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Interests => Health & Fitness => Topic started by: BEG on January 30, 2012, 05:35:40 PM
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Im scared. :bawl:
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oh BEG honey you'll do fine. I know how you feel though!
My dad had it done about 5 years ago and my brother was the one who took him. He said he did great and had no complications.
You will have to find a way to let us know you're out and okay as soon as possible.
I will say a prayer in the morning. :wink:
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Im scared. :bawl:
You will be fine. I will be thinking about you, in a positive way, the whole day. As, I am sure, everyone else here will be.
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Count on our prayers, BEG.
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Good Luck , BEG.
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Good Luck , BEG.
Made me mad and laugh at the same time.
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I think I know too much, I always know too much. Sometimes I wish there wasn't an Internet.
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Made me mad and laugh at the same time.
Then I was somewhat successful. :)
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BEG, if I were you I would be scared too. I know I would. But, since I am not you, and not having surgery tomorrow, I will simply say that I know you will be fine and you will be in my thoughts and prayers tomorrow.
And here is an ooky rainbow hug for you to make it all better.
:grouphug:
:whatever:
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You'll be okay. Really.
You'll be fine. It's just like going to the dentist.
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You'll be okay. Really.
You'll be fine. It's just like going to the dentist.
Oh geez! ****er
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Oh geez! ****er
What? :-)
You'll be okay. Srsly.
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What? :-)
You'll be okay. Srsly.
I'm actually more nervous about the outcome vs the procedure. The rate that things go bad doubles in someone with a history is UVeitis. I will be getting a shot in the eye during the procedure to try to prevent it but I'm still seriously nervous.
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Oh and wineslob, I think I know why your mom has a sparkly eye. They can put a special coating on the lens that blocks UV light, that tends to make it sparkle in certain light.
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Don't be scared. I will be thinking about you, good luck with everything!
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I forgot about that. I'm not familiar with UVeitis and didn't realize it was that bad.. :(
I will not be having surgery again. I can't do it. There is so much scar tissue that cutting into any part of my retina could cause the whole shebang to fall apart. I can't risk it.
I'm actually more nervous about the outcome vs the procedure. The rate that things go bad doubles in someone with a history is UVeitis. I will be getting a shot in the eye during the procedure to try to prevent it but I'm still seriously nervous.
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I hope everything goes well, BEG, as I'm sure it will.
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It's over and I was awake for the whole friggen thing and it did hurt. The anesthesiologist gave me some Versed and it didn't feel like he gave me anything. I was getting ready to ask for more when my doctor said it was over.
First the doctor put numbing drops in my eye (along with a bunch of other drops). He strapped me to a table (actually just taped my head down, I couldn't move it). Ithe lights were so bright I couldn't keep my eye open. Then he put that thing that keeps your eye open and it hurt. It almost felt like it was too big. He made his first incision then stuck a needle inside my eye to numb my iris. That part wasn't too bad. I kept getting really hot so they took all the blankets off me and turned down the A/C.
Then he inserted larger instruments to dissolve the cataract (ultrasound) then sucked it out. I think that part freaked me out the most. I could actually see him installing the new lense, it was freaky. After that was done he gave me two injections of steroids which have now produced two lovely bubble blobs on my eye.
At first I saw red out of that eye, then I could see that the colors looks different in my right vs left (white had a tint to it). my vision is blurry in that eye but my doctor said it would be, especially with the steroid injection.
Incase anyone wants to know the lense is:
Acrysof IQ with UV coating
Made by Alcon
Power: 19.0D
Length: 13.0mm
optic: 6.0mm
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I'm glad it went okay.
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It's over and I was awake for the whole friggen thing and it did hurt. The anesthesiologist gave me some Versed and it didn't feel like he gave me anything. I was getting ready to ask for more when my doctor said it was over.
First the doctor put numbing drops in my eye (along with a bunch of other drops). He strapped me to a table (actually just taped my head down, I couldn't move it). Ithe lights were so bright I couldn't keep my eye open. Then he put that thing that keeps your eye open and it hurt. It almost felt like it was too big. He made his first incision then stuck a needle inside my eye to numb my iris. That part wasn't too bad. I kept getting really hot so they took all the blankets off me and turned down the A/C.
Then he inserted larger instruments to dissolve the cataract (ultrasound) then sucked it out. I think that part freaked me out the most. I could actually see him installing the new lense, it was freaky. After that was done he gave me two injections of steroids which have now produced two lovely bubble blobs on my eye.
At first I saw red out of that eye, then I could see that the colors looks different in my right vs left (white had a tint to it). my vision is blurry in that eye but my doctor said it would be, especially with the steroid injection.
Incase anyone wants to know the lense is:
Acrysof IQ with UV coating
Made by Alcon
Power: 19.0D
Length: 13.0mm
optic: 6.0mm
Praying that you heal soon!
