Back home from graft!

[craigthornton]

Hi everyone just got home from my graft armed with drops! I had a full one.

Is it usual to still have a lot of distortion initially? I thought when my patch first came off it had gone but as I was being driven home my sight was as bad before - a common problem was on a long road, I could see two sets of cars if the main car was in the distance. As it gets nearer, the images join up.
This still happened today.

[GarethB]

Congrats on the graft.

Worry ye not, what you secribe is perfectly normal considering what your eye has gone through.

All the best for Christmas and Happy New Year

[Sarah M]

Craig - have patience man!

i had full graft 3 weeks ago, and although i can notice a difference, its not a huge one.

Take care, and take full advantage of your poorly state this xmas

Sarah

[Andrew MacLean]

Well done craig. Your new cornea is being held in place by a little circle of sutures, and the tension on the stitches may be holding the tissue in a position that is slightly "out of true". The distortion may persist for some time, but your ophthalmologist may also use the sutures to correct the uneven surface of the new tissue: by selectively removing sutures he may be able to restore a "normal: curve to your new cornea.

[craigthornton]

Thanks everyone. You'd think I'd know better after all the reading I did before I went in!

[samba_elite]

Craig how long did it take from saying yes to having the op,to actually getting donor and the go ahead/date etc,then how long was the wait?

What have they told you about going on holidays or travelling in the next few months etc?

[craigthornton]

Craig how long did it take from saying yes to having the op,to actually getting donor and the go ahead/date etc,then how long was the wait?

What have they told you about going on holidays or travelling in the next few months etc?

My hydrops happened in April and they decided around June that it had scarred and so I would need a transplant. So all quite quickly really.

They haven't said anything about travel, but next year I will only go to Derbyshire so I am near Nottingham if anything happens. I know a rejection can happen anytime in your life, but thought it best just to play safe the first year.

Still shaking off the anaesthetic today and dropping in and out of sleep! Eye very weepy as expected.

[John Smith]

Well done Craig, and I hope your graft gives you many years of good service.

Makes it sound like a second-hand car!

[craigthornton]

Well done Craig, and I hope your graft gives you many years of good service.

Makes it sound like a second-hand car!

Thanks, thing I hate the most is dabbing/wiping when it gets gungy. Am being SO gentle! Stitches ARE fine though as the surgeon first said. I cannot see them at all in the mirror, unlike other graft pics I have seen before.

[Sarah M]

hehehe craig, wait til u try and open it in the morning!!

I cant see my stitches either, but i took a picture the other day, its quite weird seeing it. if i knew how to id post it on here.

Anyway have fun cleaning!

Sarah