Well, I've noticed lately that I have been having problems with the left eye. First I wasn't sure if I just needed new glasses, but as time went on I was pretty much convinced that this wasn't the issue. In the morning I started out fine but during the day my vision on the left eye got worse. But I did remember that it started exactly that way before I had to have cataract surgery. So I ran a few tests my self and it occurred to to me that this was most likely the issue. At first I wasn't going to do anything about it. It just wasn't bothering me enough and my work schedule and my classes at WIFI were keeping me busy like hell. But as time went on my left eye sight was getting worse. There had been times when I was barely to make out anything with my left eye, except shapes and shades if color. So I called the office of the ophthalmologist who had done the surgery on my right eye. After all you don't want to every Tom, Dick and Harry do your eye surgery. Had to wait for about 6 weeks for my appointment. And today it was time to face the ophthalmologist.
My ophthalmologist is not exactly around the corner. Is about ab 1 1/2 hour drive from my apartment. Since I don't have an car and wasn't sure if he was going to do a background examination of my eye what would have prevented me from driving a car for about 3 hours I choose to take the train. Had to figure out the train schedule first. But the Austrian Railway Administration has an App for that. figured out when I had to leave work. It meant that I had to leave work on a Thursday at noon. Took bus and subway to the train station at Vienna Spittelau. Got there with about 1/2 hour to spare. And waited for my train to arrive. Got on the train and off we went. It is one of Austria's oldest railways. Named after emperor Franz Joseph I. And it was interesting to travel through some of those landscapes. Taking that trip by car would never ever allow you to see those landscapes. And everything considered I wouldn't have been any quicker by car. But traveling by train is much more relaxing. And paying 16 bucks for the ticket there and back is something I could have never ever pulled of while traveling by car.
Got to the ophthalmologist with about 20 minutes to spare. So I settled into the waiting room, since I knew there was going to be some waiting time. But in the end it turned out that I really didn't have to wait as much as I thought would have to. Within 30 minutes I saw my eye doctor. A few basics exams and it was pretty much clear that I would have to have cataract surgery on my left eye as well. They left with me with two option. Having surgery on the next regular appointment what would be by the end of the year or taking advantage of one of their "emergency" appointments, what would have been about 1 month later. I thought it over and opted in the end for the appointment at the end of the year. I really didn't to have my eye surgery in summer, when most of my co-workers want to go on vacation and I have already planned a vacation for the beginning of September. And a having to call in for at least 2 weeks or maybe even longer after surgery during summer isn't going to be very helpful either.
So I'm pretty happy with having my Pre-OP exam in the week before XMAS and I'l be having my surgery appointment on January 8th.
On the positive side it gives me the entire summer to take Gina hiking and getting here use to the mountains and going with her on my planned vacation to northern Germany.
After my appointment had ended I walked back to the train station of Eggenburg. I was expecting a waiting time of about 20 minutes. But my train was running late and so the waiting time increased to 40 minutes. Then I boarded the train back to Vienna. Apparently I was really tired, since I slept almost through about 3/4 of my train ride. And I got back to a very excited Gina just about 1/2 hour later than I would be back during a usual work day.
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