Under the knife
 

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:24:31 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:


I underwent cataract surgery yesterday and it was less of a hassle than
the lasik surgery I had seven or eight years ago.

My right eye was the problem (of course - the problems are always on the
right!), and in 15 minutes, I was semi-out from anesthesia, the doc
opened up my eye, removed "the cloud" and put in the plastic replacement.

Went home with an eye patch. No pain, a little bit of a feeling of a
speck of dust in the eye, but not even approaching annoying. Saw the doc
this morning, he removed the patch, examined the eye, put in some drops
and sent me home with instructions to report back in two weeks.

My vision in that eye is close to back where it was when I had the
lasik, and probably will be that good again in a week or so. Right now,
I'm at 20/30 in the right eye, and 20/20 in the left. (The left always
sees things more clearly than the right).

The anxiety pre-operation was a bigger deal than the surgery itself.

Thanks for that post. The eye guy told me a couple days ago he could see
the 'beginning of cataracts', whatever the hell that means. He said it was
nothing to worry about yet, and I felt like asking why the hell he told me
about it then!

Glad to hear all went well. Is that why you've been relatively mum the last
few days?
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'Til next time,

John H

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Under the knife
 

JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:24:31 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

I underwent cataract surgery yesterday and it was less of a hassle than
the lasik surgery I had seven or eight years ago.

My right eye was the problem (of course - the problems are always on the
right!), and in 15 minutes, I was semi-out from anesthesia, the doc
opened up my eye, removed "the cloud" and put in the plastic replacement.

Went home with an eye patch. No pain, a little bit of a feeling of a
speck of dust in the eye, but not even approaching annoying. Saw the doc
this morning, he removed the patch, examined the eye, put in some drops
and sent me home with instructions to report back in two weeks.

My vision in that eye is close to back where it was when I had the
lasik, and probably will be that good again in a week or so. Right now,
I'm at 20/30 in the right eye, and 20/20 in the left. (The left always
sees things more clearly than the right).

The anxiety pre-operation was a bigger deal than the surgery itself.

Thanks for that post. The eye guy told me a couple days ago he could see
the 'beginning of cataracts', whatever the hell that means. He said it was
nothing to worry about yet, and I felt like asking why the hell he told me
about it then!

He is thinking about buying a bigger boat in the near future and he is
lining up his financing.

Under the knife
 

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:37:04 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:24:31 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

I underwent cataract surgery yesterday and it was less of a hassle than
the lasik surgery I had seven or eight years ago.

My right eye was the problem (of course - the problems are always on the
right!), and in 15 minutes, I was semi-out from anesthesia, the doc
opened up my eye, removed "the cloud" and put in the plastic replacement.

Went home with an eye patch. No pain, a little bit of a feeling of a
speck of dust in the eye, but not even approaching annoying. Saw the doc
this morning, he removed the patch, examined the eye, put in some drops
and sent me home with instructions to report back in two weeks.

My vision in that eye is close to back where it was when I had the
lasik, and probably will be that good again in a week or so. Right now,
I'm at 20/30 in the right eye, and 20/20 in the left. (The left always
sees things more clearly than the right).

The anxiety pre-operation was a bigger deal than the surgery itself.

Thanks for that post. The eye guy told me a couple days ago he could see
the 'beginning of cataracts', whatever the hell that means. He said it was
nothing to worry about yet, and I felt like asking why the hell he told me
about it then!

He is thinking about buying a bigger boat in the near future and he is
lining up his financing.

Hell, my dentist already got the *big* bucks!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************