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On 2025-07-31, Jim the Geordie wrote:
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Piece of cake for me. Had both done at separate times. Half hour 'op'I was very close to giving up, but arj lenses in the eyeballs haveYou had the lenses replaced? Is that a full operation with general
restored teh ability to decypher teh number on the ends of
vehicues.
anesthetic?
I watched a video of a woman getting eye surgery and she was awake
for it, scared the crap out of me. I can't even put eye drops in
with them open.
drops next day - Tada. Lots of NHS funded clinics round here.
I am glad they went well for you, I am sure I would manage if it came
down to seeing well or not. :-/
On 2025-07-31, John Williamson wrote:
On 31/07/2025 10:10, Simon wrote:It's amazing how that works, I am not sure I could do that, seeing the tools and
On 2025-07-30, me9 wrote:A friend of mine was given the choice of a local and go straight home,
I was very close to giving up, but arj lenses in the eyeballs have restoredYou had the lenses replaced? Is that a full operation with general >anesthetic?
teh ability to decypher teh number on the ends of vehicues.
or general and stay overnight. She was told that the eye would stop
working under the local, so, as she'd not see it happening, she went for
that.
Her description of watching the tools approaching her eye was hilarious.
She didn't feel a thing, though. It may be relevant that she used to be
a nurse.
knowing what they are doing. I would have to stay the night lol
On 2025-07-31, Bri wrote:
Simon wrote:
On 2025-07-30, me9 wrote:Cataract surgery is very common and painless. The surgery itself takes
snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:You had the lenses replaced? Is that a full operation with general anesthetic?
I was very close to giving up, but arj lenses in the eyeballs have restored
teh ability to decypher teh number on the ends of vehicues.
about 10 minutes and the result is amazing.
I may look at differently (NPI) if I needed it, but having your eyes operated on
is the stuff of horror movies :-(
I am glad they went well for you, I am sure I would manage if it came
down to seeing well or not. :-/
Went well for me TAAAW. First eye, I felt like you and insisted on a general. Second eye, I relented and they did it under local. No problem - once they put the anaesthetic in I couldn't see anything out of that eye, and the other one was covered by a sheet for the entire procedure. The only problem was that the surgeon wanted country and western music as a background. There are very few music genres that I won't happily listen
too, but...
General Anaesthetics have risks of injury, including death. Those risks
are considerably greater than those associated with Local Anaesthesia.
The risks increase with age.
My wife who is, apart from childbirth, very squeamish had cataract
surgery in one eye. She reports that the surgeons are adept at hiding frightening equipment.
I have treated in both eyes with Nd:YAG laser peripheral iridotomy to
prevent Open Angle Glaucoma becoming acute. The equipment looked little different from the investigative equipment that I am well used to. The
only sensation was the loud bang when the laser discharged its beam.
On 31/07/2025 11:18, Simon wrote:It occurs to me a large amount of alcohol would also persuade me to just do it. :-)
On 2025-07-31, Bri wrote:
Simon wrote:
On 2025-07-30, me9 wrote:Cataract surgery is very common and painless. The surgery itself takes
snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:You had the lenses replaced? Is that a full operation with general anesthetic?
I was very close to giving up, but arj lenses in the eyeballs have restored
teh ability to decypher teh number on the ends of vehicues.
about 10 minutes and the result is amazing.
I may look at differently (NPI) if I needed it, but having your eyes operated on
is the stuff of horror movies :-(
It would have been were it not for the large amount of local anaesthetic
and the complete lack of visuals apart from dark & light - ie everything
was blurred!
HTH, Chris
On 2025-07-31, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
General Anaesthetics have risks of injury, including death. Those risksI am sure you are right and no doubt the doctor would give advice as to why or >what is recommended. I have not had an operation for years and watching them put
are considerably greater than those associated with Local Anaesthesia.
The risks increase with age.
My wife who is, apart from childbirth, very squeamish had cataract
surgery in one eye. She reports that the surgeons are adept at hiding
frightening equipment.
I have treated in both eyes with Nd:YAG laser peripheral iridotomy to
prevent Open Angle Glaucoma becoming acute. The equipment looked little
different from the investigative equipment that I am well used to. The
only sensation was the loud bang when the laser discharged its beam.
needles in my knee to extract fluid was a horrible experience. I also have a >phobia of anything touching my eyes. :-(
In article <slrn108n2v1.97bs.SimonJ@silex.localdomain>, Simon
<SimonJ@eu.invalid> on Thu, 31 Jul 2025 at 15:29:37 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
On 2025-07-31, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:Now those are painful. The cortisone into my thumb joint was
I am sure you are right and no doubt the doctor would give advice as to why or
what is recommended. I have not had an operation for years and watching them put
needles in my knee to extract fluid was a horrible experience. I also have a >>phobia of anything touching my eyes. :-(
excruciating, and worse still it did no good.
The subsequent, successful, operation, was done under a Bier's Block was totally painless and I was conscious throughout. Sensation returned to
my arm returned almost as soon as they removed the tourniquet.
What we are on about is the age related slowing down of your reactions
and thought processes.
On 30/07/2025 3:46 pm, John Williamson wrote:
What we are on about is the age related slowing down of your reactions
and thought processes.
Or in my case, deterioration of eyesight. I'm pretty sure my sight is
good enough to meet the DVLA criteria, but I know it's not good enough
to drive safely. I gave up about 60 fortnights ago.
On 23/08/2025 20:31, Brian wrote:
Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:NE29
On 23/08/2025 10:47, Brian wrote:
Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
Some bastd wrote off my car.
My daughter suggests that I buy an automatic.
How easy is it to adapt to this after driving manual for 55 years?
We have both.
Our rCymainrCO car is an auto, not really by choice- well we wanted a hybrid
and they and invariably autos AFAIK. Senior ManagementrCOs car is a manual.
As is our motorhome, Fiat autos donrCOt have the best record.
Generally no problems switching.
Thanks.
All went well once I nailed my left foot to the floor :)
Where in Geordie Land?
(IrCOm an ex-pat Geordie. )