Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)

[Rorey]

My droopy eyelids were making me look sort of sad and tired all the time, and I found myself raising my eyebrows a lot. I was all set to have the surgery last year when the pandemic hit. Well, I finally got it yesterday.

I may be an oddity, but the only thing that mildly hurt was when the surgeon put in the eyedrops. It burned a little just for a second. I remember part of the procedure, but I must have been under too deeply for part of it because it felt like it took about 10 minutes. Then I was in recovery for about 45 minutes and my daughter took me home.

Sure, I look like something just terrible happened to me, but I feel great. One of my cats looked at me like I was visiting from Hell, and I told my daughter-in-law that it's best not to video chat with my granddaughter for awhile, but I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

My procedure was covered by my Medicare plan with $175 copay. I told the doctor that if he wanted to throw in a face lift while he was at, that would be fine with me.....as long as I didn't have to pay for it. I'm not that vain.

So, if anyone is thinking they might need this and are worried, I just want to say that for me it has been a positive experience so far.