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Viewing Life Through a New Lens

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Real Estate Agent with HomeSmart Stars TX #0552717

No two people looking at an object see exactly the same thing. Sometimes, one person can see differing images of the same thing over a short period of time. Take, for instance, me.  I had cataract surgery for my right eye on Wednesday. Hanging around the house that afternoon, I went to hang up a pair of pants.  I've always considered these pants to be gray. Now that my cataract is gone, everything has a bluish tint and these pants look slightly lavender. Not brighter, just a different color.

 

 

EyeI've had several friends over the past few months who have also had cataract surgery.  We all have different doctors. We all followed different pre and post op routines. But we all finished with the same results - no more cloudy lenses.

One of my friends had multiple bottles of eye drops to take days before her surgery.  Each bottle required a different number of drops multiple times a day, and the number of drops changed as she got closer to her surgery date. She had to create a checklist spreadsheet to keep it all straight.  My doctor gave me one bottle of drops (he combined multiple types of drops into one prescription) and I used one drop four times a day for just two days prior to surgery (the KISS principle). The same for post surgery steps for both of us. I have the same bottle and use one drop each time as prescribed. She recreated her spreadsheet to follow her post-op instructions.

Another friend was told after surgery not to bend over or lift anything heavier than 10 pounds for two weeks. She got one of those grab-it things to pick stuff up off the floor. My doctor explained it a little differently, and less restrictively. I can't lift heavy objects for one week, and if I have to bend, keeping my eye higher than my heart (squatting) is the way to go. I can resume normal activities this coming week.

We also had differing ways to cope with the second eye prior to the surgery for that one. My doctor had the simplest solution. I have a 30-day contact in my left eye. I don't need glasses anymore, except for reading glasses.  The contact balances out the corrected eye. I was a bit apprehensive, having never used contacts before. But after he inserted it, he asked how it felt and I honestly can't feel it.

So what does this have to do with real estate (or anything else, for that matter):

  • Make it as simple as possible for your clients. There are ways to make things more complicated than they need to be, so don't (multiple vials of drops with differing amounts to apply from each vs one vial with simple instructions).
  • Realize that there are many ways to achieve similar goals (we all had successful cataract surgery despite alternative ways of preparing).
  • Cause the least amount of pain and discomfort as possible (one contact and reading glasses vs multiple glasses, or one removed lens from the frames of the old spectacles until the second eye is corrected). 

Not wearing glasses for distance is taking a little getting used to. It's an adjustment. I'll gladly give up the contact lens, though, when I get the left eye done in a few weeks.  I'm looking at the world differently now!

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Lorrie Semler, REALTOR
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Lorrie - so many things we encounter on a daily basis has to do with real estate as well as everyday life.  Even in the different aspects, the similarities can seem to overwhelm us in ways that were once unimaginable.  Thanks for the observation.  Here's to getting back to 2024 with a 20/20 kind of outlook.  👀

Mar 31, 2024 11:38 AM
Lorrie Semler, REALTOR® in the Dallas area. Call/text 972-416-3417

Michael Jacobs 20/20 or better!

Mar 31, 2024 12:31 PM
Michael Jacobs

🌞☀️🌞

Mar 31, 2024 12:44 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Lorrie, a few years ago, I had cataract surgery on both eyes, and after a lifetime of Coke bottle glasses or itchy contact lenses, I now have 20-20 vision without glasses! Modern medicine is pretty cool!

 

Mar 31, 2024 11:38 AM
Lorrie Semler, REALTOR® in the Dallas area. Call/text 972-416-3417

Patricia Kennedy It IS amazing! I was told that cataract surgery was first performed here in Dallas.

Mar 31, 2024 12:31 PM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

It is amazing how going through a little procedure can change perspective and the new lens gets to see life in a maybe better way. Continued improvement to our vison.

Mar 31, 2024 11:42 AM
Lorrie Semler, REALTOR® in the Dallas area. Call/text 972-416-3417

@ed Thanks! Seeing better every day.

Mar 31, 2024 12:33 PM
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

Hi Lorrie,
I really appreciated my cataract surgery results. I laughed about your gray pants. I thought the same about my house color. Turns out it's more blue than gray. 😂

You are right in that we all see things differently, regardless of having the very same experience.

Mar 31, 2024 05:46 PM
Lorrie Semler, REALTOR® in the Dallas area. Call/text 972-416-3417

Carol Williams Great "seeing" you! When are you coming back through Dallas?

Apr 01, 2024 05:40 AM
Carol Williams

I'm not sure, Lorrie Semler, REALTOR® in the Dallas area. Call/text 972-416-3417. Isn't it your turn to come to Wenatchee? 😊

Apr 01, 2024 07:35 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I'm glad to hear your first eye is doing so well and the second is coming up. Whoo hoo!

Apr 01, 2024 05:47 AM
Lorrie Semler, REALTOR® in the Dallas area. Call/text 972-416-3417
HomeSmart Stars - Addison, TX
Real Service. Real Results. Real Estate

Kat Palmiotti I can't wait! Looking forward to getting the other eye done. What a difference with the first eye. 

Apr 02, 2024 01:41 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Lorrie- I've not yet had cataract surgery but I'm told I'll have to have it. Larry loved the results of his. I've worn glasses since I was 9 and contacts starting at 14. It would be nice to get up and not have to put contacts on to see. 

Apr 06, 2024 06:26 PM
Lorrie Semler, REALTOR® in the Dallas area. Call/text 972-416-3417

Kathy Streib My doc put in a 30 day contact in the eye not yet corrected to balance the now good eye until the second surgery. I've never worn contacts before. I can't feel a thing! But if I had to take it out and put it back in, I'd be in trouble.

Apr 07, 2024 07:15 AM