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I didn't see this yesterday, but am relieved to hear you're doing okay. Everyone I've ever known who's had the surgery has done well. Thing is that none of them had the problems you do with your eyes.
Take it easy. Don't expect too much of yourself. You're going to heal just fine and you've got a lot of prayers holding you up.
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Just now saw this, and was wondering why you were showing up as being on here, only to find out it's already over with!!! :o
Sorry, darlin', but couldn't read the details of the surgery, got queasy after the first paragraph, (eye stuff gives me a panic attack). So glad to hear it went ok.
Sending prayers and lots of hugs!!!!
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My dreamy doctor just called to check on me...sigh.
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Glad You are doing well! Quick recovery!
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I'm happy that it's over, BEG.
Heal quick! :cheersmate: :-*
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Holy crap hon! Glad you're doing well! I know you've been through so much eye stuff but that sounds so ooogey to me.
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My dreamy doctor just called to check on me...sigh.
LOL! I remember going to the ER many years ago with severe pain in my lower right side. When the on call walked in I almost fainted. I don't think I've ever seen anyone so totally gorgeous up close. Of course, he had to do an +ahem+ exam down there and found big ovarian cyst. Do you know the pain went away almost miraculously? I've always wondered where he went and what e decided to specialize in.
Plus, I had a stupid crush on my OB-GYN with my son. He understood me perfectly!
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My vision in my surgery eye is weird. Not only do colors in that eye appear more "yellow" (from the blue blocking coating) but my vision isn't clear at any distance although I can tell the cataract is out. It's almost as though my astigmatism is worse. I have a blue like glow shape coming off the top left of the TV. I know it is ghosting but it's pretty bad, sometimes it is solid blue and sometimes it is a faded version of what ever is on the TV. I also went outside and looked at the neighbors houses a few minutes ago. I see radial lines around sources of light. Think of an old Edison light bulb and what the light looks like only on a large scale. It's not a halo like I saw with the cataract, it's like arcing lines that connect.
I know that this is less than 24 hours out and that things will change but it's pretty freaky and scary if it doesn't get considerably better. With both eyes the TV is very clear but it feels as though my eyes are fighting each other. I have always been really nearsighted so I can read with my left eye (non cataract eye) very clearly so the doctor set the cataract eye for distance. I can tell if the ghosting clears up I will be able to see really well in the distance. Man the blue glow coming off the tv is really strange. I don't see it all the time, sometimes I just see the ghosting.
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LOL! I remember going to the ER many years ago with severe pain in my lower right side. When the on call walked in I almost fainted. I don't think I've ever seen anyone so totally gorgeous up close. Of course, he had to do an +ahem+ exam down there and found big ovarian cyst. Do you know the pain went away almost miraculously? I've always wondered where he went and what e decided to specialize in.
Plus, I had a stupid crush on my OB-GYN with my son. He understood me perfectly!
I totally get a god complex with most of my doctors. I was in love with my neurologist.
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I totally get a god complex with most of my doctors. I was in love with my neurologist.
I'm a good groinocologist. Will you love me, too? :-*
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Here's to a speedy recovery Beg :cheersmate:.
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Oh no, I think I'm going to have the sparkly eye like wineslob's mom. :panic:
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Here's to a speedy recovery Beg :cheersmate:.
Thanks! :)
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You weren't under orders to stay face-down for 24 hours? I've had to deal with that every time I had eye surgery.
Sparkly eye doesn't sound very good.
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Oh no, I think I'm going to have the sparkly eye like wineslob's mom. :panic:
More sparkle to you, BEG? :lol:
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More sparkle to you, BEG? :lol:
It's freaky but my eye is still dilated so it might get better after my eye is back to normal.
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It's freaky but my eye is still dilated so it might get better after my eye is back to normal.
Some other time I'll tell you what happened to ME after my cataract surgery. Nothing with the eyes, but.....some other time, so you don't worry now.
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Some other time I'll tell you what happened to ME after my cataract surgery. Nothing with the eyes, but.....some other time, so you don't worry now.
Tell me, I must know everything!
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Oh no, I think I'm going to have the sparkly eye like wineslob's mom. :panic:
Lolz. Any time she's in bright light you can see them. Really looks weird.
LET THE FREAK-OUT BEGIN!
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Lolz. Any time she's in bright light you can see them. Really looks weird.
LET THE FREAK-OUT BEGIN!
:fuelfire:
Damn it to hell! :censored:
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You weren't under orders to stay face-down for 24 hours? I've had to deal with that every time I had eye surgery.
Sparkly eye doesn't sound very good.
No, with normal cateract surgery you don't.
