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into and over
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> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:44:31 -0000, "Ophelia"
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>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:28:46 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
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>>>>On 12/23/2014 12:13 PM, wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:00:06 -0800, sf > wrote:
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>>>>>> It will probably be another Dr. but it's the anesthesiologist who
>>>>>> administers the meds, not the Dr. I just don't want to do it again,
>>>>>> so I've been holding out.
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>>>>> There should be NO anesthesiologist ! sheesh the nurse puts the drops
>>>>> in the eye to dilate it and at the same time it completely deadens it.
>>>>> Feels weird if you touch it but that's all. I could feel him working
>>>>> on my eye, I could see what he did in the lamp glass (cos I asked the
>>>>> resident to tilt it a bit so I could see) and the only thing I could
>>>>> feel was slight pressure, that's all.
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>>>>Isn't cataract surgery pretty much lasic these days? They don't knock
>>>>you out for that. And yes, if you want to they'll let you watch. (I was
>>>>in the room with my brother when he had very early lasic for vision
>>>>correction - not cataracts - years ago. He was wide awake but couldn't
>>>>feel anything. I did have to excuse myself from the room when they
>>>>peeled back the cornea. Some things I just don't want to see.)
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>>>>I've not [yet] needed cataract surgery but my neighbor had hers done
>>>>earlier this year. She was awake the entire time and never mentioned
>>>>any pain. She was irritated because they told her to rest her eyes for
>>>>a bit when she got home; she wanted to work in the yard.
>>>>
>>>>Jill
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>>> No lasik is for short/long sight. To do cataracts, they put a needle
>>> in the eye, suck out all the cataract cloud and the lens from your
>>> eye, then they take another needle which has basically a contact lens
>>> type lens all rolled up and stick that in and allow the lens to
>>> unfold. If I look with a magnifying glass I can see the lens lying
>>> under the surface, just like my contacts used to lie on the surface.
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>>> Plastic is an inert substance and does not trigger rejection.
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>>> I know this, because I watched it being done lol It was fascinating.
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>>I knew that too which is why I was so nervous. Always have been about my
>>eyes. I was lucky enough that I still had private health insurance when I
>>was working and had them done privately and knowing me he gave me a mild
>>sedative.
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> It truly didn't hurt a bit, it was aggravating to come home with a
> fully dilated eye (my SIL picked me up, I didn't try driving) but not
> hurting. I covered that eye and watched some television because that
> seemed the easiest thing to do. Once the eye was no longer dilated,
> back to normal, although I had to keep putting in drops for 2/3 weeks.
I wasn't worried about it hurting, I just get spooked about my eyes  As
for the rest, pretty much the same as you did
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