The whole day was kind of a trip. First of all, I was not able to eat or drink since 7 AM. The eating part is fine, but, I was suffering with not being able to drink water. We showed up at 2:00 and filled out the mountain of paper work that goes along with this sort of thing. We were then shuffled off to the waiting room. We waited in there for 1 hour. Strange thing happened in the waiting room. The cable went out and all the nursing techs took it upon themselves to "fix" it. I will never understand why someone tries to rewire the whole setup when something like this happens. The firggin cable is out, call the cable company.
But this is not about the stupid cable in the waiting room. About an hour later, they came and got me. The showed me into the bathroom and had me wash my face. Then it was off to the pre-operation room. I laid down on the table and got hooked up to the necessary alarms and buzzers .. and waited some more.
Then the anesthesiologist came over and told me what was going to happen,. A few minutes later, it happened. They put me under for about 5 minutes while they stuck needles in my eyes to numb it. After about 5 minutes, I would up to a numb face.
***Note: If you have never had anesthesia, I highly recommend it ***
The guy then spends about 15 minutes poking my numb face and shooting more local into my eye. It certainly is a trip to see needles being put in your eye and not feeling a thing.
Then they wheel me to the surgery waiting area. This was the first time they gave me a tranquilizer to relax me. It was explained to me that during the surgery, there is about 15 minute while the cornea is off and the new one is being put on. During this time, you can't cough or sneeze. If you do, your eye juice and eyeball will shot out the hole. The calming drugs were great too. I was happy.
The surgery itself was a trip, Basically, it went just like the picture a few entries back. Out with the old cornea, in with the new. It takes the doctor about 45 minutes to sew the new one in place. I have 12 stitches plus a zig-zag stitch all around my eye. I forgot to mention, every 10 minutes or so, Dr. Feelgood would give me some more calming medicine. It was quite a cool feeling.
On a semi-sad note, I think I know where the cornea came from. For a young guy like me, they want a young cornea. Well, the doctor told me that mine was from a 15 year old donor and it was quite a tragic story. I think I got one of these guys:
Link
I don't know how I feel about knowing that.
In closing, my eye is really starting to itch (normal). I have to wear the patch until tomorrow morning, then every night for a while. When I get the path off, I'll be sure to post pictures !!!
Then they wheel me to the surgery waiting area. This was the first time they gave me a tranquilizer to relax me. It was explained to me that during the surgery, there is about 15 minute while the cornea is off and the new one is being put on. During this time, you can't cough or sneeze. If you do, your eye juice and eyeball will shot out the hole. The calming drugs were great too. I was happy.
The surgery itself was a trip, Basically, it went just like the picture a few entries back. Out with the old cornea, in with the new. It takes the doctor about 45 minutes to sew the new one in place. I have 12 stitches plus a zig-zag stitch all around my eye. I forgot to mention, every 10 minutes or so, Dr. Feelgood would give me some more calming medicine. It was quite a cool feeling.
On a semi-sad note, I think I know where the cornea came from. For a young guy like me, they want a young cornea. Well, the doctor told me that mine was from a 15 year old donor and it was quite a tragic story. I think I got one of these guys:
Link
I don't know how I feel about knowing that.
In closing, my eye is really starting to itch (normal). I have to wear the patch until tomorrow morning, then every night for a while. When I get the path off, I'll be sure to post pictures !!!
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