The good news and the bad....

So I went to the corneal specialist.

There's good news and bad. So I ask for the bad news 1st. The bad news is that my insurance probably won't cover the surgery. I said "how is that bad news?" It's stupid money and I can pay for surgery if need be! If I need something medically, I will do it! Then I say "what's the good news?" He said well you can have the surgery and it may or may not work. HOW in the world is that good news? I told him - that's still bad news. What's the good news? He said "it will probably work." Probably? eh.....that's still bad in my opinion. So he told me that if it didn't work, I'd have to do a corneal transplant. Hmmmmm......he's only done 1 surgery on another person with my same eye disease. Apparently there aren't many of us walking around. In fact I'm #2 case for him to see. And he almost fell out his chair when he looked at my eyes after the dialation. That bad huh???

Here's the problem. My stroma (I think that's how it's spelled) is the layer under my cornea. It has canyons and holes in it. Well the holes and canyons get deeper and bigger as the years progress. I have 100's of them all over the eye. As I get older the holes and canyons will eventually just be one big hole which will then lead to blindness. Nice!

SO....I think I'm going to wait to have surgery. He said to come to him when I'm really bothered. Well I'm not 100% bothered yet. It's getting there but not quite. I'll wait another 5 years or so. Right now I'm just sunlight sensitive and I can deal with that by putting on a pair of shades. Maybe in 5 years he'll have seen another case or 2 and have done another surgery on someone with this eye disease. Nice.