Tuesday D-Day

[optom]

will be having my graft on tuesday , fingers crossed .............. wat should i expect when i wake up from the A??

[Andrew MacLean]

When I came round from the general anesthetic a nurse was stroking my hand. She spoke to me and when I had answered she said that I was going to be taken back to the ward.

I could not open my eye; I later discovered that there was no dressing, as such, on it, but just a plastic eye shield.

Back in the ward I was offered some lunch, but declined. I preferred to sleep. By afternoon tea time I was ready for something to eat and drink, and my family came to see me.

My eye really did not open until the next day when a nurse cleaned away all the gunk (a technical word for the goo that had gathered around my closed eyelids). My eye now open I was taken to the day 1 clinic where an ophthalmologist took reading, looked at his boss's handiwork with the darning thread and told me that my eye was beautiful. I am vain enough to take compliments from whatever source, although I reckon it was his boss whom he was actually complimenting.

I was discharged home and told to come back to a clinic in four weeks time. They wanted me to be off work for four to six weeks.

I think that somewhere within myself I had known that I was not going to wake up with my sight restored. It actually took some months before I began to see any better from my grafted eye.

All the best on D-Day!

Andrew

[Loopy-Lou]

Really hope it goes well for you, good luck

[Pascalini]

had my second one the other week, you have nothing to worry about, there can be minor complications but nothing they cant sort out, you have to look at this on the positive as its not a life or death situation but its something that will help you in the long run. my first eye was done two years ago and i can now read 4 letters from the bottom line of the chart. its a long road to recovery but it will be well worth it.

its been two weeks for me and my vision isn't great but i know in a few months it will get better.

I wish you best of luck, letr us know how you get on.

[rosemary johnson]

est of luck for Tuesday!
Rosemary

[Fordy]

Optom,

Good luck with your op, please let us know how you get on as this is something a lot of us face sometime in the future.

Best wishes

[crakerjacker]

All the best for your Graft

[optom]

Just got home from the hospital today after the operation. Have to compliment the staff who looked after me world class care. It is a success "apparently" i have not seen it through a slit lamp yet but cant wait to get to college and have a look see. The op is actually a dream and i would HIGHLY recommend it to anyone to go ahead and do it . Pain is not really a problem , quiet sore when i woke up but they give u the Morphine ....... i have been looked at by the consultant and he says looks very good nice and clear and i am reading 6/36 on the chart which is better than i expected .

Question now , i am on now on steroids every 2 hours fora month , this i am going to have a problem with aghhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Andrew MacLean]

Optom

sorry there was no one here to say 'well done'! We were all at a conference yesterday.

Still, it is good news that this is now behind you, and your recovery has begun! Can you look at your own eye through a slit lamp? I'm impressed!

Well done, and best wishes.

Andrew