After the the dye in my arm and many strange pictures of my eye, it turned out I had fluid in my eye and a build-up of fluid can lead to vision problems including blindness. So far, they don't know what caused it so I will be getting more needles in my arm to figure out exactly what is wrong. The specialist, Dr. Roy Brod, (whom Dr. Wei said is the best in the area) said they may not find a cause. But in two months he will do laser surgery on the other eye so both are repaired.
In previous posts I have written about the many ways I could have been dead or crippled without modern medicine. This makes twice I avoided blindness.
And that is just what makes the healthcare debate so difficult. I owe my life and sight to expensive, innovative treatments that did not exist when I was a kid. Without those treatment I would be blind, dead, crippled, or maybe all three. With them, we all have to pay more and more for health care. In principle cutting big-ticket healthcare seems like a good idea. But facing blindness or paralysis, I think healthcare costs look very reasonable.
