BikerBabe
Senior Master Sergeant
Drink up me hearties, yo ho... 
Bandage's off, it feels like having your windows cleaned thoroughly! Yay!
Bandage's off, it feels like having your windows cleaned thoroughly! Yay!
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meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Glad to hear it went well!
ontos
Tech Sergeant
Glad to see you back and glad your surgery went well. Now we can see more great shots from you.
A4K
Brigadier General
Glad to hear everything's okay Cap'n!
What is that op like btw? A couple of mates are considering similar, sorta freaks them out a bit though.
What is that op like btw? A couple of mates are considering similar, sorta freaks them out a bit though.
Glad your ok Maria and all is well !
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
"Tie 'er to the yardarm!"
Ouch! Hope it heals fast!
Ouch! Hope it heals fast!
BikerBabe
Senior Master Sergeant
Thanks guys, it does heal fast.
Four hours after surgery I was allowed to remove the bandage, and I could almost see clearly right away.
The surgery itself takes 20 minutes with a little discomfort, but since the alternative is slowly going blind, I can live with it!
Basically the surgeon replaces the affected lens with a plastic lens, so it's performed with local anae...an...*stomp!* sedation.
A4K:
At first the eye that's due to undergo surgery is dripped with a local anesthetic to sedate the cornea and dilate the pupil while you wait.
You might also get a sedative, depending on pre-surgery procedures.
Then you go in and sit in a dentist's chair, and the area around the eye is disinfected with pure alcohol before a special cloth is attached around your eye. This cloth has got something that'll soak up fluid, I don't know if it's cotton or gauze, but it works just fine.
The soaking thing is to keep moisture from running down your face during surgery, because your eye gets dripped constantly with a saline solution or something similar, to keep the eyeball moist and clean.
Then your eye is given another local anesthetic, this time with a very thin syringe, in three or more places to make sure that you can't feel a thing during surgery. This was the most uncomfortable part for me - I HATE the idea of anything sharp getting anywhere near my eyes!
Then the surgeon puts something in to keep your eye open, I don't know if it's a special ring or clamp-thing, but it feels strange. It might strain the fine skin at the corners of your eye a little, that's why it felt uncomfortable for me.
Then the affected lens is removed with an ultrasound knife. Your lens is then replaced with a plastic lens, the surgeon then makes sure that everything is alright and done properly - and then you're done.
Before you go in for surgery, your eye is measured to make sure that you get the proper strength lens at the pre-op examination.
The clamp or ring is removed (- ah! Relief!), as is the paper cloth, and the surgeon wipes the skin around the eye clean and dry of blood and other icky stuff - and then the bandage is put on.
Then the nurse helps you with sitting and standing - all nice and slow, depending on how the surgery affected you. Some people might feel dizzy or uncomfortable, hence this procedure.
And then you can go home and sit down quietly for at least four hours before you can remove the bandage and start dripping your eyes with special post-op eye drops for at least three weeks.
All of this might of course vary, depending on the various procedures in the various countries.
It's the same with when you're allowed to lift heavy things and do physically straining things again.
For example: An older friend of mine wasn't allowed to exercise for six weeks after surgery, and I was told that I could start exercising again after one week - so I guess it depends on your age and physical condition - and how well you heal.
And today's post op check-up went well: Everything looks fine - in more than one way.
Another things is that it feels like my eye has been replaced with a golf ball, it's pretty sore and red - but I was told that this was normal, so I guess it's okay.
Plus all of a sudden I can see clearly again and my eye has to get used to a different strength lens, so I guess feeling headachey is normal here as well. It's like getting new glasses, it takes a little getting used to.
Four hours after surgery I was allowed to remove the bandage, and I could almost see clearly right away.
The surgery itself takes 20 minutes with a little discomfort, but since the alternative is slowly going blind, I can live with it!
Basically the surgeon replaces the affected lens with a plastic lens, so it's performed with local anae...an...*stomp!* sedation.
A4K:
At first the eye that's due to undergo surgery is dripped with a local anesthetic to sedate the cornea and dilate the pupil while you wait.
You might also get a sedative, depending on pre-surgery procedures.
Then you go in and sit in a dentist's chair, and the area around the eye is disinfected with pure alcohol before a special cloth is attached around your eye. This cloth has got something that'll soak up fluid, I don't know if it's cotton or gauze, but it works just fine.
The soaking thing is to keep moisture from running down your face during surgery, because your eye gets dripped constantly with a saline solution or something similar, to keep the eyeball moist and clean.
Then your eye is given another local anesthetic, this time with a very thin syringe, in three or more places to make sure that you can't feel a thing during surgery. This was the most uncomfortable part for me - I HATE the idea of anything sharp getting anywhere near my eyes!
