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Madman · 10-21-2009, 10:37 AM

Here lately things have been pretty hectic. My mom has to get a monthly injection in her eyeball so, according to the retina specialist, she needs to prevent her from going totally blind. My mom wholeheartedly support this doctor in this endeavor (along with a slew of other old people).

Anyway, she had a reaction to the shot this last time and she temporarily lost her sight for a few days - minor to the pain she was having. Anyway, prior to the injection she was already having some problem with that eye and we expressed our concern about it. The doctor assures us there shouldn't be a problem so my mom receives the injection. Everything goes well until that evening when the pain meds wear off then everything goes to hell. Severe light sensitivity, total blindness in that eye, and pain - lots of it. Can't even get ahold of the doctor. To make matters worse, she can't get hold of me because the construction behind my house knocked out my telephone and my cell phone went on the blink. Luckily, for her, she had some people on speed dial and they came to the rescue.

By the next evening the pain was gone, the light sensitivity had subsided to a bearable limit and she was getting back just a little bit of vision.

I got her an appointment with the retina doc on Monday and we went in to see her. Then she set us up with a battery of tests. So for the past two weeks I have been taking her to various doctor appointments, labs and xrays to try and determine why she had this reaction.

What doesn't make sense is we had originally expressed our concern over the injection because of the existing condition she was having at that time. So when we asked the doctor about it again she stuck to her guns and decided my mom had some unknown infection that caused this to happen. Okay... if so, what's the difference? There was an existing condition.

It all comes out after further questions... she can no longer take the old injection because her body had a reaction to it. The "new" injection will cost $2k per.

So, my sister calls me up and proceeds to chew me out because I wasn't available and insists she would have been there to take care of her needs. I'm like... "okay, not a problem here. I can fly mom first class and pay y'all's first months deposit on your new two-bedroom apartment. I'll even throw in a case of Campbells Soup. All you need to do is take the 60-80 hours off work each year for various emergencies and medical appointments. Think you can do that? I'll have her there in a couple of weeks. But hey, I gotta go right now 'cause I gotta bring mom to the docs and have that chest xray, so give me a call later. Love ya, bye."

Funny how the tune changes.

Frustrating at times, but old people can't help they get old.

10-21-2009, 10:37 AM	#25
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	Here lately things have been pretty hectic. My mom has to get a monthly injection in her eyeball so, according to the retina specialist, she needs to prevent her from going totally blind. My mom wholeheartedly support this doctor in this endeavor (along with a slew of other old people). Anyway, she had a reaction to the shot this last time and she temporarily lost her sight for a few days - minor to the pain she was having. Anyway, prior to the injection she was already having some problem with that eye and we expressed our concern about it. The doctor assures us there shouldn't be a problem so my mom receives the injection. Everything goes well until that evening when the pain meds wear off then everything goes to hell. Severe light sensitivity, total blindness in that eye, and pain - lots of it. Can't even get ahold of the doctor. To make matters worse, she can't get hold of me because the construction behind my house knocked out my telephone and my cell phone went on the blink. Luckily, for her, she had some people on speed dial and they came to the rescue. By the next evening the pain was gone, the light sensitivity had subsided to a bearable limit and she was getting back just a little bit of vision. I got her an appointment with the retina doc on Monday and we went in to see her. Then she set us up with a battery of tests. So for the past two weeks I have been taking her to various doctor appointments, labs and xrays to try and determine why she had this reaction. What doesn't make sense is we had originally expressed our concern over the injection because of the existing condition she was having at that time. So when we asked the doctor about it again she stuck to her guns and decided my mom had some unknown infection that caused this to happen. Okay... if so, what's the difference? There was an existing condition. It all comes out after further questions... she can no longer take the old injection because her body had a reaction to it. The "new" injection will cost $2k per. So, my sister calls me up and proceeds to chew me out because I wasn't available and insists she would have been there to take care of her needs. I'm like... "okay, not a problem here. I can fly mom first class and pay y'all's first months deposit on your new two-bedroom apartment. I'll even throw in a case of Campbells Soup. All you need to do is take the 60-80 hours off work each year for various emergencies and medical appointments. Think you can do that? I'll have her there in a couple of weeks. But hey, I gotta go right now 'cause I gotta bring mom to the docs and have that chest xray, so give me a call later. Love ya, bye." Funny how the tune changes. Frustrating at times, but old people can't help they get old.