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Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by 4ad »

gdebel wrote: post #42

(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…

Jesus Christ, you have managed to make it worse than I thought it would be (and I expected it to be very bad). This is the stuff of nightmares, I would never do this while I was conscious. Hell, it would be better if there was pain.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by frosted-flakes »

pjerem wrote: post #50
fernandotakai wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I'm probably not the first person to say it to you but the "fear" to put contact lenses fades very quickly. Maybe not the very first time, but from the second or the third time, you'll stop to think about it for ever. > it felt soooo bad! It shouldn't. You are not even supposed to feel them, in fact, some people fall asleep with them even if they know they shouldn't. If you suffered, even if it was your first try, it…

A bigger problem for me is getting them out. At least the dailies I've tried recently (various types). I had a pair of monthlies 10 years ago and I don't remember it being a big problem then.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by sedatk »

joshlemer wrote: post #74
gdebel wrote: post #42

(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…

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?

We call those happy little accidents.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by s1artibartfast »

cortesoft wrote: post #73
gdebel wrote: post #42

(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.

>You can't tell me not to fear it.

They didn't. They said don't postpone your treatment and suffer irreversible vision loss, due to fear.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by ghostly_s »

pjerem wrote: post #38
globular-toast wrote: post #21

When I was a child I used to sometimes touch my eyeball with the tip of a pencil. Everyone I've told this to is very freaked out by it. For me it was a test of my own self control. Could I keep my eye open? Could I be steady enough to not stab my eye? You can't really see the pencil approaching in any detail. It's really out of focus. The eyeball itself doesn't really feel much. The key is not hitting your eyelashes…

That's something you learn when wearing contact lenses. One day, it'll move and hide under your eyelid. You'll try to get it back without touching anything but anyway, in some seconds, you'll quickly make it to a point where you don't even care anymore touching your eyeball because you will immediately notice that it's just waaaay less painful than this folded plastic bastard.

Yeah the white of the eye is really not that sensitive. The lens is another story.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by inetsee »

JasonCannon wrote: post #90
inetsee wrote: post #8

I have diabetes. My glucose control at home is fairly good because almost everything I eat has a nutrition label, and I can calculate somewhat accurately exactly how much insulin I need to take. When I travel, eating in restaurants regularly, I have to make wild ass guesses as to how much carbohydrate I'm consuming. On a recent trip I had some health issues, including a significant spike in my glucose readings. My A1…

T1D also, with not great control. I've had about a dozen injections over the last two years. A couple laser treatments and a full on surgery. The laser treatments are uncomfortable mostly because of the time it takes. The injections don't hurt at all and I barely notice them, but the little clamps they put on your eye lid to keep them open makes me uncomfortable as shit. Easily the worst part of the entire experience…

My opthalmologist doesn't use clamps; he uses his fingers to keep my eyelids from blinking. The injection only takes a few seconds to complete. I suppose it depends on your doctor's training. I've been fortunate that my opthalmologists have all been very good.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by rootusrootus »

Zababa wrote: post #71
s1artibartfast wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Strabismus Surgery?

There's a surgery for strabismus? I've always heard that it was basically untreatable outside of wearing glasses.

Indeed there is! I had it in the mid 80s when I was a child. They put me completely under. My understanding is that today it's not uncommon to do it under a local anesthetic so they can test the correctness of the alignment in real time.

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by jcutrell »

As someone who experiences medical anxiety regularly, this reminds me of basically every dermatologist visit I’ve had.

The doctors who cut biopsies out of your skin don’t seem realize how much you’ll think about there words when you leave. “How long has that been there? That looks a little concerning. That seems strange.”

Doctors have to deal with patients of all kinds of mental fortitude of course, but it wouldn’t hurt to be clearer about procedures, concerns, etc.

For example, tell me “I bias towards taking a biopsy if I have even a little bit of doubt.”

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by edgyquant »

gdebel wrote: post #42

(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 might be right but I’m too much of a wuss to put eye drops in without flinching, let alone a needle

Re: I was terrified of an eyeball injection

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Post by mcguire »

gdebel wrote: post #42

(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…

One of our friends has been having monthly eye injections for macular degeneration for a couple years. At this point, I'm more freaked out than she is.

Better than the alternative.

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