Time to call a lid.
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Strabismus surgery involves sewing the eye muscle to the wall of the eye after altering the insertion position and/or the length of the muscle. Standard strabismus surgery (no adjustable suture) utilizes a permanent knot tied during the surgical procedure.
txags92 said:
My sister had melanoma on her retina that was treated by stitching a radioactive disk onto the back of her eyeball and leaving it there for about 36 hours, then taking it back off. It was shielded on the backside to protect her brain, but anybody visiting her had to stand behind lead lined partitions and limit visits to ~5 mins because of the radioactive emissions coming out of her eye. I joke with her still that she was as close as anybody has come to having laser beams for eyes.
Yeah, she was the 2nd person in the US who they used that particular type of radioactive element on. The previous type they used had to be left on longer and caused more long term damage to the retina. Really amazing stuff...ShotOver said:txags92 said:
My sister had melanoma on her retina that was treated by stitching a radioactive disk onto the back of her eyeball and leaving it there for about 36 hours, then taking it back off. It was shielded on the backside to protect her brain, but anybody visiting her had to stand behind lead lined partitions and limit visits to ~5 mins because of the radioactive emissions coming out of her eye. I joke with her still that she was as close as anybody has come to having laser beams for eyes.
We live in amazing times….think of the advancements 50 years from now…
Thanks. Hopefully it will all go swimmingly.Aggie369 said:
I sell the lenses they use to replace your human lens, including panoptix. I work in Houston...if you have any questions feel free to ask anything
Aggie369 said:
You in houston?
e-mail me at wbt5845 AT yahoo.com. I'd like to discuss a bit.Ptery83 said:
Care to share the name of the practice? I'm familiar with most in the area. If not no worries.
I am almost 60.BeeAg said:
How old are you? I had cataracts in my mid thirties and had both lenses replaced. No issues with either surgery. Loved not having glasses. However a year later, I had a detached retina in one eye. Apparently it happens with "younger" people who have lens replacement surgeries. Now that sucked. I had four more surgeries on my right eye to get that corrected.
Not meaning to scare you, just be aware it does happen.
fc2112 said:
UPDATE: Surgery #1 went fine. Sore last night but better this morning. Distance vision is already pretty dialed in, but up close still fuzzy.
The halos around lights at night are very real. Last night was a lot worse than this morning though. And halos are nothing compared to what I had with the cataracts.
Unexpected bonus - colors. In my uncorrected eye, everything has a yellowish tint. With the new lens, the colors outside in the daylight just jump out at me.
BeeAg said:
How old are you? I had cataracts in my mid thirties and had both lenses replaced. No issues with either surgery. Loved not having glasses. However a year later, I had a detached retina in one eye. Apparently it happens with "younger" people who have lens replacement surgeries. Now that sucked. I had four more surgeries on my right eye to get that corrected.
Not meaning to scare you, just be aware it does happen.
I'm guessing you're younger?Project Mayhem said:
Was debating between multifocal lens replacement and lasik….decided on lasik….surgery scheduled for 10/29.