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To: brianr10
Surgery was not painful. Recovery was quick. Are you getting the lenses replaced? Be prepared for how blue the color blue is after the surgery. It was the biggest change.

Keep any records the surgeon provides regarding vision changes, for 20 - 30 years from now. Any future procedures may need to reference those records and especially if the current surgeon retires or you move a distance away the original records would be helpful.

AND, I assume the procedure will be on one eye first, then the other 2 weeks or so later. When the anesthesia wears off, the eye that was worked on will be looking almost straight down while the other eye is looking straight ahead. It should wear off in a few hours, but can be quite disconcerting while you are waiting for the meds to wear off.

14 posted on 10/09/2021 10:57:49 AM PDT by Bernard (The very best scientific articles always contain this phrase: “My personal intuition has been…”)
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To: Bernard; brianr10

*** When the anesthesia wears off, the eye that was worked on will be looking almost straight down while the other eye is looking straight ahead. It should wear off in a few hours, but can be quite disconcerting while you are waiting for the meds to wear off.***

This didn’t happen to me that I’m aware of. I was so dilated, and that bothered me more than anything right away. I had to wait for that to wear off, several hours. Colors were beautiful and more vivid, though. Also my surgeries were a week apart. The doctor says the eyes learn to work together better that way that doing them 2 weeks apart.


70 posted on 10/09/2021 12:38:33 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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