I got my eye lasered yesterday. I meant to write an update about it, but I was feeling rather poorly. <\/p>\n
The laser treatment itself went quite well. It was nicer than the last time in fact. You may remember that I complained that they seemed to not use quite enough anesthesia last time. This time the must have gotten the dosage right. Or perhaps it was just because the treatment was a little milder. But in any case I didn’t feel any pain. Not during and not right afterwards. So that was good.<\/p>\n
I have to say, though, that I really hate getting local anesthesia. It’s an injection right under the eye. And it really hurts. And then the area starts tensing up. It’s one of the worst feelings I have ever tried. Thankfully it doesn’t last long.<\/p>\n
And the laser treatment doesn’t last long either. I got some cloth or something over the left eye, to protect it. And then some metal contraption on the right eye to keep it open. And since I can’t see anything on the right eye, I was completely blind for the procedure of course. I could just feel the instrument, it felt like a pen or something like that, being put up to the eye. And a little pressure, but no pain. And then some 15-20 “shots” later it was done. And I could go home. Feeling okay, just a little woozy from the anesthesia and the diamox I had gotten beforehand. <\/p>\n
Last time they gave me diamox tp take for three days after the procedure. They didn’t this time. And I did wonder about that. And, as it turned out, that was a mistake. Because when the anesthesia and painkillers wore off I started hurting. Pretty bad, too. It felt like it did at the beginning of all the pressure trouble. When the pressure was way too high in the right eye and I was in pain for a couple of days. Quite painful and not much fun at all. We called the hospital of course. I was pretty sure they’d ask me to come in, but instead they told me to take some diamox. I had some left over from the last time. So I took that. Along with some more painkillers. And it slowly worked. The pain lessened. When it was time to go to bed it was mostly gone. And today it seems to be all gone. So I’m feeling much better. Although now of course I am a bit dizzy from the diamox. But I can handle that for a few days. It’s normal after this procedure that the pressure rises for a bit. But hopefully then it should fall and who knows, maybe I’ll be lucky and it will be normal and stable and I won’t need any more procedures. And we all know how lucky I am.<\/p>\n
At least I should hopefully have christmas and new years off now. And it’s back to the hospital in January to see what comes next.<\/p>\n
Fingers crossed, as always, that things will work out as well as possible.<\/p>\n
Today I got two very nice cards in the mail. From Laura and Desir?e. Thank you both a million! They were a little hard to read because they were in cursive handwriting. But I managed it, which was very pleasing. And also Desir?e sent me a present. I couldn’t resist opening it. It’s practically christmas, right? It’s a beautiful calendar with pictures of her family. And if you know her then you know she has a beautiful family. I do adore her kids. Much like goats they always manage to make me smile. Thank you, Desir?e!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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