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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    BillWoodruff wrote:

    Maybe with new eyes (surgery next week), it will look better ?

    Oh great - you've needed them for years now. :thumbsup: Herself had her cataract op three weeks ago, and we had to take one of the lenses out of her "walk about" glasses so she could see clearly two weeks ago as the correction it applied meant she could see with her left eye with the glasses on, but not her right, or with her right eye with them off, but not her left. The op is pretty trivial in surgical terms - about 15 minutes total:

    Drops to open the iris fully
    Ultrasound to break up the old lens (emulsification)
    A tiny hole in the eye big enough to get a syringe needle through
    Suck out the old lens
    Insert the new lens through the tube and open it up
    Remove needle.

    She had a headache for a few hours, a red eye for a few days and that was that. Sleeping with a cup taped over her eye for a week (so that she didn't rub the eye on the pillow), eyedrops for four weeks, then back to the opticians for new glasses prescription 6 weeks after the op. She got improvement from day two, and her sight just got better as the inflammation of her eye faded away over a week. Just don't try to drive home afterwards ... The money is really well spent - don't know what it costs in Thailand, it was a total of £2700 / US$3100 in the UK (or a four year wait for a free op on the NHS thanks to the Covid induced delays!) but I don't regret it at all. It makes a real difference pretty much immediately.

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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    BillWoodruff
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    Thanks, Griff, because of possible macular degeneration in the right eye, the surgeon tells me that she can't predict outcome until she removes the cataract; prognosis for the left eye is good. For other complex health reasons, i'll have both eyes done at the same time under general anesthesia. Happy to tell you my surgeon is the top eye specialist in northern Thailand. Probably a better class of surgeon than I i would get on MediCare in the US. Expensive ... as you may know, the US MediCare system will cover no medical costs for a citizen living outside the US. cheers, bill

    «The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

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    • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

      OriginalGriff wrote:

      £2700 / US$3100 in the UK

      And I was thinking that health care here is bad... For my mom it was 0 NIS and 2 month of waiting (+2 weeks between eyes)... Two years after she still has 20/20 vision...

      "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." ― Albert Einstein

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      Normally, it would be free and fairly quick to arrange, but Covid put a stop to all non-life-threatening operations for two years, and a backlog built up. The wait to see the NHS specialist is 18 months to 2 years, then about the same again before the actual op. Since she's also got a very small cataract growing in her left eye, she would probably have been completely blind long before that so we elected to go private, and it was done within two weeks. The other one can wait as it isn't interfering with her sight yet.

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        BillWoodruff wrote:

        Maybe with new eyes (surgery next week), it will look better ?

        Oh great - you've needed them for years now. :thumbsup: Herself had her cataract op three weeks ago, and we had to take one of the lenses out of her "walk about" glasses so she could see clearly two weeks ago as the correction it applied meant she could see with her left eye with the glasses on, but not her right, or with her right eye with them off, but not her left. The op is pretty trivial in surgical terms - about 15 minutes total:

        Drops to open the iris fully
        Ultrasound to break up the old lens (emulsification)
        A tiny hole in the eye big enough to get a syringe needle through
        Suck out the old lens
        Insert the new lens through the tube and open it up
        Remove needle.

        She had a headache for a few hours, a red eye for a few days and that was that. Sleeping with a cup taped over her eye for a week (so that she didn't rub the eye on the pillow), eyedrops for four weeks, then back to the opticians for new glasses prescription 6 weeks after the op. She got improvement from day two, and her sight just got better as the inflammation of her eye faded away over a week. Just don't try to drive home afterwards ... The money is really well spent - don't know what it costs in Thailand, it was a total of £2700 / US$3100 in the UK (or a four year wait for a free op on the NHS thanks to the Covid induced delays!) but I don't regret it at all. It makes a real difference pretty much immediately.

