Me On Monday

So. I had my first cataract removed this week. 

Once they called me in at 6:15 a.m., they started prepping me for the surgery. They started a series of numbing drops and drops to dilate my eye. They inserted an i.v. and told me that they would give me something to relax prior to the surgery. I said that I was already relaxed. They hooked me up with the blood pressure cuff. I didn't ask what my BP was, but it's always low and I was not a bit nervous or worked up.

They wheeled me in to the operating room. The doctor told me that I would be awake the whole time and feel him working, but that it wouldn't hurt. He reiterated that they would be giving me something to relax. He said I would hear all of their conversations. 

Well, I fell asleep before they even did whatever it is they do to keep my eye pried open. So I actually fell asleep with my eye open! Now that's somethin'! I didn't wake up until the doctor said in a loud voice, "Okay, we're all done!" It seemed like a second, but in reality, it was somewhere between 8 and 15 minutes--that's what the doc told me prior to the surgery. 

We left by 7:30 and home by 8 a.m. Now that's my kind of surgery. 

I haven't had any problems. But there are some annoying things: 1. I cannot wear makeup for the next two weeks. Only one week per eye, but I'm having my secondd one next Tuesday. I don't usually go out without makeup and I had many things this past week, and several next. I just feel better with make-up and definitely look better too! 

And 2. I do not like that hard plastic eye cover thing I have to wear at night. I'm supposed to wear it for a week, but I probably won't. I don't move much when I'm sleeping anyway. 

So, I get to add "sleeping through cataract surgery" to my growing list of things I have slept through:

1. Movies (if I don't take Vivarin before--they are caffeine pills)

2. Facials (that's why I stopped getting them--it's hard to think I can sleep while someone is rubbing on my face!)

3. Massages (stopped them too--I was missing the whole thing!)

4. Two times I have fallen asleep on an airplane before taking off and waking only when we landed. (Okay, they were short 45 min. to 1 hour trips, but still...

5. I kept falling asleep during a root canal. The dentist kept nudging me saying that when I dozed off, my mouth went slack and he couldn't work!

I've always said that if you make me lay down and be still, I'll be sleeping! Actually, I think it's kind of a talent. Or perhaps a "gift!" Either which way, I'm glad for it. I always wake refreshed! 

Can't wait for my nap tomorrow morning during my second and final cataract surgery!