-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Update

Actually, the Doc says the cataract is inevitable and will be ready to be 
removed in 6 - 12 moths.  Oh joy! <G>
   Regards from

 Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy",
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    Cincinnati, Ohio
 Scottsdale, Arizona
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:13:47 -0500, GMan wrote:

|  Ouuuuch, Bob!
|
|  I had a cataract operation years ago (back when they were
|  seriously painful), but I can't imagine lying on one side for 4
|  days.  My cataract took nearly 15 years to form after the initial
|  contact with a baseball, so you've probably got quite a bit of
|  time before you need to be concerned about that.        :O)
|
|  Any idea what might have caused it in the first place?
|
|  Peace,
|  GMan
|
|  "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
|
|  ----- Original Message -----
|  From: "Keyboard Cowboy" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
|  To: "1911TechTalk" <1911TechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Globechatters"
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| <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:49 PM
|  Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Update
|
|
| |  During a golf tournament on Saturday a week ago, I started
| |  loosing vision in my
| |  right eye.  I'm extremely right eye dominant so this quickly
| |  because a real
| |  problem.  By Tuesday, I'd lost all vision in that eye.  I went
| |  to an eye doctor
| |  on an emergency basis, and the next morning went to see an eye
| |  surgeon. I'd
| |  temporarily lost vision in my right eye due to a torn and
| |  hemorrhaging retina.
| |
| |  The good news is I had surgery Wednesday and it went well.
| |  Today is the first
| |  day since Wednesday that I've been up longer than 15 minutes.
| |  It may sound
| |  simple, but having to lay on your left side 24 hours a day for
| |  four days with
| |  your head absolutely level is a bitch!  During the operation,
| |  they put a gas
| |  bubble in your eye and it rises to the top.   Then you have to
| |  lay in the perfect position so it raises to the exact point of
| |  the tear so it holds the
| |  vitreous fluid sac, retina, and eye ball together so they can
| |  heal properly and
| |  not continue to tear and hemorrhage.  Over time, the gas bubble
| |  weakens and
| |  drops, eventually dissolving.   In the mean time, it's like
| |  looking through a
| |  bubble of water that is constantly moving (now that I'm up and
| |  about). Thank
| |  God I had a good TV and DVD player installed in the master
| |  bedroom of this house!
| |
| |  The healing seems to be going pretty well.  Charlotte flew out
| |  immediately when
| |  I finally told her what was wrong so I've had excellent nursing
| |  care <G> I look
| |  like a fighter that got punched in the eye.  Next week I'll go
| |  for the second
| |  post-op to see when I'll be able to fly again  -  I have to
| |  stay here until he
| |  says it's OK to fly (that's fine with me <G>).  The surgeon
| |  also says there's a
| |  high probability I'll get a cataract on the right eye as a
| |  result of the problem so I may have a second operation in 6 -
| |  12 months.
| |
| |  Again, if I missed responding to something, please forgive me.
| |
| |  Regards from
| |
| |  Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy"
| |
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