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Topic: Rainbow???
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Rainbow~
Knowflake Posts: 5927
From: The Little River Indian Reservation
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted October 15, 2004 06:59 PM
 
Wow! Didn't realize what I'd been missing....everything looks so beautiful!Eye surgery a success Wednesday.....next eye due for surgery on Nov. 3....*sigh*.... Everything went well, and except for a sore and pink eye...all is well....vision in right eye perfect! Thanks to those of you who were thinking of me..... Love,
Rainbow
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aqua
Knowflake Posts: 2805
From: dreamland
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted October 16, 2004 12:49 AM
nice to hear that RAINBOW
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Rainbow~
Knowflake Posts: 5927
From: The Little River Indian Reservation
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted October 16, 2004 02:19 PM
  
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Philbird
Knowflake Posts: 3396
From: Here, there and everywhere.
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted October 16, 2004 04:36 PM
Glad to hear everything went OK! I wish I could have eye surgery! I'm sure you've read somewhere here about my sight. If I were rich... I don't have good insurance, and believe it or not, they call cateract surgery in a blind eye, "Cosmetic!" They call surgery to correct a stigmatism "elective!" This is a major problem, everything moves back and forth constantly! I have no depth perception, I'd like to see the person who decides what is and is not elective, live a day in my shoes. I can't even get a glass eye so I won't look so much like a freak!
Now, I collect Social Security, not much, but it's something. I work parttime to make ends meet. A while ago I inquired about surgery for my stigmatism. I said to the agent, "You know, If I were to have this surgery you call elective, I would be able to drive, and continue the career I was trained for. If Medicare would pay for this, I wouldn't need Social Security!" It will cost the government more money to keep me on SSD than to pay for the operation! This my friend is where your tax dollars are going.
It's funny, I have Medicare for blindness, yet it doesn't cover eye exams or glasses!
Don't you think I'd much rather see, than be covered for a flu shot, that I can't get?
Sorry about the rant, I'm very happy for you Rainbow., really. I bet you'll notice that large Aura you see around the trees isn't as large as you thought it was, huh?  IP: Logged |
Rainbow~
Knowflake Posts: 5927
From: The Little River Indian Reservation
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted October 16, 2004 05:18 PM
Hi Phil....This was cataract surgery and I have Medicare....I cannot understand why they will not pay for the surgery you need..... I was practically blind in my right eye, and the left one has pretty blurry vision too..(and those doggone auras disappeared...) Medicare won't pay it all, but the Indian Tribe to which I belong will pick up the rest...so yeah, I guess I'm lucky.... Keep trying....wish I could help Love,
Rainbow
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juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6830
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted October 16, 2004 05:55 PM
Philbird, here in MI our Lions Club gives financial aid to those with eyesight problems. It would be worth a shot to contact your local one and ask if they have aid available. Ours has helped so much with helping my Nephew (he has Retinitis Pigmentosa) They have even provided him with a seeing eye dog,glasses, collage classes for the blind and financial aid to get to and from the University of Michigan for treatments.A wonderful organisation. Rainbow, how wonderful, I am so happy for you  
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Rainbow~
Knowflake Posts: 5927
From: The Little River Indian Reservation
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted October 16, 2004 08:25 PM
Juni....I really hope the LIONS CLUB can help Philbird...I hadn't thought of them....
She needs help and I truly hope she can get it. No one should be deprived of their eyesight if it can be restored...SEEING is believing...(now I know what they mean!) For more details, juni....go to CE, and read my EYE SURGERY post.....and know what? People were telling me it was a "piece of cake," but frankly, I'd rather go thru the prodecure you will be facing shortly, than the eye surgery....Still. I'm going to get the other one done....the results are really worth it...*sigh* I'll be thinking of you, gal...and you're in my prayers.... Love,
Rainbow
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pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5301
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted October 16, 2004 11:34 PM
 But you can still see auras, this time, if you choose! IP: Logged |
juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6830
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted October 22, 2004 09:55 AM
Rainbow, Seeing is Believing  Thank you for your love and prayers. I will answer your mail this P.M.Love, ------------------
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot IP: Logged |
Sheaa Olein
Knowflake Posts: 2864
From: London
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted October 22, 2004 10:16 AM
 Love to you Rainbow  IP: Logged |
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