18 January 2025
While on my walk along Riverland Road yesterday (1.5 miles) I received a call from Vanessa from Eye Surgeons and Consultants. She had some price quotes for me.
For laser surgery with mono-focal lenses the price was $2500 for each eye. That price includes what medicare will pay (lenses). The price for laser surgery with pan-focal lenses was $5000 for each eye.
The one thing that bothers me with my looking into pan-focal lenses is their statements that say something to the effect that the goal is to try to eliminate the need for glasses, not that the pan-locals would eliminate the need for glasses. There are also reports that night driving is still a problem with pan-focals.
There are numerous types of mono-focal lenses from which to choose as well as multi-focal lenses. All provide something different from the others. I’ll dither a while more.
Last night I watched a movie on Netflix – Notting Hill with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. When this first came out, I was in library school at Florida State and all my fellow students raved over the movie because it was about a bookstore, albeit a fairly unsuccessful one.
The movie was OK. Julia Roberts was beautiful and Hugh Grant played Hugh Grant – stuttering, shy, bumbling. I’m glad I finally saw the movie and can now say I have but I don’t get why people are so enamored in it.
Bookstores seem to be on the way out. It’s hard to compete with Amazon prices and BookBub prices. Don’t get me wrong but I love bookstores. I just typically shop online these days.
I really don’t support Jeff Bezos of Amazon as far as his riches, his politics, or anything else but it’s hard to beat the convenience. For years I would not eat grapes because of Cesar Chavez’ boycotts for farm workers.
The idea of buying “American made” is really difficult, particularly in cars where the car may be made in America but most of the parts are foreign. Even computer chips are made in China for Apple.
I support boycotts in principle but it is really hard to be consistent and up-to-date on which ones to boycott. I still will not eat at Chick Filet because of their anti-gay attitudes. I believe the company has the right to their philosophy but I also have the right not to partake.
I can safely say I don’t support Elon Musk but then, I couldn’t afford a Tesla if I wanted one. That’s a simple one but some other choices are a lot more difficult to unwind or take.
Today is wash day and change the bed linen day. It’s also the day to dispose of hazardous waste material in Fort Lauderdale. I have a few items but I’m not sure it’s worth the trip or the time in line. They tend to be efficient once they work the kinks out so I may still make it later today.
Otherwise, I’m lazy. I didn’t get out of bed until 8 this morning and I haven’t done a walk. Hey, it’s the weekend. Us retired people need down time from our busy weekly schedule.
Stay tuned!