"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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IF YOU CAN READ THIS...
Yup. Yesterday was just a sort of clean-up, maybe 200 burns, and I got off
easy. My vision started to come back in just a couple of hours. That was a
refreshing change from the earlier ones.
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:04:47 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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SIXTH? What hack are you going to, sir? Are you flying to Tijuana,
B.C. for the $49.99 specials, or what?
It's a series of procedures to deal with Proliferative Diabetic
Retinopathy.
Bad ****. They have to do it a small bit at a time so your retinas don't
peel off your eyeballs and leave you blind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetic_retinopathy Damn. Sux 2 B U
right now, huh? Well, if you went blind, it wouldn't be so bad. You
wouldn't have to see the crap they're broadcasting on the telebishun.
Well, are you sure it wasn't caused by all that strokin' you did as a
kid? Your mother _told_ you you'd go blind if you kept that up.
sigh And I didn't believe her...
Another of my doc's patients, a
23-year-old kid, just lost 100% of his vision because of it. I've been a
lot
luckier, and I'm thankful for the advanced laser-diode technique they use
now. So far they've burned out over 3,000 spots on my retinas, and I can
still see. They cauterize blood vessels in your eyes with the laser. I am
one lucky dood.
Holy ****, Maynard! That's gotta hurt. Is it panretinal
photocoagulation therapy you're receiving?
Jeez. Yes. You are a serious student.
As for the pain, it's not so bad, except when the laser hits a nerve. Then I
jump and the restraints keep me from driving my head through the machine.
d8-)
Today should be the last. If I keep being lucky, I won't have any trouble
with it again.
I hope you sailed through it, Ed.
It looks good so far. I didn't even lose any peripheral vision. They'll just
up my eyeglass prescription a bit and reading should be fine...for a while,
at least.
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I had already discovered my allergy to the
Nightshade family (tomatoes, potatoes, chiles, peppers, and eggplant)
and have been a much happier man in the past 17 years.
Those are some of my favorite things.
They were mine, too. sigh
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If any of this sounds familiar, try getting tested for food allergies
by the WooWoos. I gare-on-TEE that you'll not regret having done so.
OK, but what's a WooWoo?
See 3 paragraphs above, ya skip-reader. (shameful!)
Hey, don't mock the afflicted. g
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However, being temporarily blind (five times in the past two months) is
very
interesting. You really can think clearly without the distraction of
seeing
things. I had hope for Michael in that regard but it seems to have had
the
opposite effect on him.
MT? Yeah, I plonked him long ago for is recto-cranial inversion
problem. John joined him yesterday. Life's too short to suffer fools.
Watch out, there will be no one left but the people who want to know what
grade of rod to use for welding up trailers out of recycled bed frames,
and
whether a Chinese drill press is stiff enough for milling diesel engine
blocks.
Yeah, only the metaldorkers, huh? g
There seems to be a growing number of metal maulers. I miss Jim Rosen.
Are there any fish in that river? If so, why are you wasting your time
splashing around in it?
Nothing much. Just salmon and steelhead at various times of the year.
I haven't been much of a fisherman since I turned teen, though.
"Just" salmon and steelhead?
I thought you might like that one. giggle
And you spash around in that sacred water?
Heathen!!
Hey, if the fish can **** in it, I can pee in it. It says right here
in the fine print.
Salmon and steelhead don't **** in the river. They're too genteel. They wait
until they're in your creel.
--
Ed Huntress