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Re: eye care

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Hi all
Saw the specialist today
Toldm that the retina is attaching well but it will be 2 months before the oil is removed then another 2to 3 months before he will do further surgery and replace the lens and remove a cataract. this will then lead to further surgery to my other eye as the one will now be so much better that the brain will not be able to cope with the differnt signals.

As to why this all happened: I have been nearsighted all my life and am wearing glassis since I was 8. apparently the shape of a nearsighted persons eyes puts great strain on the retina making a nearsighted person more suseptible to this kind of problem. I have never had any traumas to the eye or any operations so it is a bit of a mystery as to why it happened now maybe age has something to do with it. Strangely in the 36 years of being nearsighted no one ever told me of this risk! hence the idea of this post.
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:?

I'll have to go see an eye mechanic then.
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Chris wrote:a eye mehanic
Whats one of them???? :lol: :lol:
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hi there armand
hope u feeling alot better. i was temporary blind when i got a bright idea one day to try and weld (without the helmet and dark lens). got severe ark eyes at 12am and was rushed to hospital. i could not see at all. it must have been the scariest experience (that is second to the meeting the outlaws, i mean the inlaws :wink: )

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hitlers revenge wrote:
Chris wrote:a eye mehanic
Whats one of them???? :lol: :lol:
There,fixed.

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hitlers revenge wrote:
Chris wrote:a eye mehanic
Whats one of them???? :lol: :lol:
It is called an optimist :mrgreen:
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Recently I noticed that the 70% vision I retained from the first stuff up has been getting worse went for a check up. R4500 for this check up I should have studied....
Turns out that in order to get back to the 70% I need two further operations.
The first which happens on wednesday will be to add a pressure relief valve in the eye in order to controll intra occular pressure. since I have had the operation I was warned of the possibility of a cataract forming and this has happened hence the clouding up of the vision. (according to the folder in the eyedrops that I have been forced to take they can also cause this. So on National drive your VDub day and my youngests birthday I will be having a new lense implanted. If all goes well I would then need thinner glasses but not full sight restoration.
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All the best Armand. Hope it turns out well.
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I hope it all works out well Armand. We'll be holding you in our thoughts.

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Hope it goes well. Eat spinach and lots of it! good for the eyes...
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No James, you got it wrong, its carrots IMPI needs.

Good luck with the op Armand.
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Nope, next time you go for a check up ask the eye doc. Five best things to eat to improve yours eyes is spinach, spinach, spinach, spinach and spinach. I can give you the ten best things but i think you get the point :wink: Which is fine, I hate carrots...and dont know what kale is...

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All the best Armand.
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Shit,im sorry to hear that,I hope you come right.
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