On 2009-03-16, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
"DoN. Nichols" writes:

On 2009-03-15, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
David Lesher writes:

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A big hassle is it's hard to fit existing glasses over the patch & have
them stay on. I was going to suggest just stapling them to the sides of
his head... but I didn't...

whoa, what?

Don't panic.

I had cataract surgery last Friday.

Ah, OK -- glad to hear it went well!

So am I -- of course. :-)

I came home with a hard shelled protective patch over the eye in
question -- which happened to be on the side closest to my computer
monitor, and I'm not supposed to lift anything heavier than 20 lbs for
two weeks.

So -- I had to put my wife's glasses (which enabled me to focus
as far away as the computer monitor) over the remaining un-modified eye
to view the screen -- and they were a poor fit before the patch went in
place. Then I had to twist my head around to bring the other eye into
play until the Saturday doctor's visit where the patch was removed and
the re-lensed eye was measured at 20/15 (good results).

Outstanding results.

I agree. She just did more tests today and still got good
vision. Another set of tests Tuesday of next week, then I guess that we
consider scheduling the second eye.

Obviously, the stapling was not a serious suggestion.

Obviously -- in this group?

Well ... you would expect the suggestion in this group -- but I
don't think that you would expect it to be put into practice. (At least
*I* would not put it into practice on my head. :-)

Thanks,
DoN.

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