Graphic Warning! Got a Needle in my Eye Today!

[orlandofurioso]

I feel for you dude. Should not have smoked a Pete, brings bad luck
Had a 0,25 inch steel splinter in my eye quite some years ago. It kind of hot melted into the cornea and had to be poked out .
The tiny wound was given a little milling to remove infected tissue . Can't see I did not feel a thing, kind oculist
invited me to curse and swear, provided I kept my head still ; my eye open and did not sock him one

What's there to like ?
Could be the Pete part ?

 

[pappymac]

Hopefully you'll only have to do that once. I get an eye injection every six weeks because of retinal artery occlusion which may or may not be related to the fact that I'm 69 years old and has Type II Diabetes.

The use a topical anesthetic that deadens the eye so I don't feel the injection but I wear an eye patch afterwards and usually take about a two hour nap before I take the patch off. The slight burning usually goes away in a couple of hours.

I don't smoke my pipe on these days.

 

[MRW]

I don't want to see that sh!t!!

 

[Grangerous]

Had a capillary break in my retina and the leak messed up my macula. Had an injection of Eylea today to hopefully help.

It wasn't that bad. All mental aversion but I didn't feel a thing.

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Years ago, I had a piece of metal deep in my cornea. Went to Wills Eye Hospital in Center City, Phila. Doctor said, “I’m gonna have to drill it out.” I said, “That’s funny, Doc. For a minute there, I thought I heard you say you’ll have to drill it out!”

Drill it out he did! Room starts spinning when that drill touches down. Had to go several times or risk a rust ring impeding my vision.

I would’ve looked good smoking Pirate ?‍ Cake whist wearing that eye patch!

Get well soon!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yikes, I hope that you get to feeling better soon.

 

[anotherbob]

Truer words were never spoken. 28 years ago I was working on a drawing when I became aware of an area of distortion, like a bubble displacement, forming just next to the center of vision in my right eye. I called my optometrist who recommended an ophthalmologist that had treated him.
I was given an immediate appointment, which disclosed an enlarged blood vessel that was distorting the retina. If I didn't take care of it immedaitely I would likely lose my central vision in that eye. Back then they didn't have the medications for treatment that we have today, and the state of the art was laser surgery. The difference between success and failure was a 10,000th of an inch.
The surgery was performed immediately as time was of the essence, and the result was successful as my vision was saved. This all happened in less than a day, really, a matter of hours. That's how fast you can develop a problem that could cost you your vision. If you sense something is "off" with your vision have it looked at immediately.

here is a fun one. I get migraines super rarely but when I do the center of my vision gets all weird and useless. The fear you experience when you don't know it's temporary and not caused by some type of permanent damage. Weirdly there is also part of me that shrugs and says I guess this is life now, at least I am not dead.
Though while not worth dwelling on, it's good to be aware of how fragile every single aspect of our lives and everything we've worked for really is. I am an advocate of appreciate the things we have even when the rest is garbage.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I don't want to see that sh!t!!

Should I make the warning more specific??

 

[MRW]

I don't want to see that sh!t!!

I should have said, I hope it heals well ?. To relate this to pipe smoking, I think Pirate Kake might fit the bill.

 

[Grangerous]

Shanez
Curious. Did you’re Doc call what happened to you “Wet Macular Degeneration?”

My Dad suffers from that. We all will eventually. There’s dry and wet.

Just another one of those lovely things we’re lucky enough to have by living long enough.

 

[Laurent]

Damn dude!

 

[shanez]

Shanez
Curious. Did you’re Doc call what happened to you “Wet Macular Degeneration?”

My Dad suffers from that. We all will eventually. There’s dry and wet.

Just another one of those lovely things we’re lucky enough to have by living long enough.

He call it a Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion like what @pappymac described.

As far as I can tell treatment is the same for both but the underlying cause is slightly different.

If I were older or diabetic this would be considered a common occurrence but neither applies to me. I do, however, have a history of blood clotting disorder which could be a cause so now I have to go see a hematologist as well.

The medicine they injected is called Eylea.

 

[eslavs]

He call it a Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion like what @pappymac described.

As far as I can tell treatment is the same for both but the underlying cause is slightly different.

You essentially had a stroke to a peripheral retinal blood vessel. Glad you were able to catch it early and get treated, the medications available today work wonders when treated early.

Was this a one-and-done injection or do you have to return for a series?

 

[mso489]

Shiver. The good news is that eye surgery saves peoples' vision every day, remarkably. Heal soon, and heal well.

 

[shanez]

You essentially had a stroke to a peripheral retinal blood vessel. Glad you were able to catch it early and get treated, the medications available today work wonders when treated early.

Was this a one-and-done injection or do you have to return for a series?

The Dr said miracle one and done injections do occur but they are rare. I go back in a month to see if I need to continue.

I have a suspicion I'll need more injections but after the first I'm no longer nervous about it.

The clearness in my peripheral vision does seem to be a larger area today so I'm hopeful I'll have good results regardless of the number of injections it takes.

It would suck to go through this and not have any results. Now I'm more relaxed and encouraged about it as a whole.