Then the surgeon puts something in to keep your eye open, I don't know if it's a special ring or clamp-thing, but it feels strange. It might strain the fine skin at the corners of your eye a little, that's why it felt uncomfortable for me.
Then the affected lens is removed with an ultrasound knife. Your lens is then replaced with a plastic lens, the surgeon then makes sure that everything is alright and done properly - and then you're done.
Before you go in for surgery, your eye is measured to make sure that you get the proper strength lens at the pre-op examination.
The clamp or ring is removed (- ah! Relief!), as is the paper cloth, and the surgeon wipes the skin around the eye clean and dry of blood and other icky stuff - and then the bandage is put on.
Then the nurse helps you with sitting and standing - all nice and slow, depending on how the surgery affected you. Some people might feel dizzy or uncomfortable, hence this procedure.
And then you can go home and sit down quietly for at least four hours before you can remove the bandage and start dripping your eyes with special post-op eye drops for at least three weeks.
All of this might of course vary, depending on the various procedures in the various countries.
It's the same with when you're allowed to lift heavy things and do physically straining things again.
For example: An older friend of mine wasn't allowed to exercise for six weeks after surgery, and I was told that I could start exercising again after one week - so I guess it depends on your age and physical condition - and how well you heal.
And today's post op check-up went well: Everything looks fine - in more than one way.
Another things is that it feels like my eye has been replaced with a golf ball, it's pretty sore and red - but I was told that this was normal, so I guess it's okay.
Plus all of a sudden I can see clearly again and my eye has to get used to a different strength lens, so I guess feeling headachey is normal here as well. It's like getting new glasses, it takes a little getting used to.
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
"I see!" said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good to know it's all worked out well Maria. The thought of anything going anywhere near my eyes makes me cringe!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Me too!
Good news!
mikewint
Captain
Maria has it down pat. Had both eyes done bout two years ago and if i'd have known how easy I would have had it done a long time ago. The loss of vision is so gradual that you don't realize how much vision you've lost until the cataract is removed. If you've been wearing glasses the lens implant will give you 20/20 without glasses but you have to choose between near vision or far. Some people can do near in one eye and far in the other and train their brain to switch eyes as it were. I chose far vision and have to wear reading glasses for anything closer than 5-6ft. So I can drive without glasses but the dash is a bit blurry. The lack of ability to cmbensate for distance is the only drawback but the clarity of vision far makes up for it.
Maria - next time just tell everyone it was a barfight
Maria - next time just tell everyone it was a barfight
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BikerBabe
Senior Master Sergeant
....and that they ought to see the other guy! (Not a scratch! )
Will do, Mikewint.
(Not a scratch! )Will do, Mikewint.
A4K
Brigadier General
MANY thanks for that Maria - just about had kittens reading it though!!!! 
(Can't stand anything near my eyes or throat myself - one of the worst experiences of my life so far being an endoscopy... NEVER again.)
Glad you're getting better anyway!
(Can't stand anything near my eyes or throat myself - one of the worst experiences of my life so far being an endoscopy... NEVER again.)
Glad you're getting better anyway!
Tangopilot89
Airman 1st Class
Thanks to everyone who liked the pic. I just wish they had a Victor flying
If you're ever over here vikingBerserker, go for it! Also would recommend Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, plus the RAF muesums Cosford and Hendon. The only museum I've visited over in the US is the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, Florida, back in 2004. When I could admire the B-17 Liberty Belle before she crashed P.S. Glad you've recovering Maria.
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Glad your healing up Maria. Sorry I missed this. Will have to find a bottle of rum aaaarrrrgggghhhhhhh matiiieeeeee!
BikerBabe
Senior Master Sergeant
Thanks guys, eye is healing nice and fine, the only prob being that I might be slightly allergic to the eye drop things - I get two different kinds, and they've gradually made my eye feel extremely itchy and my throat feels like it's constricting slightly. Will talk with the doc about it on monday when I go in to get my other eye fixed.
Today's good things:
It seems like my sudden deafness thing is gradually getting better, I've finally been able to drive again. I didn't dare to because I felt pretty dizzy, but now I can at least drive a car again. Relief!
Now I can go shopping for my parents again, it feels good.
Cheers Aaron! *raises mug*
Today's good things:
It seems like my sudden deafness thing is gradually getting better, I've finally been able to drive again. I didn't dare to because I felt pretty dizzy, but now I can at least drive a car again. Relief!
Now I can go shopping for my parents again, it feels good.
Cheers Aaron! *raises mug*
Glad almost all is well Maria!
A4K
Brigadier General
With Wayne there!
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