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10-30-2008, 06:11 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 769
| | | Cataracts
I have cataracts in both eyes but the left one is not bad enough for surgery. At my last annual, the right eye vision was down considerably. The cataract had grown enough to start interfering.
So about a month ago, I got my first bionic eye. Surgery was on a Friday and Saturday morning had a follow-up appointment. Vision was back to 20/20 in 24 hours. No more glare on the right side, colors are much, much brighter. At one week check-up, vision was still 20/20. The doc asked if I was memorizing the chart. Doing all the drops is a real pain in the you know where. This drop 4x a day, this one 3x a day, that one 2x a day, etc. You need a computer just to keep up with which one when. Only have about 2 weeks left on the drops.
All in all, I'd do it again in a heart beat. No pain, minor discomfort and great vision afterwards.
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10-30-2008, 06:15 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 6,548
| | | Bill,
Sounds like you really made the right decision getting the surgery and have had fantastic results, wow 20/20 vision that's amazing!
Congratulations on the great outcome.
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Metformin 500mg twice daily, Enap 5mg
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07, with BG of 21mmol/L (378mg/dL) and A1c of 11.6%.
Most recent A1c 10/09/09: 6.1%
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10-30-2008, 06:30 AM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: california
Posts: 1,212
| | | so pleased to hear of your wonderful results!!!
thanks for sharing them....
susan |
10-30-2008, 12:50 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California
Posts: 2,084
| | Congrats, Bill. (Who turned the lights on, huh?  )
I had the same experience and would also encourage anyone who is nervous regarding this surgery to go for it. |
10-30-2008, 01:40 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 11,098
| | | Bill, glad to hear everything went well for you. Thanks for sharing your experience. Now I won't dread it some much when its my turn.
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T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Metformin 500 mg twice daily
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets
Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (after dealing with shingles & bronchiti)
2/09: 5.5 |
11-02-2008, 06:39 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Upstate,New York
Posts: 4
| | | I had both eyes done back in 2006 and it has been amazing to not have to wear glasses any more.I wore glasses for 31 years prior.I now have 20/15 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye.So I say to you to enjoy that new vision.I know I am. |
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