OT: Eye surgery

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I had cataract surgery on both eyes in May (yes, even we sweet young

things get cataracts - genetic factors contribute (thanks, Mom)). In

one eye, he also did a bit of additional cutting to tend to extreme

astigmatism in that eye. I now see better than I have in my entire

life - after starting wearing glasses at age 9. I don't need glasses

at all, at all, and have just a little problem with seeing things that

are very close.

 

I am a total chicken**** when it comes to needles, knives, etc., but

these surgeries were great. They gave me a ton of happy juice, and my

surgeon and anesthetist have a wonderful sense of humor.

 

For those facing eye surgery, I am sorry. Detached retinas, etc.

(yes, Mom had those, too) are nothing to mess with. And some doctors

and surgery centers have done a great job of making the experience

positive overall.

 

I wish I'd had the cataracts done a year before I did.

 

 

Trish Ross

Midwives on Missions of Service

www.globalmidwives.org

[Guest guest]

Somehow, Trish, I would have never thought of you as being here in the

'chicken' club when it comes to surgery or needles, what with some of the

gruesome conditions you might be faced with out there in Sierra Leone.

 

Thanks for you good advice. I have a follow up visit Feb 12 and have my

fingers crossed that retina won't detach between now and then. I do now feel

a very slight soreness in the affected eye and blurriness in addition to the

pacman floater. I call him that because he's c-shaped and opens and closes

as he travels across my line of vision. Cataracts probably will need

attention eventually. I like looking at things closely, so I won't

procrastinate (much as I might want to just put my head in the sand)

whatever needs to be done either now or then.

 

Be Well,

Marcia Elston, Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

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" We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. " - Winston

Churchill

 

 

 

 

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ATFE [ATFE ] On Behalf Of

Patricia Ross

Saturday, January 23, 2010 6:51 PM

ATFE

OT: Eye surgery

 

 

 

 

I had cataract surgery on both eyes in May (yes, even we sweet young

things get cataracts - genetic factors contribute (thanks, Mom)). In

one eye, he also did a bit of additional cutting to tend to extreme

astigmatism in that eye. I now see better than I have in my entire

life - after starting wearing glasses at age 9. I don't need glasses

at all, at all, and have just a little problem with seeing things that

are very close.

 

I am a total chicken**** when it comes to needles, knives, etc., but

these surgeries were great. They gave me a ton of happy juice, and my

surgeon and anesthetist have a wonderful sense of humor.

 

For those facing eye surgery, I am sorry. Detached retinas, etc.

(yes, Mom had those, too) are nothing to mess with. And some doctors

and surgery centers have done a great job of making the experience

positive overall.

 

I wish I'd had the cataracts done a year before I did.

 

Trish Ross

Midwives on Missions of Service

www.globalmidwives.org