[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: my eye surgery
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:10:12 -0700 (PDT)
Congratulations, Rosie, and many good luck wishes that
all goes well.
I know we should move this to the bookshare list. Are
you subscribed to that one?
Cindy
--- Rosie <nothingbutlime@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just wanted to share some good news with my fellow
> volunteers. I have lived with a lazy eye my whole
> life. It has never been significantly lazy, as I've
> not got one comment on it from anyone who I hadn't
> directly asked about it. But it has been very
> bothersome, especially when my seasonal allergies
> kick in or the dry air dries up the tears needed to
> make my artificial eyes feel comfortable in their
> sockets. Because my left eye had trouble opening, my
> right eye felt the need only to open as much as my
> left. My ocularist calls it bodily sympathy, and I
> think opening my right eye more than my left made me
> notice my discomfort even more. The discomfort in
> both eyes has caused them to slowly close without me
> noticing at all, and I sometimes found it hard to
> keep my eyes open. It has also been somewhat
> dificult for my ocularist to make eyes for me
> because of it. He has had to work around the defect.
> I had one surgery when I was twelve. The muscle was
> fixed, but not the crease. I don't think my doctor
> or ocularist thought it needed to be fixed at the
> time. Thus the eye was never completely fixed. I am
> pleased to say that if all goes well, I will not
> have to deal with my lazy eye for another ten years.
> I was just operated on today at 12 PM eastern time
> in Manhattan. I was completely awake for the
> procedure, and this allowed for my doctor to judge
> what the results of the surgery are and will be. So
> far, all is looking perfect. I have to wear stitches
> for a week. My eye is swollen, and my mom says it
> looks like someone punched me there. But I am able
> to open my eyes normally now, or at least I could
> before the eye swelling got worse. The reason why I
> said "if all goes well" is because the eyelid will
> drop within the next few days as it heals. If the
> eye doesn't heal correctly, I will have to go in for
> another surgery. But after eighteen years, I am
> happy to say that at least one of my eye problems is
> finally getting resolved.
> Rosie
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