Something wrong with my eye?

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: boomerang
Playing devils advocate here. What are the consequences if you don't have the procedure? I find that I sometimes don't ask the right questions when around Doctors. I guess the point here is that surgeons like to perform surgery. It's what they do. The problem you went in for has been diagnosed as a floater. Is the surgery really necessary?

i guess liquid could fill in behind my eye...more costly and dangerous surgery down the road...
he said he would want to get it done if he was in my place...

"ah, if i was buying a car, THIS is the car i would buy..."


sorry, that last line reminded me of a used car salesman. sounds like you probably need to get that taken care of, but i think i would have gotten a second opinion before signing up. good luck to ya either way.

 

[ViviTheMage]

ask the eye doc!

 

[lupi]

Let me just say, he's lying his ass off. He will put a lense coupler over your eye to keep it open so he can aim the laser through it at all times.
You know that feeling you get when you suddenly look directly at the sun on a bright day. Now imagine being about 20 feet from the sun and having someone yank your eyelids open. The actual pain from the laser isn't that great, will have a bit of a numb/burn sensation for 2-3 days. But the area around the eye will be sore as you will involuntarily try and shut your eye everytime the laser goes off, but instead of shutting it just clenches those muscles around the glass lens. First couple blast I had both eyes opened and the seemed to cause an even greater pain when my eyes would try to shut. After that I kept the good one closed and it did lessen the pain a bit, but the headache like sensation around the orbital was the most pronounced and lasting effect.

 

[alkemyst]

It's now a pre-exisiting condition. Unless you pick up group coverage chances are you will not be covered for this condition.

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: James Bond

Originally posted by: rasczak
how bout you wait a couple of months and get insurance on your own? down here kaiser permanente can be had for a little over 80bucks amonth for a single person.

Exactly. Get some insurance, if it has gone on this long then couldn't you wait a couple more?

I don't know.

its not like i knew it was there for years and never got it fixed.

i had the surgery today anyway. was pretty damn uncomfortable.

And I thought he said it wasn't going to hurt.


My doc gave me 10 days at home and do nothing orders after doing mine.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: lupi

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: James Bond

Originally posted by: rasczak
how bout you wait a couple of months and get insurance on your own? down here kaiser permanente can be had for a little over 80bucks amonth for a single person.

Exactly. Get some insurance, if it has gone on this long then couldn't you wait a couple more?

I don't know.

its not like i knew it was there for years and never got it fixed.

i had the surgery today anyway. was pretty damn uncomfortable.

And I thought he said it wasn't going to hurt.


My doc gave me 10 days at home and do nothing orders after doing mine.

It did start to hurt a bit near the end.
i had no orders like that at all. in fact i'm going to work today.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: lupi
Let me just say, he's lying his ass off. He will put a lense coupler over your eye to keep it open so he can aim the laser through it at all times.
You know that feeling you get when you suddenly look directly at the sun on a bright day. Now imagine being about 20 feet from the sun and having someone yank your eyelids open. The actual pain from the laser isn't that great, will have a bit of a numb/burn sensation for 2-3 days. But the area around the eye will be sore as you will involuntarily try and shut your eye everytime the laser goes off, but instead of shutting it just clenches those muscles around the glass lens. First couple blast I had both eyes opened and the seemed to cause an even greater pain when my eyes would try to shut. After that I kept the good one closed and it did lessen the pain a bit, but the headache like sensation around the orbital was the most pronounced and lasting effect.

The area around the eye does have an odd sensation but i wouldn't say it is numb or burning. or sore. he did put the lens thing on my eye and i did close my left (good) eye during it because it was so damn bright. honestly, other than the heat and the slight pain near the end, it felt exactly like the tests they did on me prior to the surgery. they put a lens on my eye and shined a light into it. it was the exact same sensation and feeling.


this next comment isn't necessarily regarding the post i quoted here, but several other posts in this thread - leave it up to atot to make you feel bad about everything you do.

 

[Stuxnet]

Man, this sucks. Hope the surgery fixes the problem.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Man, this sucks. Hope the surgery fixes the problem.

i go back on the 11th of June for a follow up so I guess I'll find out then.

 

[lupi]

He told me it takes about 10 days to gurantee the laser cut has caused the wound to firmly bond to the point you no longer worry about the lost of eye fluid.

Since I like having vision, I sat on the couch for 10 days.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: lupi
He told me it takes about 10 days to gurantee the laser cut has caused the wound to firmly bond to the point you no longer worry about the lost of eye fluid.

Since I like having vision, I sat on the couch for 10 days.

Once my doc was done he was like cya... didn't even explain anything to me...i'm guessing we had completely different problems.