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Cellar Scribblings
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 15, 2016, 11:12:23 am ---I don't know what your eye is made of, but it closes right up afterward. It's like putting a spoon in applesauce and pulling it out again.
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I think that's probably a good analogy. I know my dad said he had no pain at all; I don't recall that he even complained of any scratchiness.
My objections to the procedure--unless really necessary to preserve vision--are just based on the complicated nature of my dad's follow-up care, plus the procedure not delivering what the ophthalmologist promised.
Really, I gave it a lot of thought, and I decided that at least in my case, the appeal of no longer needing eyeglasses was really an appeal to vanity--and at my age that's really pretty stupid. If I were 30 years younger, that might be different, but in later middle age, wearing glasses is no big deal.
brianr:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 15, 2016, 11:12:23 am ---
The skin-cancer surgery was far more traumatic -- blood, stitches, aftercare. But frankly that's really not that big a deal either.
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I have had that so often, it is not a big deal. The biggest pain is to my wallet. Once it was on my back and I could not reach to take the bandage off and had to make an appointment with the medical practice nurse (not the skin surgery). My skin doctor in Australia once told me to have my wife check my back and I told him "I do not have one of those." ;D
brianr:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 15, 2016, 12:08:58 pm ---Really, I gave it a lot of thought, and I decided that at least in my case, the appeal of no longer needing eyeglasses was really an appeal to vanity--and at my age that's really pretty stupid. If I were 30 years younger, that might be different, but in later middle age, wearing glasses is no big deal.
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The cataract completely covers my right eye and I cannot read with it alone, I was told upgrading my glasses would be pointless. So when the left eye goes the same way I might as well be blind. Well I could get around, but no computer and no books. I am even a bit nervous about going to Europe for 6 weeks by myself. I want the left eye to be bad enough when I come home for the operation on my right to be free but not so bad I cannot read at all. The operation therefore is a no brainer.
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends!
I hope that everyone is relaxing and enjoying a three-day weekend!
Snow is falling here in NJ, they're not calling for much accumulation, and tomorrow the temps are going up, and rain will wash it all away.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: brian on February 15, 2016, 01:28:30 pm ---My skin doctor in Australia once told me to have my wife check my back and I told him "I do not have one of those." ;D
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