Well if this don't fuck all! I may need eye surgery and I have no health insurance.

[graywarrior]

DU better develop a service for the blind.

[LynzM]

1. Oh dude, that sucks so bad

Can I ask what's going on, if you don't mind sharing?

[DS1]

2. Switch to large fonts

I use them

[SPKrazy]

3. dayum gray

what kind of eye surgery do you need?

:hug: :hug:

[lost-in-nj]

4. Oh gray

what can we do (if anything) to help you...???

you know we love you....


:hug:


lost

[graywarrior]

5. I won't know til next week

I'm having major eye exam on Friday. I haven't been able to see out of my right eye for over a week...floaters and white flashes of light with a lot of pain. Eye doctor said on the phone he thinks it's a detached retina or some shit...I didn't listen after he said the word possible "surgery." Of course, I didn't hear the word "possible" either. Just when we were getting enough cash to move north, this shit happens.

[RebelOne]

7. My sister was told by an eye doctor that she had a detached retina

and would need eye surgery. Well, she didn't have insurance either and couldn't get surgery. This was about 8 years ago and her so far her eyes are fine. It just sort of went away by itself.

[Mezzo]

10. get thee to the Wilmer Eye Clinic at Johns Hopkins...

in Baltimore. They have programs that will help you financially. They are left with endowments for such a scenario. They saved. my. mother's life. LITERALLY. And she had no insurance. Actually, I think she had insurance, but they would not cover it, which is the same as having no insurance.

Try a teaching hospital in your area too.

Take a deep breath and know we're pulling for you.

Let some of us research it for/with you.

And do not be afraid to post about this when it bothers you. Keeping it bottled up will only hurt.

[applegrove]

6. So sorry.

[raccoon]

8. So sorry, graywarrior. nt

[mainegreen]

9. DU should form a group insurance pool.

There sure are enough of us to get a damned decent rate.

[Wapsie B]

11. God isn't it wonderful we live in such a civilized country?

:sarcasm:

I hope things work out that you can get the treatment you need. The teaching hospital ideas upthread sound good. Can't go wrong with Johns Hopkins.