Well, I had an appointment with my eye doctor today. He had been talking to a doctor in Minnesota about doing my eye surgery and then today informed me that he would prefer that I go to a doctor in Canada. Apparently this doctor has better advancements and has the bets shot of giving me 20/20 vision. With my horrendous vision and crazy amount of astigmatism, I've never once though that being glasses free was an option, and here it is!
The surgery is $3,600 per eye, and I need both eyes done. Plus the cost of travel and hotel. Of course insurances won't touch it, they consider it an "elective"surgery. I consider it a lifeline. Even though my contacts give me decent vision, I still miss out on so much. I can't see when I swim, I can't drive at night, I can't fall asleep with my contacts in unless I want to wake up in horrible pain. But a few weeks ago it really hit me. With my vision the way it is, I won't be able to see Steven's face when I walk down the aisle in May. I don't consider that elective at all.
I have a week off of school in February, so the doctors here in Ludington are contacting Canada this week to try and get me in that quickly, they seem optimistic.
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