Posts Tagged ‘Health’

I can see you now!

// December 20th, 2004 // 8 Comments » // tagged: > >

My LASIK eye surgery was last Thursday … and it went perfectly. A VERY lengthy description of the surgery and the past few days is in the extended entry ;)

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Got LASIK?

// December 10th, 2004 // 4 Comments » // tagged:

After thoroughly researching LASIK and the doctor I am going to see, I called for a LASIK consultation last week. I had to forgo wearing my contacts for a week before the consultation; they want your cornea to return to it’s most natural state. Soooo … you can’t wear your contacts even for the consult. For the actual surgery some people have to go up to 2-3 weeks without their contacts. I don’t like wearing my glasses. They give me headaches – and it stinks not having peripheral vision.

Sooo … today was the consultation appointment. Two hours of eye tests. They check your eyes using all sorts of different machines … then they dialate your eyes – and check them all again. This is comforting that they are trying to get as accurate as possible. Not so comforting is the still dialated eyes several hours later.

I went ahead and scheduled the surgery for next Thursday. I figured I already had one week of not wearing my contacts under my belt – so I would just go ahead and get it done. I’m excited — I’ve wanted to have LASIK for a while now. It will be so strange to wake up and be able to see the alarm clock. To not have my contacts bugging me at the end of a long day. :)

Now I just have to decide what package I want to get. They offer a “Lifetime Enhancement” package – which basically means that they will keep my vision corrected for the rest of my life. Pretty useful considering I’m only 27 – and I know several people who have needed enhancements a few years after their LASIK. Your vision is going to naturally deteriorate … soooo – anyway – that’s what I’ve got to decide between now and Thursday. Do I want to pay the extra $$ to cover the lifetime package. My mom offered to pay for the difference between the One-Year Enhancement Package and the lifetime … she thinks I should definitely do it. My vision just keeps progressively going downhill… so it probably would be smarter to go for the lifetime. That way I don’t ever have to worry about it again.

I know about 15 people who have had LASIK – all good results. All would do it again in a heartbeat. Any of you guys out there have LASIK? Did you opt for any type of lifetime or yearly package?

Four Times a Year?

// December 7th, 2004 // 8 Comments » // tagged: >

Anybody see the commercials for the new birth control pill Seasonale? Having your period only four times a year? Oh yeah, I’m going to be asking my doctor about this one for sure.

I started the pill, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, when I was about 14 (seriously evil cramps); two years ago I switched to the Ortho-Evra patch. I love the patch … the always there and consistant dose is much better than the pill. But this four times a year thing has me calling up my doctor to see what she thinks.

I wonder if they’ll come out with a Patch version of Seasonale? I’m not too keen on going back to having to remember to take a pill at the same time every day; but if it means only having to deal with THAT every four months – well – we’ll see!

But then I think … I’m probably going to want to have kids sometime in the next 2-3 years – I wonder what the “come-down” time is on Seasonale. I hear it takes a few months off the Pill and the Patch before you can get pregnant. Lots of things to think about and talk to my doctor about!