Pure Happiness *

Six AM, in bedroom with new windows, which Din installed, which keeps things warm and quiet, folding the family laundry, listening to Pandora, set to Bach. Lasik later today.

* Updated: Less than 24 hours after the procedure, I can see 20/20, no pain, no blur. I think the most startling thing is not that I can see -- I always could, with my contacts -- but that these are now my eyes, in my head; I own them and they work. Incredible.

Comments

[tafv]

be careful mom

[tafv]

be careful mom

[nancy]

I will, baby. Twice xx

[Alice Bachini-Smith]

I hadn't heard of Pandora, thanks for the great tip (mine is set to "Girls Aloud" for now, ahem.)

[Brett King]

Good luck with the lasik. It's just amazing what they can do for your vision.

[eric]

Congrats on the Lasik!

Thanks for the tip on Pandora. Something to play with on this cold snowy day. I typed in Kelly Jo Phelps as the artist, and Voila! Great music to explore!

[nancy]

So delighted to spread the word on pandora.com. As one of three people in the United States without an iPod, or a playlist on my computer, it's so nice to simply type in, say, Erik Satie and have the genome do the work. Don't like the selection? Skip it. Like it? Tell them, and "your" playlist is refined. Cool and effortless.
Though not as cool and refined as something my husband recently bought, called a Squeezebox, such an extraordinary and global music aggregator, it's going to get a post of its own.

[Zev]

Does it help for reading too, or only distance vision?

[nancy]

I previously had no trouble with reading, with my contacts on, that is, which is unusual; nearly everyone over 40 needs reading glasses; I just didn't. Now, because they fixed my distance vision (by six diopeters, a pretty big adjustment. Example: I couldn't find my glasses in the morning without my glasses), I will probably need reading glasses, which is fine and also, normal for post-Lasik. So far, I can read without reading glasses, but do have a little near-blurriness where before, I did not.
I think, however, they can fix far-sightedness. I also know, they also can do monovision, meaning, they fix just one eye, and your eyes compensate so you're able to see both near and far, whereas really, one eye lifts one load, the other, the other, but your brain doesn't "see" it this way. This was not an option for me because I was way too near-sighted for one eye to do any work very well.

[MJ]

Correction,you are the 4th person in the US without an iPod etc etc etc.

Gotta try that Pandora thing.

[Alice Bachini-Smith]

Um, fifth person... :-)

[Zev]

Sixth.

[autumn]

I love my lasik! Best thing ever! Congratulations, Nancy!

[nancy]

Yes, it's amazing. I still can't over that these are my eyes.

[loot]

Ah, one of seven without an iPod! Congrats on the Lasik too ....