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Reminds me of Issac Newton, who had the total opposite attitude towards needles in his eye. He poked holes in his cornea as an experiment. This was discussed recently here on HN, but I couldn't find the submission. Here's a link to another story about it: https://jsaulburton.com/2014/07/27/isaac-newton-his-eye-and-...
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.
Type two diabetes MAY be able to be reversed with diet, depending on the person. That being said, the article didn't indicate if the author was type 1 or type 2 (or both).
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Things people I know have had in their eyes I didn't know could be in eyes: - The aforementioned gas bubble - The same but an oil bubble, when you need the pressure to remain there for longer (and a second surgery to remove it) - A 1mm bypass stent to reduce intra-ocular pressure
The bypass stent is interesting. Was that relatively recent? I heard of ALT and SLT, both laser therapies as I understand it, for iop conditions. I’m wondering about the effectiveness of laser therapy versus a stent.
I think laser therapies were avoided in this case because the patient was young.
(Ophthalmologist): To any future HN reader scared by those intraocular injections: don't fear them. I'm on my way to the operating room and going to perform cataract surgery under topical (=eyedrops only) anesthesia, as I always do, and as most surgeons today do. Patients won't feel anything except water slightly flowing on the eye surface. The surgical knife is 2.2mm wide : the 25 Gauge needle is 0.260mm wide. Anest…
You can't tell me not to fear it. I have a HUGE eye phobia; I can't even open my eyes under water. It doesn't matter what anyone says, it isn't a rational thing.
I went from nervous with fairly intense physical symptoms to being totally chill.
(Ophthalmologist): To any future HN reader scared by those intraocular injections: don't fear them. I'm on my way to the operating room and going to perform cataract surgery under topical (=eyedrops only) anesthesia, as I always do, and as most surgeons today do. Patients won't feel anything except water slightly flowing on the eye surface. The surgical knife is 2.2mm wide : the 25 Gauge needle is 0.260mm wide. Anest…
You can't tell me not to fear it. I have a HUGE eye phobia; I can't even open my eyes under water. It doesn't matter what anyone says, it isn't a rational thing.
The feeling you're describing is literally panic from an anxiety disorder. If it it's interfering with your adult responsibilities (like going to the doctor), that's the right time to use medication to get through it.
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What happens if a patient accidentally looks left or right during the surgery? I would be afraid of subconsciously/accidentally looking one way or an other during the surgery, but would that not cause a catastrophe?
I've had multiple eye surgeries. Prep includes putting lidocaine jelly over the eye, which will immobilize your eye from movement during the procedure.
Although I will say having my eyes immobilized also sounds scary. And I feel like I would constantly be "checking" that I still can't move them.
I’m curious why it seems they were seemingly conservative with the anti-anxiety meds? A large enough benzo dose would turn this from the worst day ever to a relaxing experience in just a few minutes.
[1] Dan Ariely, in the intro of his must-read book "Predictably Irrational"
(Ophthalmologist): To any future HN reader scared by those intraocular injections: don't fear them. I'm on my way to the operating room and going to perform cataract surgery under topical (=eyedrops only) anesthesia, as I always do, and as most surgeons today do. Patients won't feel anything except water slightly flowing on the eye surface. The surgical knife is 2.2mm wide : the 25 Gauge needle is 0.260mm wide. Anest…
No offense to you, but this attitude is exactly the problem here. I know it's not rational to be very concerned about this, but I also know that the entire duration of that procedure, I will be thinking "KNIFE. IN. EYE." In the world I normally inhabit, knives should not ever be in eyes, so this is an incredibly stressful thought, stressful enough that I might do something crazy like MOVE WHILE A KNIFE IS IN MY EYE.…