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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 7, 2022 13:40:12 GMT
Ewwww.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2022 18:38:53 GMT
Is that recent, Whatagain, or from when you had your operation? Shocking pictures!
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Post by whatagain on Feb 7, 2022 19:43:29 GMT
Today Bixa !
I got my eyelids shortened... they were overlapping due to age and were pushing downwards.
I look worse tonight, some blood goes down by gravity...
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2022 20:27:33 GMT
Gosh! It looks painful. Hope you recover quickly.
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Post by mossie on Feb 8, 2022 8:01:38 GMT
A friend had bad headaches and her doctor referred her to the eye clinic in the hospital. They drilled a hole in her iris to relieve the pressure
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Post by whatagain on Feb 8, 2022 8:01:48 GMT
I expexcted it to look worse today. I am not disappointed.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 8, 2022 10:50:05 GMT
Looks like you ran into OnlyMark in a dark alley. The Tintin hairdo is interesting.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 8, 2022 10:52:19 GMT
You should wait for Onlymark to post his pic.
Yes, i posted this one because of my hair...
Tomorrow, i guess it will be deeper and blacker...
I have a teams meeting, with glasses...
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Post by Kimby on Feb 8, 2022 21:01:49 GMT
Wow! I follow a Facebook group about Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) because my eyelids are getting heavy and beginning to impact my peripheral vision (but not enough yet for Medicare to pay for it yet!).
I thought the images on FB were scary, but yours are HORRIFYING whatagain!
I hope it doesn’t hurt, and that you heal fast, and are happy with the results.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 8, 2022 21:05:44 GMT
Your hair will be deeper and blacker, Whatagain?! Wow. I had no idea that eye surgery could have that effect. I don't have an eyelid problem, but will probably go for the surgery to get deeper, blacker hair.
You won't be a blond anymore, Whatagain. Look out, Kimby!
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 8, 2022 23:54:22 GMT
You should wait for Onlymark to post his pic. Just going for a swim in the Río La Miel, Colombia today. Not a mark on me. Looks painful, hope you can get some sleep.
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Post by questa on Feb 9, 2022 6:05:09 GMT
I was born with my left eye slightly out of shape which resulted in the left focal point about 5cm from the eye. Technically I am blind in that eye but the vision close up is excellent...if you need to read the tiny fine print on the back of a watch, or find a small island in a large map.
Part of my job was screening kids' vision at 4 years and also entering high school.The measuring of visual acuity was scored with the base being /6 i.e.what the normal person can read at 6 metres, A mild loss of vision would be scored 6/12. Glasses are needed to drive at 6/18. As I come in as 6/12 for my right eye, and "What letters" for my left, I can drive until my vision pegs out with my right eye.
I had my annual check recently as I have started seeing double vision especially at night. I also have joined in with all of you who have/had cataracts but Dr says not to do anything yet. Parkinsons causes the eyelids to droop to the point of not being able to see, so maybe he will do a combined eyelid and cataract when the time comes.
Thanks and good wishes to all of you who have contributed to this thread. It has been very informative and up to date with all your various experiences. "Here's lookin' at you, Kid!"
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Post by tod2 on Feb 9, 2022 8:09:39 GMT
So you joined the club Whatagain! I had my eyes "done" when I was 42. Not only the upper lids but the lower "bags" lifted as well. Now you will look very much younger. Even now I only look about 50 instead of 77. All I need now is the rest of the face pulled up !! I cant wait to see the end results in about two months. Yes, give it time to settle.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 9, 2022 11:30:14 GMT
Thanks Mark. Enjoy.
Kimby, not painful. On a scale of 10, i would rank it at 1.
Tod, yes i think of doing the lower part too. Will ask the doc about it next week. To be honest, i did the surgery 30% for the vision and 70% for the look.
My wife says 90pc of such surgery is done to women, i guess alpha makes don't care...
