My Week

[denner]

Monday: Found out wife is pregnant with second child.
Broke little toe on doorway.
Tuesday: Transplanted eye really hurting stay in bed all day,foot goes black.
Pain too much phone eye hosp they call me in.
Increase steroid drops to every two hours tell me to come back in the morning.
Wednesday: See doctor he tell me that they are treating problem in eye as rejection,Very scared worst nightmare unfolding.Send me home drops every hour night and day.
Thursday:see wed
Friday:Saw a friendly ozzie Dr who says that we seem to be on top of things and if it was a rejection then we have caught it early...Phew
Saturday: drops now every two hours daytime only pain comes back but stay in bed.
Sunday:See Sat
Monday feeling a lot better still scared about eye,Really cant go through this all again from scratch.Please keep all avalible fingers and toes crossed for me until next appointment on Wednesday.

[brigid downing]

Hi Denner

Congratulations for Monday line one.

Line two onwards - wow, quite a week. Does not sound like much fun - but it seems more promising towards the end. Sounds like they may have caught things early enough to be able to respond and prevent it getting worse. Hope the positivity starts to build now and that it all goes well for you next appointment.

Brigid

[denner]

Thanks Brigid,what a lovely post.Irony of irony os that my eyesight has really improved over the last few weeks and after three and a half months (post op)is at a level that i could drive at.

[Anne B]

Well you have had a very busy week, I hope things continue to improve and try to stay relaxed.

As for your wife finding out she is pregnant, I thought you were meant to take things easy after a graft!!!!
Congratulations and i hope the toe gets better soon.

Anne

[Michael P]

Hi Denner, Generally great news.

Please keep us informed, on ALL fronts

[John Smith]

Hi Denner,

Congrats on the baby news.

As for the rejection, I wonder if it was triggered somehow by the broken toe? After all, I suppose it's possible that a sudden onslaught of white blood cells to fight that blackened toe could start fighting the foreign tissue in the eye too? Then again, I know nothing!

As for the rejection, don't worry too much about it. It's happened to me NINE times in the four years post my first graft, [though not since last December ] Each time, it was treated with various steroids, and each time the rejection episode was dealt with.

Remember the RSVP rule (Redness, Sensitivity, Vision Change and Pain) as the signs of rejection, and get yourself to eye casualty if you get any symptoms.

They are very good at this sort of thing, as long as they act quickly. That's why they'd prefer you to turn up when nothing's wrong, rather than suffer a rejection.

Keep us posted,

[piper]

Denner, your fine letter makes us all feel more normal! Thanks, and best wishes. Patience is the key......

And, congrats on the new baby on the way.
A client came into my shop today to see if her work was done. When It wasn't she wondered why and I told her I have been a bit busy having a graft. She is a Christian and placed her hand on my head and prayed for my rapid healing....if you like, you may have half my prayer.......she was so sincere it made me cry, probably a good thing to flush the graft once in a while.

So, again.....good luck. Do as you are told and plan something fun you have been waiting to see.

Piper

[denner]

9 times?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting stuff about the white blood cells. Makes sense.

Went for Wednesday appointment. Everything seems to be back on track.

Thanks for the congratulations, we'll keep you informed on all fronts.

P.S: toe much better.

P.S: what's the average time for the stiches to remain in after op? keep getting vague info from the docs.

[John Smith]

I was told that my stitches in my PK eye would remain sometime between 6 months and 3 years. They had to come out by 3 years before they start to dissolve. They were eventually kept for 2.5 years.

Not been told anything definite yet about my DALK eye, other than "at least 6 months, probably 12 or more".

[GarethB]

My stitches were in for 12 months which I think is the norm, but some seem to have stitches removed at 6 months, others 18 months.

It seems more to be about how well you are healing that dictates when.