Actually, as surgeries go, it was a piece of cake. The anesthetic they
give you doesn't totally knock you out. You're supposed to be awake
enough to respond to commands such as: "Look down" (I got that one 3
times). However, I was totally unaware of them having cut the eye. At
some point I was watching what was a psychedelic light show of
undulating red, blue and white lights that seemed to go on for a couple
of minutes. Not sure what it was except maybe the ultrasonic
homogenizer that they use to break up the old lens. Next thing I knew I
was mostly awake and being wheeled out of the operating room back to my
staging area where I stayed for about 1-1/2 hours before being
discharged. The entire surgery requires about 10 minutes and there was
never any pain. The eye felt a bit irritated throughout the day but
that was resolved by rinsing occassionally with artificial tears. My
vision was initially like looking through a heavy fog but the fog
rapidly dissipated over several days.
I have no qualms whatsoever about getting the right side done in the
morning.
Chuck Norcutt
Russ Butler wrote:
> That's really great!
>
> Modern medicine notwithstanding, it must be/have been incredibly scary
> to have your eyes messed with. I'm glad it has worked out well.
>
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