Good news Ann, and if all goes as well as my own cataract operation last year, you'll have 20/20 vision in both eyes soon. Must say I did not fancy local anaesthetic, I'm sure my eyes would have been wandering all over the place during surgery!
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Monday, 17 November 2014 2:18 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Ot: back, sort of - and the eye report Well I'm way behind in stuff I MUST do so considering myself semi-unlurked only... So for you non facebook (or as Dan says, Farcebook) guys here is the post-op report. On Nov 8 I wrote this : "Two days post op for cataract removal from left eye (right eye done on 2013) I am SUCH a happy camper! Clarity not there yet, but color perception matches now and the very best thing is the doc and hospital respected my wish not to be sedated at all - my wish because the sedatives from last time really scrambled my brain. I don't drink at all, don't take anything to help me sleep. That is, I think being totally free of anything that might make me sleepy, that mix of stuff given me over a year ago reduced my brain to mush and affected my balance. I hated it. This time I walked in to the O R , got greeted my all the nurses, students , fellows, my Doc and one other.. and listened to them chat about pop music in addition to saying stuff to each other about what was going on - Doc is a teacher at Columbia Pres and they filmed the procedure. I did have the requisite friend with me to help me home (returning the favor I did him a few years ago) , and given we had a long ride on the A train afterwards and it was raining I was glad to have some physical support. Nice, too, was - that by coincidence, my nurse outside the OR turned out to be the son of another friend and I think it helped me get my way or at least gave me some more credence that I really really did want to avoid sedation - local drugging more than enough. Only pain I felt at all was when they pulled off the tape that held down the cover around my eye.. a minor ouch. Doc did have me getting hydrated with an IV and I was told if she felt that I wasn't holding still enough I would have to succumb to the dreaded drugs you can bet I didn't move! Should have new glasses in a few weeks (Astigmatism correction was not covered by Medicare, and I wasn't about to spend $1500 for that when I get a new pair of glasses free Don't think the film will make it to Sundance, but I'd love to see it anyway - as long as they don't do any retakes!..." coming up - cat photo, 12 pic (plus cover shot)GESO of another calendar - black and white of NYC over 6 decades. And if anyone wants a Nikkormat FT body that appears to be in working order write off list for details ann"i can almost see clearly now" san -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