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        I know I have been hanging on this site for too long a time when there start to be threads about cataract op in the Lounge. :-D

        Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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        • R Rage

          I know I have been hanging on this site for too long a time when there start to be threads about cataract op in the Lounge. :-D

          Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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          OriginalGriff
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          I know the feeling ... Herself is currently curled up on the sofa under a blanket suffering from her Covid Booster yesterday. She must be feeling pretty ill, she's awake and not screaming abuse at the TV ...

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          • R Rage

            I know I have been hanging on this site for too long a time when there start to be threads about cataract op in the Lounge. :-D

            Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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            May such threads always seem irrelevant to you, Brother Rage ! :omg:

            «The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

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            • J jmaida

              Cataract implants? I went from legally blind to 20/20 in a week.

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              You had cataract implants? Weird. My wife had her cataracts removed. 🤪

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                You had cataract implants? Weird. My wife had her cataracts removed. 🤪

                If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.

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                Cataracts were replaced with lenses inside eye. They are shaped to accommodate eye just as external lenses are shaped. In my case, no special shaping was required.

                "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  BillWoodruff wrote:

                  Maybe with new eyes (surgery next week), it will look better ?

                  Oh great - you've needed them for years now. :thumbsup: Herself had her cataract op three weeks ago, and we had to take one of the lenses out of her "walk about" glasses so she could see clearly two weeks ago as the correction it applied meant she could see with her left eye with the glasses on, but not her right, or with her right eye with them off, but not her left. The op is pretty trivial in surgical terms - about 15 minutes total:

                  Drops to open the iris fully
                  Ultrasound to break up the old lens (emulsification)
                  A tiny hole in the eye big enough to get a syringe needle through
                  Suck out the old lens
                  Insert the new lens through the tube and open it up
                  Remove needle.

                  She had a headache for a few hours, a red eye for a few days and that was that. Sleeping with a cup taped over her eye for a week (so that she didn't rub the eye on the pillow), eyedrops for four weeks, then back to the opticians for new glasses prescription 6 weeks after the op. She got improvement from day two, and her sight just got better as the inflammation of her eye faded away over a week. Just don't try to drive home afterwards ... The money is really well spent - don't know what it costs in Thailand, it was a total of £2700 / US$3100 in the UK (or a four year wait for a free op on the NHS thanks to the Covid induced delays!) but I don't regret it at all. It makes a real difference pretty much immediately.

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  jmaida
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                  ditto

                  "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                  • R Rage

                    I know I have been hanging on this site for too long a time when there start to be threads about cataract op in the Lounge. :-D

                    Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    Ever thought how hard it might be to code with cataracts? I don't think I'd be able to, at all. That's scary ...

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      BillWoodruff wrote:

                      Maybe with new eyes (surgery next week), it will look better ?

                      Oh great - you've needed them for years now. :thumbsup: Herself had her cataract op three weeks ago, and we had to take one of the lenses out of her "walk about" glasses so she could see clearly two weeks ago as the correction it applied meant she could see with her left eye with the glasses on, but not her right, or with her right eye with them off, but not her left. The op is pretty trivial in surgical terms - about 15 minutes total:

                      Drops to open the iris fully
                      Ultrasound to break up the old lens (emulsification)
                      A tiny hole in the eye big enough to get a syringe needle through
                      Suck out the old lens
                      Insert the new lens through the tube and open it up
                      Remove needle.

                      She had a headache for a few hours, a red eye for a few days and that was that. Sleeping with a cup taped over her eye for a week (so that she didn't rub the eye on the pillow), eyedrops for four weeks, then back to the opticians for new glasses prescription 6 weeks after the op. She got improvement from day two, and her sight just got better as the inflammation of her eye faded away over a week. Just don't try to drive home afterwards ... The money is really well spent - don't know what it costs in Thailand, it was a total of £2700 / US$3100 in the UK (or a four year wait for a free op on the NHS thanks to the Covid induced delays!) but I don't regret it at all. It makes a real difference pretty much immediately.

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                      jmaida
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                      that my experience

                      "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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