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I was both looking forward to it and dreading it - one step closer to finally being past the whole event, but... suture removal.
Awake, if numb.
Ick.
Before I saw the doctor, I had the usual pre-testing (history, eye pressure, basic eye exam). I asked the assistant if the vision in my right eye could possibly have improved, because it felt that way. I knew it was unlikely; just another case of my brain telling me what I wanted to hear.
"It did," she said.
"It did?"
"When you first came in back in March, your right eye was 20/200. Now it's 20/70. The vision in your left eye is 20/60."
The suture removal was not painful, but ick. Have you ever seen Clockwork Orange? The doodad that held my eye open while he snipped and tugged 10 sutures from my eye reminded me of that. When I told the doctor, he had to take a moment to stop laughing before he started working.
He still recommends that I get a replacement lens on my right eye so that I have close vision, but I really don't want another eye surgery. My vision in both eyes is so close now that it can be easily dealt with; I didn't get cataract surgery to never wear glasses again. I just want both eyes to work predictably well and to never see my very nice, very good, and rather atractive retina doctor ever again.
Is that too much to ask?
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I just finished cataract surgery that required scraping procedures on both eyes before I even got the cataracts removed. I know where you are coming from. I don't care if I still need glasses. I care that both eyes are correctable and functioning.
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