Eye Surgery

[SewTexas]

all I can say is it sounds painful and I wil pray for you. I will pray that you find the right doctors to do the procedure.

[twomillenium]

You are in my prayers as well. On the light side, Crossfire said about a week of blurry vision. You can still shoot, not many of us get to practice in fog conditions.

[WildBill]

I'll be praying for a successful surgery and a pain free full recovery.

[carlson1]

Praying for you as well. I hope the recovery time is quick.

[ArmedAndPolite]

I can't comment on this particular surgery but about 6 months ago I had a ICL surgery to fix my vision (-9.00 each eye).

The surgery involves making 3 incisions on the sides of the eye and putting a needle inside which injects a lense that unfolds. It went so smooth, I couldnt open my eyes until the next day. Within 3 days I had no pain or sensitivity. It was the best money I've ever spent and I'm sure you'll enjoy the better vision.

[Pawpaw]

Thanks for all the advice, prayers and well wishes (even Mxrdad ).

I've said it before and I'll say it again... You're the best bunch of people anywhere!

[Bitter Clinger]

I can't comment on this particular surgery but about 6 months ago I had a ICL surgery to fix my vision (-9.00 each eye).

The surgery involves making 3 incisions on the sides of the eye and putting a needle inside which injects a lense that unfolds. It went so smooth, I couldnt open my eyes until the next day. Within 3 days I had no pain or sensitivity. It was the best money I've ever spent and I'm sure you'll enjoy the better vision.

WOW! That is very cool! I had not heard of it, had to look it up:

implantable collamer lens

https://us.discovericl.com/why-visian-i ... procedures

Where did you have it done if I may ask?

[ArmedAndPolite]

I can't comment on this particular surgery but about 6 months ago I had a ICL surgery to fix my vision (-9.00 each eye).

The surgery involves making 3 incisions on the sides of the eye and putting a needle inside which injects a lense that unfolds. It went so smooth, I couldnt open my eyes until the next day. Within 3 days I had no pain or sensitivity. It was the best money I've ever spent and I'm sure you'll enjoy the better vision.

WOW! That is very cool! I had not heard of it, had to look it up:

implantable collamer lens

https://us.discovericl.com/why-visian-i ... procedures

Where did you have it done if I may ask?

Eye Center of Texas in Bellaire

They do other eye surgeries as well. Great reputation. I have a 20 year warranty in case they have to remove/replace the lense incase the fluid in the eye calcifies, similar to what is happening in the original posters situation.

The technology available to eye surgeons now is so advanced, you have nothing to worry about, as long as you don't go to a newbie surgeon to save a few dollars.

[Pawpaw]

I got a call yesterday. I have a consult appointment at UT Southwestern on Feb 10th.

[Mxrdad]

I'll keep ya in my prayers as well. And, being the optimist I am, the good news is you will have a great excuse for missing that bulls eye for months to come.

[carlson1]

I got a call yesterday. I have a consult appointment at UT Southwestern on Feb 10th.

We will be praying for you. I have an appointment at UT with a pain management doctor on February 17. I don't know if you have ever been there, but the building I go to has an invalid 30.06 sign and the only parking is by valet. It can sometimes look like Stemmins at 5:00.

Keep us updated.

[twomillenium]

Keeping you in my prayer, it maybe a routine procedure for experienced doctors, but anything dealing with the eyes tends to elevate the pucker factor. Praying that the Doctors will be at their peak of their practice and that God himself directs their skill.

[LimaCharlie3]

Since you initially mentioned concern with your eye affecting your shooting, I'll add my 2 cents about that. After being t-boned at 75mph I had many broken bones, and my left eye was dangling outside of my face by the nerves. I have a rebuilt eye socket and I see fine. First thing I did was go to the range to see how well I really was seeing. I am amazed I have no vision difficulties at all from that. I'm told that even if my eye wasn't exactly in the right place, the brain compensates automatically so... No worries! However, the broken hip made any previous stance impossible and compensating for that was the biggest hurdle. I too had the floaters after being knocked around and it was like looking thru a snow globe! But I guess they settled down out of line of vision. I half expect to need surgery as you do at some point, so this thread has been great info.

[Crossfire]

I got a call yesterday. I have a consult appointment at UT Southwestern on Feb 10th.

If you are going to do this, that is the place to be!

[Pawpaw]

Well, I had my consult appointment this afternoon. The testing they did before I saw the doctor was much more thorough that what the VA did and, of course, the doctor examined my eyes thoroughly too.

He told me I do not have the most severe case of asteroid hyalosis he has seen, but it is pretty bad. Still he would not normally recommend the surgery unless I really felt it was debilitating.

However...

The pre-exam testing revealed what might be the early stages of macular degeneration. The asteroid hyalosis is bad enough that it prevents him from being able to thoroughly examine the retina to complete a diagnosis or recommend treatment. The bottom line is that I'm going to have the vitrectomy. It's no longer just a cloud in my vision, It's now a very real problem that may be preventing the proper preservation of my eyesight.

I'm supposed to get a call Monday or Tuesday to schedule the surgery.