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@JC I was increasingly using my glasses even though they're not that strong. Became more dependent over the last 6 months.
The wife found an eye exercise that helped me convince myself to reduce that usage. Did it make any physical difference? No idea.
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@JC Don't get me started on that. I really need to get prescription sunglasses, but they are so damned ugly (and hideously expensive.) My other big grump: I got the coating on my glasses that is supposed to be anti glare or reflective, and it does jack shit. I avoid night driving if possible, especially in the rain, because it is so bad.
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when I had to get my eyes tested for my licence renewal this year, I passed by the smallest margin to not need my glasses (had them in my pocket just in case)
Yay me.
I went to the Dr for a skin check on Thursday and the guy was like 10 (another sign of getting old...) luckily he must have had training in dealing with older folk, when I said something about getting something checked regularly cos of my age, he said you arent that old and looking at your records, you take good care of yourself...sadly, that Dr is leaving the practice
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@taniwharugby Good on you for getting a skin check. A relative of mine had a little mole on back that started bleeding - yep was skin cancer. Had to have chemo, radiotherapy and all lymph nodes removed. You can't fuck around with that stuff and doesn't matter if it sees the sun or not.
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@Mokey NZ should be much more proactive when it comes to skin checks.
Mole mapping is so expensive, and Southern Cross only give you like $50 or something towards a check, which is f-all compared to the total cost...should be fully funded, ambulance at the top of the cliff...surely would save billions in the long run.
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@JC Don't get me started on that. I really need to get prescription sunglasses, but they are so damned ugly (and hideously expensive.) My other big grump: I got the coating on my glasses that is supposed to be anti glare or reflective, and it does jack shit. I avoid night driving if possible, especially in the rain, because it is so bad.
For sunglasses I ended up buying a pair of Raybans and getting them to put some prescription lenses in them. But they’re polarised (no other option for the prescription lenses apparently) so I can’t see the heads up display in the car unless I tilt my head 90°. Yeah I know, that’s the very definition of a first world problem
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@taniwharugby Last year I went to the doc to get some moles checked, and found out that with a referral you can get three analysed by molemap for free. So I did that.
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@antipodean I looked into it and I’m not a viable candidate apparently. I’m stuck with the furniture.
I'd suggest having a discussion with the surgeon if you haven't already - you never know what the development is. It's astonishing what they can do these days. My vision is now back to being better than 20/20
Apparently they can now provide an iris giving vision to cataracts in old age.
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Don't get me started on eyes. I don't mind wearing glasses - certainly prefer wearing them all the tie to the days when I was constantly putting them on, taking them off etc.
I had surgery on my eye lids in October. As we age gravity means everything heads south including your eye lids. I double down with a genetic disorder that effectively meant I was borderline to drive even with glasses because my eye lids had progressively covered a lot of my eyes. I hadn't noticed but I literally could not see anything above or to the side of my eyes until it was within 15 cms.
Relatively straight forward surgery they cut open your eye lid attach it to a muscle in the eyebrow and remove the fold of skin this creates.
Post Op though. I had to ice my eyes with little bags of frozen peas (changing them every 20 minutes) for the first three days. I thought I'd be back at work by then. HA! After a week I looked like Mike Tyson in his prime had used my face as a punch bag.
I still have swelling and itching 6 weeks later and the whole area is still quite tender. Apparently according to Dr Google swelling can last ….. A YEAR!
Colonoscopy's are a doddle by comparison
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Don't get me started on eyes. I don't mind wearing glasses - certainly prefer wearing them all the tie to the days when I was constantly putting them on, taking them off etc.
I had surgery on my eye lids in October. As we age gravity means everything heads south including your eye lids. I double down with a genetic disorder that effectively meant I was borderline to drive even with glasses because my eye lids had progressively covered a lot of my eyes. I hadn't noticed but I literally could not see anything above or to the side of my eyes until it was within 15 cms.
Relatively straight forward surgery they cut open your eye lid attach it to a muscle in the eyebrow and remove the fold of skin this creates.
Post Op though. I had to ice my eyes with little bags of frozen peas (changing them every 20 minutes) for the first three days. I thought I'd be back at work by then. HA! After a week I looked like Mike Tyson in his prime had used my face as a punch bag.
I still have swelling and itching 6 weeks later and the whole area is still quite tender. Apparently according to Dr Google swelling can last ….. A YEAR!
Colonoscopy's are a doddle by comparison
Colonoscopy is nothing. It's the prepping that's shit. Boom tish.
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@Rembrandt said in Aging:
Had a GP who recommended I get a molemap, I said $300.00 is pretty steep, he responded "Its cheaper than a coffin"
I got the molemap.
You don't miss the cost of the coffin though
The link to death made me think the moles were troublesome. Turns out they were fine.
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@Rembrandt said in Aging:
Had a GP who recommended I get a molemap, I said $300.00 is pretty steep, he responded "Its cheaper than a coffin"
I got the molemap.
You don't miss the cost of the coffin though
Bugger that. I'll be flung from a trebuchet onto a burning pyre. Even more amusing if they miss...
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I would encourage everyone to get a molemap at least once, if only to identify any potential problems and to provide a baseline for any future checks (if required). I have paid $219 for my last two.
$131 for full mole map if you are an AA member in NZ (as in Automobile Association not the other one)
Or you can get up to 5 areas of concern checked out for free.
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yeah I think the pricing has come down in the last couple of years considerably, was over $300 IIRC when they first started offering them...still should be free, similarly all cancer checks, would cost initially but the long-term benefit to society and the health system would surely outweigh the current set up.
Mind you, even free some people still probably wouldnt go.
