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Title: Surgery
Post by: Nick22 on July 13, 2005, 03:54:53 PM

I'm having surgery tommorow to fix my left eye (the bad one). I'll be laid up for a few weeks, but I'm hoping all goes well...

Title: Surgery
Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on July 13, 2005, 09:19:50 PM

Good luck and get well soon!  We'll be here when you get back.

Title: Surgery
Post by: Malte279 on July 14, 2005, 01:09:59 AM

All the best for you Nick! I hope it won't be tough and that you will soon be with us again  :)  wich your Eye being fixed  :blink:  ;)

Title: Surgery
Post by: Petrie. on July 14, 2005, 03:10:04 PM

Best of luck.  I went through a very serious eye surgery back in '97 and I don't know how serious your problem is that would require surgery, but I hope for the best. :)  You probably have options I didn't have at the time.

Title: Surgery
Post by: Littlefoot1616 on July 14, 2005, 03:28:22 PM

All the best Nick! Hope all goes well! ;)

Never been under the knife myself...and to be honest, don't particularly want to either :P:

Title: Surgery
Post by: Nick22 on July 17, 2005, 08:55:31 PM

It went well, They had to make incisons(cuts) in my eye, and removed both the vitreous(the clear gel that is located inside the eye) and the lens in my eye. i will eventually have a new one put in, but my eye is healing well so far.

Title: Surgery
Post by: Malte279 on July 18, 2005, 03:24:04 AM

Removed the vitreous? I wasn't even aware this is possible. But didn't they have to put some kind of replacement in right away to prevent the eye from "falling in" (sorry I have no better term for it)? Or did they take just some of it away as there was to much so the eye was overstreched by it?

Title: Surgery
Post by: Nick22 on July 18, 2005, 12:57:48 PM

Oh Yes, the vitreous can be removed. the vitreous helps form the eye up to about the age of 8, after that it loses its function. They removed all of the vitreous and they removed the lens because it was very badly damaged. They did put in a special oil, which will keep the retina in place while it reattaches. They also had to remove some scar tissue, young people usually create more scar tissue than old people, and the doctors will be looking to see if new scar tissue has developed to any degree.

Title: Surgery
Post by: Petrie. on July 18, 2005, 03:12:39 PM

That sounds like a very familiar operation....in fact, if you had to reattach a retina, that's exactly what I had to have done eight years ago.  They had put a fluid in there as well to keep it there, however, the downside to the operation is I received a cataract in that eye.  I've never had it taken out, and unless it nearly makes me blind, I don't plan to either.

Best of luck on your road to recovery.  I remember I didn't do anything for two weeks...and had to keep my head in a certain position--down so the fluid would press against the retina.  Is this what you have to do as well?

Title: Surgery
Post by: Nick22 on July 20, 2005, 09:15:53 PM

Yep , that's exactly what I had to do. Arvens.