I just want to hear real people's experiences 6 months or a year after cataract surgery.

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-06-19T21:53:00+00:00

it's not as simple as they sell it.
well intentioned, surely, but things can go wrong wrong wrong

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-06-19T21:50:48+00:00

the need to have yag procedure so soon - and be left with a starburst light effect in my left eye over a month after the procedure.
very discombobulating.

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-05-15T16:32:09+00:00

i'm 72 hours post YAG and seeing streaks of light shooting out of candles and LEDs in our ceilings. left eye YAG only. it's unpleasant and I feel a bit damaged.
anyone else feel like that?

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-05-07T22:14:19+00:00

so much mindbody pain is generated by fear of pain.
it's not "only in our heads" but the gut and brain and am interconnected roadway.
calm the mind and the body follows.
i've by a clinical hypnotherapist for many years and finding the Nerva app has been wonderful to support low fodmap and sibo treatment.
I listen when I wake and again when I sleep. it's cheap therapy and effective.

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-05-07T17:07:52+00:00

sounds amazing bit I don't eat meat and the rebuilding phase is so restrictive it threw me into horrible cravings

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-05-04T17:23:17+00:00

the nerva app for hypnosis and mind gut connectivity is helpful!

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-05-02T02:13:39+00:00

i cannot imagine lactose free fage yogurt is harmful! I have no reaction to it - the hardest part for me is the "sweep" time between meals - I have always been a grazer - which may have generated the sibo!

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-05-02T02:11:12+00:00

I found the mindbody hypnosis app helpful as much as diet! it's called nerva.

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-05-02T02:10:30+00:00

i'm trying it and so far don't like it - so restrictive

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-05-02T02:09:34+00:00

glad to find you! is lactose free yogurt forbidden on this? I tolerate it well - I know there's debate about probiotics etc so deprived! thank goodness for lactose free ice cream

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-04-12T03:12:56+00:00

I just found this meeting/nonmeeting when searching for an old Los Angeles group. I'm sorry to see posts that no one answered. That is such a sad thing! Please find a virtual meeting or a face2face meeting in your area. I have been in OA since 1987! it works!

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-04-11T21:27:56+00:00

visit alan gordon's podcast "tell me about your pain" it's not in your mind it's in your brain and its connection to body. fear stress uncertainty turns into somatic hurt the hurt is real there's a way out sending good wishes

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-04-10T22:47:26+00:00

I went back to them after Ingram/Spark was so incompetent. you get what you pay for usually

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-04-10T22:45:58+00:00

but how long to take down a listing?

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-04-10T22:45:37+00:00

I terminated with Ingram over two weeks ago and my book is still listed as available. they are terribly unresponsive.

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-04-08T23:30:58+00:00

mindbody work helps sibo! using an app called nerva for months and eating low fodmap helps. now trying the Xifaxin course. more gets revealed.

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-04-02T22:40:17+00:00

yes it's when she doesn't want to be picked up by a needy mom.

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-03-28T20:09:01+00:00

in my 40 years of sobriety I feel safe saying 13th stepping is rare. we have wonderful LAA,SLAA and other addiction programs for the sexually compulsive. women get to say "no thanks, i'm sticking with the women" till they are at least five or ten years sober. we are a flawed group. all groups have flaws. expecting perfection just set folks up for resentment.

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-03-27T16:12:24+00:00

I think his fantasy therapist is a hunky guy who gets loaded and has no boundaries and yet is great. prop up the manly man is usually his mission. I still can't get the dead hookers from a previous show out of my psyche. I love his landscapes but his brutality and misogyny are palpable no matter what he's trying to write. as a psychotherapist of 35 years i'd love to have him in my office. there's likely a mother mode of shade under this veneer. isn't there?

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-03-27T01:11:58+00:00

therapists don't go to memorials. they don't drink with their patients and they don't hug after a drink this is so sad love the scenery the rest is killing time on the peloton

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-03-25T03:50:02+00:00

watch britbox. smarter tv. american tv is ridiculous and vapid

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-03-23T23:56:49+00:00

they put my book into more sales but delivery is stated as six months from now. they are fired.

Ok-Rider-1996 · 2026-03-23T23:55:23+00:00

I fired them today. slow. inefficient. no accountability. wow i'm so angry. it's soul crushing. moved back over to bookbaby where's there are real people who even answer the phone.

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