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by pictureofabear
1271 days ago
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It's crazy how bad eye care can be in lesser-developed nations. My wife was born in one of those countries and had been told her entire life that nothing could be done about her eyesight. I took her to an optometrist, and they fixed her up in less than an hour, for $150. My wife still has the receipt. It helps me get out of trouble sometimes. |
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Both my parents, of old age, have cataracts. My mother can't see a thing with his right eye; my father is almost in the same condition. Without social security the operation would cost millions (COP$) that I can't afford.
Whereas with social security it would be almost for free. But they've hold my mother from the operation _since before the pandemic_ for all sorts of excuses - no turns, the pandemic itself, and now it's that they will put an internal lens in her eye but it hasn't arrived from where they get from (USA?). Literally last year went calling and going to the hospital asking if they would be operating her soon, but the answer is always the same. It's so tiring for me, imagine for them.