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Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by param »

draven wrote: post #5

I have a lot of sympathy for the author. I've been thinking about getting LASIK (or SMILE as it seems to be gaining popularity in France) since friend got it and says it's life-changing, and since I've started considering it I sometimes have nightmares about the procedure. I already had some minor surgery with local anesthesic and I didn't have any anxiety, but there's something about having something done to the eye…

I was always iffy about LASIK and got it done to appease my wife & I can tell you it was way simpler than I was imagining.

I can't even put contact lenses in my eye myself, but getting operated was a breeze. I have been glasses free for 8 yrs now - its great!

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by stevebmark »

Many of us will face eye injections as we age and develop macular degeneration, where eye injections are currently the best treatment to slow and stop age based macular degeneration.

Type two diabetes can be reversed with diet, maybe those facing this procedure will get more motivation to try stricter dietary interventions.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by rob74 »

I personally hope I will never need an eyeball injection. Then again, there are people who volunteer to having their eyes not only immobilized and then poked and prodded repeatedly, but also bombarded with laser beams, to be able to see better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK#Operative_procedure - I have a lot of respect for anyone who is brave enough to go through this...

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by foobarian »

draven wrote: post #5

I have a lot of sympathy for the author. I've been thinking about getting LASIK (or SMILE as it seems to be gaining popularity in France) since friend got it and says it's life-changing, and since I've started considering it I sometimes have nightmares about the procedure. I already had some minor surgery with local anesthesic and I didn't have any anxiety, but there's something about having something done to the eye…

My problem with LASIK is the rare issues. It looks like it works fantastically when it works, but it seems to also cause fantastic problems when something goes wrong. Given my high negative prescription I just can't bring myself to do it.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by DoingIsLearning »

draven wrote: post #5

I have a lot of sympathy for the author. I've been thinking about getting LASIK (or SMILE as it seems to be gaining popularity in France) since friend got it and says it's life-changing, and since I've started considering it I sometimes have nightmares about the procedure. I already had some minor surgery with local anesthesic and I didn't have any anxiety, but there's something about having something done to the eye…

Make sure you understand the clinical outcomes and potential side-effects.

When a cornea flap is cut, you are cutting a lot of innervation to the cornea surface, this for many people means fairly persistent dry-eyes. In addition the scaring of the cornea in the incision flap rim, can also create visual artefacts like Halos, more visible during nightime as your pupil expands and may catch some of the visual distortion of the scar tissue.

I am describing from experience so your mileage may vary. At the end of the day I would probably still go ahead with the surgery but I genuinely feel that it was not thoroughly explained to me, ahead of the surgery, what all the potential side-effects could be.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by fernandotakai »

nickthemagicman wrote: post #3

I couldn't even finish reading the article, the prospect sounded so horrifying. This author is a king.

same. i can't even wear contacts -- i tried but it felt soooo bad!

my wife, on the other hand, is a fucking champ when it comes to anything eye related. she has keratoconus[0] and not only she has to do a ton of eye exams every year, but she has to wear rigid contact lenses whenever she's awake.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by univalent »

I can sympathize. I had a seed fall into my eye while out on a walk and it wouldn't come out. Had to to to the ophthalmologist. She did local drops and took it out with forceps. It was uncomfortable and scary but she did a great job at calming me down and doing it quickly. I do think eye doctors have this kind of thing down and folks needn't worry anymore.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

univalent wrote: post #18

I can sympathize. I had a seed fall into my eye while out on a walk and it wouldn't come out. Had to to to the ophthalmologist. She did local drops and took it out with forceps. It was uncomfortable and scary but she did a great job at calming me down and doing it quickly. I do think eye doctors have this kind of thing down and folks needn't worry anymore.

No doubt. But how does the learning process for this work and what does it look like?

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by Buttons840 »

param wrote: post #11
draven wrote: post #5

I have a lot of sympathy for the author. I've been thinking about getting LASIK (or SMILE as it seems to be gaining popularity in France) since friend got it and says it's life-changing, and since I've started considering it I sometimes have nightmares about the procedure. I already had some minor surgery with local anesthesic and I didn't have any anxiety, but there's something about having something done to the eye…

I was always iffy about LASIK and got it done to appease my wife & I can tell you it was way simpler than I was imagining. I can't even put contact lenses in my eye myself, but getting operated was a breeze. I have been glasses free for 8 yrs now - its great!

How old are you, if I may ask?

I'm very nearsighted (I can't see distant objects clearly without glasses), and I know people's ability to see close objects or read diminishes with age. My plan has been to remain nearsighted in hopes I can always read without glasses. Many people have their far sight improve as they approach 40 or 50.

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