Well guys, tomorrow afternoon is my eye procedure. I have what is called Choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVM).
Mine is caused from eye trauma and myopia. My left eye has been through quite an ordeal. When I was 11, I cut it open with a piece of aluminum. When I was 12, I burned it with a curling iron. In 2004 and 2015, I had surgery on the eye muscles. I got some new glasses and I still couldn't see stuff right. Then, when I took off my glasses and I was seeing waves with black splotches, I knew something was not right. I called the eye doctor and they got me in right away. They numbed my eyes, dilated my eyes, scanned my eyes, added more drops, scanned more, call other eye doctor in for better look, scanned eyes again, had me remove my mask cause mask fogs up optometrists magnifiers, re-scan, then told me what the hell was going on, and that I'd have to go to see a specialist.
The left eye is bleeding in the back and has blood blisters. Fortunately my right eye is fine. *PHEW!*
The eye doctor also said it's not my fault, and there's nothing I could have done differently to stop this ailment. He said I was smart to come in because they caught it before it got way worse and I went blind. Yikes!! ???ý?ÿ
SO, tomorrow, they are going to inject me with die in my arm to die the blood vessels to see how bad the vessels in my left eye are bleeding. Then from there they will laser them closed. Then they will inject my eye with something else to help it. I may have to do this kind of treatment for the rest of my life. Phooey!!! But I am grateful that there is treatment. You don't realize how much you take your site for granted until you can't see straight! Literally and Figuratively! ????ÿ
My eye doctor said Angel after what you have been through i-wise this should be a piece of cake for you. Haha!! He's a comedian!! I just love needles in my eyes!!! <sarcasm>
I'll have the boss update everyone tomorrow if I can't. All prayers, warm thoughts, etc...are greatly appreciated. ???? ?????ÿ
Prayers will follow.?ÿ I hope it all goes well.
Ken
Sorry to hear this, Angel. Will pray.
Nate
Thanks for keeping us posted so that we can be with you both in spirit.
It sounds like you have an excellent medical team!!!
They work wonders, be thinking about you, I know it will be good.
I was diagnosed with glaucoma at the age of 30 and am now 60, so I have had a lot of diagnostics done on my eyes. A few years ago my doctor talked me into getting a laser procedure that would serve as sort of a release valve if the pressure in my eye got too high. The high end of "normal" pressure is about 20 mm/Hg. Before the laser procedure on my right eye the pressure was about 32. An hour afterwards it had spiked to 55. They went into panic mode trying to get it down, which took about 45 minutes. When things calmed down, I asked the team what was the highest pressure they had ever seen in someone who wasn't blind? In unison, they said "that was it." I decided to not have my left eye done.
I hope all goes well for you. Sounds like you have a good medical team. I know it's not any fun, but as you said, you sort of get used to having your eyes poked and probed over the years.
Praying peace to you...
My son was clearing line; he shoved a dead alder and looked up just in time to have the top hit his left eye...
We'll be thinking about you Angel, hang in there?ÿ
Angel, I can't say that your description of the procedure and your background didn't make me squirm in my chair a little bit.?ÿ Prayers for you and your team.?ÿ?ÿ
I have heard that before... ???
What really makes Wendell (and others) squirm is when I discuss how I took out my own eyeball stitches. My doctor who did my first eye surgery in 2004 (RIP Dr. Stihham!) told me how to do it, just in case I couldn't wait for my appointment. Much to his surprise, I DID follow his directions and pulled those stitches out with tweezers, one by one. And for some odd reason I enjoyed it thoroughly. I was tired of feeling like I had cactus thorns in my eye. ???æ???æ???æ
Thank you guys for your support. I do appreciate it! Love you guys! ??
Everything went fine. I found the entire procedure very fascinating, actually. it's crazy to watch a needle come at you and get stuck in your eye and then it pees inside of your eye?ÿ because the medicine they use for the blood vessels is a yellow color.
They must have put a bottle of dilation solution because my eye would not dilate. Then they shot me up with this bright yellow fluorescent dye. The needle didn't hurt at all. Then you go through this blue machine that scanned your eyes.?ÿ I got a little nauseated from the die. Then, I could not see anything but blue canvases inside my eyes. It reminded me of a rock and I wanted to paint. I had to hold on the nurse to get back to my room. But it was like you were on a psychedelic trip...I don't do drugs but I think this is what certain drugs do. ??? ???¦?ÿ
Then they came in and shot more crap in my eye. (dilating drops and numbing drops) Then, we had to wait for approval from my insurance for them to actually do the needle procedure. Then the doctor comes in and props my eye open with these little clamp things, and puts more drops and stuff in there. Then, he pinched a spot with this little knicker thing and then stuck the needle right in and shot the stuff in the eye. It was a trip!!!!! Then he puts some kind of cleaner and iodine in there. And I was done. But I could not see anything because it looks like your eyeball is full of a yellowish water. There was no way I could walk to the waiting room after that so Wendell had to come in walk me out of the facility and to the truck.
Today my eye is a little worse sight wise than yesterday. It's also still bloody, swollen, burning and itching but that's to be expected. I still have a little bit of nausea. I wont do too much computer and phone; it gets very irritating after awhile to use electronic devices.?ÿ I can binge watch something on NetFlix. ?????ÿ
So, for those of you that may ever have to get this done, it's really not as bad as it sounds. Thank God!!! ???§
@noodles The good thing about eye operations is you get to watch.
The bad thing about eye operations is you have to watch.
So, for those of you that may ever have to get this done, it's really not as bad as it sounds. Thank God!!!?ÿ
It sounds awful. ?ÿGlad you made it through.
I KNOW HUH!!! ???
I am still tripping at how he just popped that needle into my eyeball without me feeling it, yet SEEING it and its FLUID spill out of that little tip! Crazy!!!! It was like someone peed in my eye! Ok..."Shot lemonade into my eye" sounds better. ????