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Went to my follow up appointment. Everything looks excellent as far as the doctor is concerned. He said he hardly had to use any power to break up my cataract which really surprised him. He said the power was only 3.8 and the norm is 8 or something, what ever that means. He said by using less power it is better for your eye and less post-op inflammation.
I feel really nauseous (like to the point of almost throwing up) and I think it was from driving myself and the difference in my two eyes (and my eye is dilated). I could actually see street signs and the colors seem so vibrant.
My astigmatism is almost 100% gone and my vision was 20/35 uncorrected (it was 20/140 I think with the cataract). He said my eye was really dry and that could affect my vision as well as the fact my eye is still dilated and I had the shot in the eye (always blurs my vision). Then I'm only a day out of surgery so it will improve even more from just that fact. He gave me some drops for dry eye and told me to use them frequently.
Yesterday I was afraid I made a mistake, today I feel like I have my vision back.
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That's great news, BEG. I know I'd be anxious as hell if they were messin' with my eyes. You got through it like a trooper! :cheersmate:
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Went to my follow up appointment. Everything looks excellent as far as the doctor is concerned. He said he hardly had to use any power to break up my cataract which really surprised him. He said the power was only 3.8 and the norm is 8 or something, what ever that means. He said by using less power it is better for your eye and less post-op inflammation.
I feel really nauseous (like to the point of almost throwing up) and I think it was from driving myself and the difference in my two eyes (and my eye is dilated). I could actually see street signs and the colors seem so vibrant.
My astigmatism is almost 100% gone and my vision was 20/35 uncorrected (it was 20/140 I think with the cataract). He said my eye was really dry and that could affect my vision as well as the fact my eye is still dilated and I had the shot in the eye (always blurs my vision). Then I'm only a day out of surgery so it will improve even more from just that fact. He gave me some drops for dry eye and told me to use them frequently.
Yesterday I was afraid I made a mistake, today I feel like I have my vision back.
I had a 'super duper dialation' and drove myself home. Never again. Fortunately it was a little under a half mile and very overcast (ok starting to snow). I had been to the specialist because I was having 'flashes' and floaters, I couldn't help wonder if they thought I had someone to drive me.
Talk about driving by the braille system. :tongue:
Next time I leave the car and take a cab. Anyway, congrats on getting through it. My last appointment the guy goes, "Did we discusss cataracts?" No. And that was the end of it. This getting older is not for the young.
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I'm a good groinocologist. Will you love me, too? :-*
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Dirty old man!
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I had a 'super duper dialation' and drove myself home. Never again. Fortunately it was a little under a half mile and very overcast (ok starting to snow). I had been to the specialist because I was having 'flashes' and floaters, I couldn't help wonder if they thought I had someone to drive me.
Talk about driving by the braille system. :tongue:
Next time I leave the car and take a cab. Anyway, congrats on getting through it. My last appointment the guy goes, "Did we discusss cataracts?" No. And that was the end of it. This getting older is not for the young.
If you do have cataract surgery you will be amazed how colorful the world is. It's like I'm seeing the sky like I remember it as a child.
Doctors are amazing people, I've had such wonderful experiences with all but one of my doctors over my life with all of the health issues I've had. So many had a hand in saving my life and now I can say that one has given me the gift of the kind of sight I forgot and didn't think I could have.
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If you do have cataract surgery you will be amazed how colorful the world is. It's like I'm seeing the sky like I remember it as a child.
Doctors are amazing people, I've had such wonderful experiences with all but one of my doctors over my life with all of the health issues I've had. So many had a hand in saving my life and now I can say that one has given me the gift of the kind of sight I forgot and didn't think I could have.
Lately my back has been acting up again. I guess I will be working on that next. I remember one of my relatives talking about my 2 great grandfather saying at one point how if he could only have one thing it would be the cloud taken from vision to see like a young boy again. I believe he was in his late nineties at the time.
I will have to post my kitchen pictures for you when I get some time.
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If you do have cataract surgery you will be amazed how colorful the world is. It's like I'm seeing the sky like I remember it as a child.
Doctors are amazing people, I've had such wonderful experiences with all but one of my doctors over my life with all of the health issues I've had. So many had a hand in saving my life and now I can say that one has given me the gift of the kind of sight I forgot and didn't think I could have.
I am glad to hear that your procedure went well.
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Dirty old man!
:cheersmate:
Correct on all counts!
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Tell me, I must know everything!
My liver couldn't evacuate the Versed out of my system, and I ended up hallucinating about everything. None of my doctors had ever seen such a thing before. (Why break with tradition?)
It got so that when my wife came home from work, she'd find me holding the cell phone in one hand and the TV remote in the other, swearing and trying to change channels with the cell phone.
So off to the ER we went, and from there to the hospital for 1-1/2 days, during the blizzard.
All better now, though.