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Group: alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove · Group Profile
Author: JJJJ Date: Aug 21, 2008 10:22
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, LilPeach wrote:
>I had lens implant surgery on Tuesday. I'd been suffering for about a month
>with cataracts in both eyes (worse in the right than the left) and so I had
>the lens replaced on the right first. Will do the left in about 6-8 weeks.
Woo! Go you! :)
>Right now, I am wearing my previous-to-surgery spectacles and it's a bit
>like looking normally through the left side with the right side feeling as
>if I'm looking through someone else's specs. After both eyes are done, I
>will be at 20/25 vision for the first time in my life.
Cool - I had the same effect from laser surgery and it's just
wonderful! :)
>For anyone who's not had this done, they do the surgery whilst you are fully
>awake and cognizant of your surroundings. It was really weird. It was like
>watching a psychedelic light show while the doctor was explaining what she
>was doing. Priot to the surgery they dilated and then put some lidocaine gel
>in the eye.
A couple of years ago just reading this would have made me feel faint
but I can really identify with the light show bit - it's really weird!
>In the operating theatre they gave me a mild sedative that was mostly just
>to relax me.
/me got a cute nurse to hold his hand when he had his eyes done :o)
>The surgery started at 10:28 AM and I was back in the parking garage and in
>the car with my dad by 11:15 AM under my own power. When I got home I took a
>5 hour nap. The patch came off today. I go back to jbex tomorrow.
Well, that's easily the worst of the whole affair! :-o
JJ
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