LASIK

Disclaimer – do not read if you are scared of surgeries!!!

So I finally got brave enough to trust my eyes to the spine-chilling procedure of the laser vision correction. To be specific, my surgery was called a PRK (photo refractive keratectomy) and it slightly differs from LASIK because there is no corneal cut-and-flap (instead, the doctor puts a metal ring and burns off the top part of the cornea with alcohol and removes it with a brush). The whole surgery on both eyes took total of 9 minutes!! Here’s what happened:
1)Before surgery I took a nerve-calming pill and waited for 45 minutes for it to work (it gave me a few yawns, but I was still awake and VERY scared)
2)A nurse walked me to the surgery room and I laid flat with my eyes directly under the laser (which looks like a huge metal torture machine with a blinking red spot)
3)Nurse put anesthetic drops in my eyes.
4)Doctor entered the room (I had hard times staying still on the table and not running away ahead of my screams at that point)
5)Nurse showed me the eye-opening tool (literally!!) – it looked like a small pair of tons with hooks for the eyes – yes, like a typical torture instrument)
6)The doctor ordered told me to stay still and put a sticky tape on my eye lids first, then open the eyes by pilling on the tape and sticking the eye-opener in.
7)Burnt the top layer of cornea.
8)Did 30-second laser.
9)Put anti-cancerous medication on the eye (30 seconds)
10)Put a contact lens (as a patch)
11)Removed the eye-opened (THANK GOD!)
12)Repeated with the other eye
To summarize, I am SO happy that I got this done! Yes, this was very scary to go through, but it is great. The only regret I have is not doing this about five years ago.

Fat in Action

I am not just trying to be funny - this is a true story. A 400-pounder teaches an aerobics class and people say that he’s quite motivational…

Mid-life crisis

People on Russian internet are discussing mid-life crisis right now. The story that opened that discussion was that a man went to work, and when he got back home his wife and his daughter have disappeared. The other things that disappeared were a chandelier, a piano, and their savings account. The wife never told him that she was unhappy. So now his burning question is “Can a mid-life crisis change people on a whim?”

Intentional thinking

Have you noticed that if you start to think intentionally something or if you acquire a certain condition that changes your life (i. e. a disease of some kind) you start to notice people who have the same thing? When I was pregnant, I started to notice lots of other pregnant women. When I grew a long hair I started to notice other women with a long hair. When I wanted to get an eye correction surgery I started taking a note of others who’ve gone through it. Buddhists believe that our thoughts can materialize if we give them enough time and effort. Americans believe in the American Dream coming true. What are the things that YOU intentionally think about and notice?

Luggage story

I normally hate to listen to someone with a British accent but this guy is seriously funny. Enjoy!

Sharon’s honey-bunny

Here he is… in all of his beauty… Enjoy!!!

Drugs, alcohol, abuse, and a happy July 4th

Nope, I am not referring to the Independence Day – but still July 4th is a GREAT reason to get drunk, spend $500 on fireworks and get thrown into jail for a domestic dispute – mainly because it is Sharon and Ozzy Osbournes’ wedding anniversary and people need to celebrate it!

I am late this year to saying Happy July 4th to Osbournes, but I still wanted to do it, and most of my honest and deepest congratulations go to Sharon Osbourne. I think that she has the best celebrity personality, and over the years of watching television (and comparing celebrities) she has definitely won my respect. Can you imagine being married to a person who looks like a devil, talks like a devil, sings like a devil, and acts like a devil? Yet, this has been Sharon’s reality for the last 26 years. When I put myself in her shoes – I just cannot imagine how I would manage that kind of life. I probably could put up with Ozzy (mostly because of his money) for a couple of years, then I would hit him on the head with a frying pan, and get a divorce. Amazingly enough, Sharon still says that she loves him. HOW??? She is able to love the most unlovable man I have ever seen in my life and that is what makes me to respect her so much.

So hats off to Sharon! If I was married to Ozzy, very soon my July 4th would turn from an Independence Day to the Day of Imprisonment। Sharon is a living proof that you can take any situation, any man, and any life and make it a happy place.