--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Dale Farmer <dale@...> wrote:
>
> Take a wild, friggin guess wrote:
> > --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Zach Collins (Siege)"
> > <siegemail_at_> wrote:
> >> On 4/11/06, bfl <bfl_at_> wrote:
> >>> So has anyone heard anything yet?
> >> I'd give 'em a day or two to recover. We'll hear soon enough.
Maybe
> >> Des will drop a note tomorrow sometime.
> >
> > Des won't be able to be here until Thursday, since she used up
half
> > of her time off last time I was supposed to get the surgery.
But she
> > called (a cuple of times) to make sure I was doing okay.
> > Went in around noon, and they had me partially sedated (I
could
> > hear and respond, but the drugs they put in me made me real
relaxed
> > and mellow). The cataract operation took anly 10 or 15 minutes,
but
> > the vitrectomy took nearly three hours! (When the operation was
> > over, they wouldn't let me leave for awhile because my blood
pressure
> > was 100/52. VERY low! There was a LOT of scar tissue, and the
> > retuna had buckled in a few places from traction. It was weird
> > because I could see the little fiber-optic tools (suction,
scissors,
> > etcetera) in my field of vision for that eye.
> > The numbness has worn off and now my head and eye both hurt.
I'll
> > be going in tomorrow afternoon to have the patch removed, and
maybe
> > get some laser work on the right eye. Will keeo you guys
updated.
> >
> > I'm going to have some soup and go back to bed. Just thought
I'd
> > post here to let you folks know I was okay. Thanks for all the
good
> > wishes! Not out of the woods yet, but I'm getting there.
> >
> > --JMH
I'm also glad things went well. Great news!
Long Tom
Received on Wed Apr 12 2006 - 06:26:56 CDT