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Post by tod2 on Feb 9, 2022 12:23:37 GMT
Whatagain may I ask if they did your op under a local anaesthetic? I believe it is far better as the blood flow is less with normal breathing. I've had other surgery to my face done when I fell and cut my forehead and cheek open and was stitched just with a local. I'm trying to remember whether my eyes were done that way but its so long ago now. The plastic surgeon told me that too many people have too much taken away and get that "fright" look with big vacant eyes. I think Nancy Reagan was one who had a very "tight" skin on her face.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 9, 2022 13:19:33 GMT
Yes Tod, local. I got injections of anaesthesic right on the zone, then she placed a cuppola on my eye below the eyelid and started to cut, with a hot bistouri (scalpel ? ). So it smelled like a barbecue, but it was my meat. We talked all the way through. Since she is a friend of my wife, it was more than small talk. Quite pleasant actually.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 9, 2022 18:02:07 GMT
Aah! small talk / private talk, is to relax you. Lower the pumping of your heart therefore less blood for them to work in. Now we will see your black eyes from the bruising. Just like Mike Tyson bopped you good and solid!
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Post by questa on Feb 10, 2022 2:02:00 GMT
K2 and Bixa. you don't recognize beauty when you see it! Look at that tiny line of stitches...reminds me of cheery's skills. The symmetry of the eyes is very even and as the swelling goes down will look even better...not that our eyes are ever symmetrical to start with. You have a good surgeon, Just do what your told and be a good patient and DON'T go touching the wound with your grotty little fingers!
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Post by whatagain on Feb 11, 2022 9:12:52 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Feb 11, 2022 11:32:28 GMT
Looking good Whatagain - You can obviously see well enough now to even have a shave!
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 11, 2022 11:34:36 GMT
It kind of looks like you put on too much mascara.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 11, 2022 11:53:43 GMT
No no no Kerouac! You are getting your mascara mixed up with your eye-shadow! His eye lashes are as white as snow....lol
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Post by questa on Feb 11, 2022 12:02:33 GMT
Pity you didn't wait until Halloween...
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Post by whatagain on Feb 11, 2022 14:50:48 GMT
Pity you didn't wait until Halloween... Roflol
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 28, 2022 19:28:46 GMT
It is not a problem to change glasses, but it is a problem in France to get an appointment. After I lost my last glasses about a year or a year and half ago (maybe even more), I have been wearing my previous glasses which still do an acceptable but imperfect job. So I finally I went to make an appointment today at my usual ophthamologist and received the date of.... 31 January 2023.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 23, 2023 20:52:29 GMT
My appointment was moved up and it was today. My Chinese (?) ophthalmologist found my sight almost the same and then did her best to scare me with the term DMLA which is called AMD in English (I looked it up). "Age-related Macular Degeneration." Her machine made some horrible images of my eye with little white flecks like this. "You have to keep a watch on this. There is an application that you can put on your telephone to test yourself regularly." And she immediately signed me up to download it. To me it looks like a commercial site made to pump money. Maybe not -- I don't feel like investigating yet, especially since I don't have any vision problems and my sight has been pretty much the same for the last 10 years. I did not want this sort of information today.
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Post by htmb on Jan 23, 2023 21:06:07 GMT
Not a fun thing to hear. I can relate. I’d be interested in hearing more about the application if you decide to investigate it later.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 23, 2023 21:33:35 GMT
Oh, I'll upload it soon. And maybe delete it afterwards.
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Post by bjd on Jan 24, 2023 7:25:56 GMT
My uncle had macular degeneration but he was much older than you, Kerouac. By the time he was in his 90s, he could no longer read, having only a bit of peripheral vision. I think he had some injections in his eyes, but they didn't do too much to restore vision.
As for your sight being almost the same, I believe that's normal. I don't wear reading glasses but got glasses for distance in my mid-40s. The ophthamologist that I saw on occasion over the years told me the loss of distance vision was sort of cancelled out by the nearsightedness and I still have the same glasses. I should probably wear them more often than I do. So perhaps the need for reading glasses is compensated by a natural farsightness in other people?
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Post by casimira on Jan 24, 2023 14:48:03 GMT
EISCH Kerouac!! That is so creepily graphic!! I wish you well and hope they are able to treat it with minimal discomfort.
My vision has diminished in the past six months, and I am overdue for a thorough examination. It's very likely that the cataracts that were detected a few years back will have to be taken care of. I know several people who have had the surgery to remove them. Everyone exclaims how much their vision become so improved and their vision clear beyond their expectations.
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