Nice to hear your doing ok JMH, I hope you're not in to much pain.
I know what surgery fills like I have had quite a bit of it myself, (bad
hart,bad back,bad lungs) but I hope you will recover faster then I did
and whive allot less pain.
My prays are whive you in hope of a quick recovery.
thanks for your time
Kane Marsters
> > --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
> > <a_change_of_plans_at_> wrote:
> > > 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
> > >
> >
>
Received on Thu Apr 13 2006 - 16:00:46 CDT