Cataract Surgey
 

Right eye at VA the 26th. Misspelled SURGERY

Good luck!

Piece of cake. You won't regret it.

good luck buster.....

Will you be laid up at all? Need anything? How's the dog?

It's not a cataract, it's a rincon continentar!

Get well soon.

Just have to have a driver , then go back next day. Then about 1 week later.
My first driver was one of the Sanders boys that I posted a photo on their Moms birthday a year or so ago. He had a bad heart attack 2 weeks ago. Pat, a nurse friend will take me on 26th. Someone I hope other days.
More on hardheaded dog later.

still lolling

I wish you smooth sailing and a large-busted nurse in the recovery room.

You mean Surgey the Russian porno star?

Even at the VA, I bet it's better than that traveling doctor doing tent surgeries in Nepal or wherever he was. Good luck, buster!

Hope it goes well, busterb! We'll keep an eye out for your return.

Everyone I know who has had this done has been thrilled with the results.

Good luck Buster!

10 demerits for that one.

(bounces around on head a la Daffy Duck)

I crack my mind up.

Usually very straightforward surgery. momwolf was very surprised at how she was able to perceive colors after hers were done. Enjoy the meds. The light anesthesia they use for cataracts has a side effect of memory loss, so you'll probably not recall the actual surgery, even though you're up and talking throughout. Enjoy the post-procedure ginger ale and cheese and peanut butter crackers. Best of luck!

My grandmom had one eye done and not the other. She'd cover one eye and say "everything looks blue", then cover the other eye and say "everything looks brown".

Best wishes, Buster!

Wow, you guys make it sound so good that I might even get it done. And I don't have cataracts.

You will, if you live that long.

Good luck Buster, it should be smooth sailing.

About 30 years ago when I was living in Vermont an elderly widow neighbor of mine got cataract surgery after god knows how many years of progressively losing her sight.

When she got back home she was astounded and infuriated to see how dirty/ grimy her house was. She had a mild freak out and all the local ladies came over and pitched in for a few days to get things spic and span again.

There was mortification all around. Everyone felt responsible in their own way for letting things get to that state. Once it was done no one talked about it again.

I'm definitely gonna try that.

I had a traumatic cataract in my right eye, which was fixed with the surgery. It's really simple and straightforward.

Thing is, you will actually come out with super vision. You will be able to see a colour normal people cannot see.

No kidding, the human retina can detect visible light but is damaged by UV light. So the lens blocks out UV light, but it also blocks a tiny bit of the visible spectrum, right at the violet end. The artificial lenses don't block this. You should be able to see it. I call it superviolet ... between violet and ultraviolet.
It is very hard to notice it, though. I only really notice it if I am in a nightclub or such where they have blacklights that make people's clothing fluoresce. The blacklights are sometimes just inside the superviolet range. They can be painfully bright.

Occasionally I notice that objects look different colours when I look through one eye or the other.
The only other thing is that you have to wear sunnies whenever you go outside, even in cloudy weather, because there is always stray UV bouncing about, which causes retinal sunburn (aka snow blindness). Just tell people you are medically cool. :cool:

Once in a while, an old woman will say that the surgery gave her wrinkles. After all, she didn't see any wrinkles before the surgery, so...

Modern interoccular lens (iol) implants block ultraviolet light. There's still light sensitivity because the iol is clearer than a ntural lens.

I'm not upgrading until I get infravision.

would you settle for Irfanview?

Hold out for laservision.
http://www.codypetruk.com/laser_eyes.jpg

Don't cross the streams!

Went back yesterday for my day after check-up. Dr said all was well. Have to return on 6/3/10 for another check. W/new glasses I think will be great.
Oh crap. I just read this.
What are the symptoms of retinal detachment?
Symptoms include a sudden or gradual increase in either the number of floaters, which are little "cobwebs" or specks that float about in your field of vision, and/or light flashes in the eye.

glad to hear you survived, BB!

Better call your doc!

BB, this is one of the most life changing surgeries someone can have. I have a number of friends who go to Africa and Central America a few times each year to do this. They do 50 Cataracts a day for 5 days. All great work for these folks.

One week checkup today. All is well.

:)

You guys talked me into it, just as soon as I scrape the rust off this Exacto knife.

Left eye on the 15th. Boy what a nice time at VA today. NOT. Was 21 when I left home this AM.

You need a cataritic converter!

Good luck, busterb.

And how old were you when you got back?

I hope it worked out BB.

Surgery was postponed because my driver is sick. Maybe next month.

ugh

Had left eye done on the 5th. Had to spend night at VA because no driver.
If you are feeling sorry for yourself, go visit your VA. Get a good look at affirmative action at work, or not.
Left eye is great, right has a astigmatism??? So now I'm pecking away w/out glasses.

One down, one to go!

Everyone I know who's had it done was thrilled with the change. Like Clod said, you're half way there. :thumb:

He already had the right eye done, guys! Glad to hear all is well for you, buster.

TNXS. All is well. About 20/20 in each eye. Right eye has an astigmatism, which leaves it a little off. Checkup the 18 of month to remove stitch and check for glasses, don't think they'll give me any.
Maybe it's a redneck thing, but I've heard folks say, "Going to have cataracts taken off." Hey they're not on outside of the eye. I thought that till I talked with the Dr.

A person can have a bunch of problems with cataract surgery.
I'm happy as a pig in shit. Although I still hunt my glasses at times.

Wow. I thought cataract surgery using stitches stopped about a decade ago.

Here's a video of the modern surgery, including placement of the new, artificial lens. There are two small incisions, which don't need stitches. If you're squeamish about surgery videos, don't click on the link.

Banana lady just got one of hers done, reports that it's fantastic. I'm glad, it scared me how little she could see when she was here at Christmas

After my glasses came, I thought the right lens was off. But not my luck. Have a pinhole in retina.
Back to the cutting board next month.

*shivers*

wtf? you have a hole in your retina?

"Careful now Buster! You'll poke yer retina out!" Didn't you listen to your mother?

"Can't I just do it until I need glasses get a pinhole in my retina?

FIFY

Humor aside. I'm not sure just how many times they can plunder around in ye old eyeball.
I don't have the proper age or the body for a damn eye patch.

I'll buy you a parrot... bitches love parrots. ;)

Lots.

Keep your chin up Busterb. Sooner or later they have to get things right! At least that's what I keep telling myself. lol

Pre-op work at Jackson va and the UMC on 6/20. Boy what fun. Just have to hunt a @#$ parking place in two lots. Surgery on 23. Since that's a teaching school, guess I'll be the poster old goat for class.

Ham it up. :D Use made-up words. Be obstinate. Address the doctor as "young feller" and the students as "whippersnapper". Call all objects - and some people - "thingy". Have an onion tied to your belt.