Life in the Slow Lane
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I underwent cataract surgery last Tuesday. Everyone was saying the worst part was the drops. Yes you have to put a lot of drops in your eye but that's not a problem, at least not for me. The worst part was the waiting. The surgery was done a Harrisburg hospital, a combination of where the eye doctors work out of and where my insurance would cover so right away was an hour plus drive both ways.
We got to the hospital and was admitted right right away. I got to a room and got a port in and was dilated very quickly thinking this was great then it stopped. We waited over three hours in the room before I was wheeled back. Once back there you're put in a twilight sedation, I had to fight off sleep a few times. Basically you hear some talking and very shortly after you're done. No big deal, you don't feel any pain. Lisa said I was back there about 45 minutes total but it didn't seem that long. The next day we had a follow up at their Marion office. We got there and the place was packed, we waited another two hours there. When I finally got in the nurse was not happy that they scheduled that many patients and then short staffed the nurses. She also wasn't happy that they didn't schedule the post surgery patients first. When the doctor finally came in I thought he rushed the visit and seemed ready for lunch. I have a follow up visit tomorrow so we'll see how everything is with the eye. Overall it wasn't a terrible experience just didn't like the waiting buy hey, I can see out of that eye again. For the record Talley Eye Institute out of Evansville did the surgery and they have been doing my eyeball shots for the past few years. Overall I'm very happy with them except the drive to Harrisburg and Marion.
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