So I made an appointment a month before my yearly check to have Doctor Taylor check my peepers. At last visit she said I had the beginnings of cataracts, especially in  Well, the cataracts are rapidly getting worse, again especially in my right.
    I always thought a cataract was like some scale buildup on the lens that could (or had to be) scraped off but it's actually the lens going to Hell in  a hand basket and getting foggy. I was hoping to get my lenses scraped clean and put back in but, oh no! The actual procedure is this.... I go in to the eyeball surgery place and get my eyeballs measured first. Then they set up an appointment for one eye and then the other a few days later. During the actual surgeries, they cut a slit in the front of my eyeball. Then they take out my old, foggy lens and throw it in the trash. Using the measurements they took, they replace the old lens with a new plastic one which should restore my vision to close to, if not 20/20. I never knew!

     It is just one more example of God giving more than we ask of Him. I was praying for my vision to be restored back to where I just needed a stronger prescription but He's gonna give me possibly perfect eyesight again. Something I can't remember ever having. I thought I could see normally until I had to get an eye check for my diver's license when I was 16 years of age. Then I found I needed eyeglasses. I was so amazed to see leaves on trees instead of a big green blob. My brother who took me to the driver's license office and eye Doctor's thought I was crazy (or worse) when I got my first eyeglasses. He's a couple years older than I and he'd never had less than 20/20 so he'd always seen what I had not.

     Anyway, I'll be getting my eyeballs measured soon and have appointments for the surgeries not long after, hopefully. I am a bit anxious, I must admit but have no fears. I'll simply tell my boss that I may need a few extra days off in the near future and if he can't schedule me for paid days off, unpaid will be worth getting my vision back to a level  I've never known.

     Mom had cataract surgery a few years back and she said that everything looks brighter. She thought it would wear off after a while but then her Doctor said it's normal for everything to be brighter. It's like after looking through a smoky glass then looking at the world without.

     I do not like the idea of going under anesthesia whatsoever but I'll be taking my Bible with me and right before I go under I'll put everything in God's hands.
     I'll come out rested and soon looking at the world with new eyes!