Thanks all. Believe it or not, this was all very helpful and appreciated.

End of the month for the first eye. I thought of you when they went through the packet and pulled out their handy checklist for all the eyedrops.

First time in my life a doc ever gave me a price in advance. Two grand extra per eye for lasik. I'm like yeah that's a bit out of my reach. Sharp razor blade it is!

My younger brother had his first eye done today. Just basic lenses. He has a lot of health issues. He has a little palsy in both hands and was freaking out about maybe having to do the eye-drops himself?

His wife still works, so he asked the them if there was a way even a shaky handed guy like him could do it himself??

  Turns out there is and he tried it and it worked great for him. If he can do it alone and easily with this method, then anyone can. 


If you're too anxious to insert eye drops
Children and people who have strong reactions to anything near their eyes may struggle to keep their eyes open. If that's the case, try this method instead:

Lean your head back as far as is comfortable, or lay down on a bed or couch.
Keep your eyes closed.
Hold the eye drop bottle with your thumb and first two fingers.
Put the other two fingers of your hand on your nose for stability.
Without touching the bottle to your eyelid, put an eye drop in the corner of your eye near your nose.
While your head is still tilted back, open your eyes and blink several times until the drop rolls into the eye.

Soooo, I get a phone call today about a flower delivery... Wait? What? Huh? For who...? (it's the anniversary of my mother's death and I may have sent flowers for someone else's funeral recently and screwed up the from and to...)

Anyway, he didn't know but he was at my door and long story short, they were from my cataract surgeon's office.

I get it and it's a nice gesture and all but now I'm wondering if I should be worried?

And FWIW, the new guy I saw yesterday for my day after appointment told me the drops I brought along wouldn't have been needed but for supply chain issues. Normally in the past they would have just injected all those drops directly into the eye so there would be no worries about drops.

Not kidding. Was that ever a thing?

When my wife looked at the card she mused that the flowers were actually for her 'cause they screwed up twice causing problems for her.

I picked up the mug they are in and noticed their logo is on it so it must be standard practice.

Perhaps if I'd have spent more, I'd get to hear this sound when I picked up the mug.

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Anyway, I can now read this forum on my phone held vertically and overall contrast, color, clarity... wow. Nannanannananna