WHY are we not in the 23rd century yet?

Here’s what I like about my new cornea specialist – she sees me, I exist. That is, I’m more than just her Friday 10 AM.

I asked Jen to give her office at MEEI a jingle yesterday. Ya see,  I was all freaked out because my scratched cornea’s not all healed yet and my vision in that eye is blurry as fuck. I consulted Dr. Google, who told me that scratched corneas take just a few days to heal. I’m at day 12.

I was panicking . IT’S NEVER GONNA GET BETTER and I’M LOSING MY EYE!!!!

Well, I neglected to consider the fact that Doc Google is unfamiliar with my specific  very complicated case. Doc Jacobs IS.

Jen spoke with a very kind receptionist who said the good Doc wasn’t at that office but she’d get her a message. She did and Doc J called Jen back right away!

As it turns out my eye’s a slow healer since my cornea is already “compromised.” It’d be like expecting Picard to be ALL better the day after he’d been unplugged from the Borg. Even 23rd century medicine couldn’t manage that feat.

But anyway, back to me and my wonk-ass orb – the very good eye minder says my vision won’t begin to improve until the redness is gone. The left eye? She’s still red though less blazingly so than a week ago.

I need to keep putting the unpronounceable goop and drops in every two hours (unless my lens is in), contact the ER cornea-specialist-on-call if things look/feel worse and BE patient. I prolly mentioned this, like, a zillion times already – patience is NOT in my superpower repertoire.

Then, before hanging up, she and Jen had this exchange:

She said she had been thinking about you and tried to call you to see how you were doing this week but she doesn't have the right phone number for you. She took my phone number and name and put it in the system. I told her she can call me anytime. 

Wow! A big league, VERY busy medic tried to call moi to see how I was making out, how I was doing. I am so damn lucky to have her in my pit crew.

Here’s something I just noticed – Picard AND 7-of-9 (AKA 36-of-D) BOTH had a full set of peepers after being de-Borged. Possibly I need some of that 23rd century medicine. NOW plz.