Yikes, that brings back unpleasant sense memories of the vinyl seats of my mom's Ford whatever-it-was in the 1970s.

I dread wearing shorts in my Jeep, both the sitting down on hot vinyl and the getting up.

ION, I have been doing my Cataract Surgery Loves Carrots spiel to a co-worker. He's getting bad halos around lights and wanted to know what other symptoms I had and how good my vision is how. We stared out the window at the local trees, and I told him I could see the individual trees and the leaves (for the first time in about thirty years). He can't and decided to move his eye appointment up.

Raising a glass in honor of Steph's birthday, and another for bonny supporting the supporters at the Capitol.

Happy birthday, Steph!

Happy Birthday, Steph!

Thanks, folks!

I have been doing my Cataract Surgery Loves Carrots spiel to a co-worker.

I get bifocals for the first time, as soon as I go pick out frames. I should make sure the frames match my tin ear horn and cane that I shake at kids to make them get off the lawn.

That said, the ophthalmologist pointed out that my left eye has gotten MARKEDLY worse in the last 2 1/2 years -- for real, when she put up the letter chart at the same exact size font used for my right eye, I couldn't make out ONE SINGLE LETTER. Not even a vague guess based on "well, there's a vertical bar, so...T?" And I think maybe my frequent non-migraine headaches might be eyestrain since my eyes are (or, at least, left eye is) so bad. D'oh. So I'm picking out new frames next week. Though I am not thrilled about the bifocalness of them. Or the cost of bifocals. But I am thankful we have eye insurance that covers some of it. Sheesh.

Am I crazy, or is there no way to see the discussion here? [link]

From what I've seen in my years working on healthcare IT projects is the cost inefficiencies have very little to do with too many people doing a job that would be done better with fewer people. If that makes sense? A LOT of high healthcare costs stem from bad or non-existent processes.

I kind of feel like if there were efficient processes, I wouldn't actually have a job or be needed!

Steph, I am very happy with my computer glasses instead of bifocals, and it was way cheaper, since I got cheap frames to wear at my desk. (Everyone thinks they are practically identical to my Good Glasses, but of course I know the difference.) I'm not actually sure how bifocals would work for me, because I don't spend much time looking down and reading.

Happy Birthday Steph!