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Pete B
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Postby Pete B » Fri 10 Jun 2005 9:06 am

Hi all

Op went very well.Some discomfort the first day,but mainly due to my eye lid being swollen and tender,but no pain.
Definite improvement in vision straight away.(Was a bit of a novelty to the consultants as has very steep cone and required an 8mm diameter graft which I understand is quite big!)
First couple of days I was very sensitive to bright lights.
Went back after 5 days for the post op check and all was well.
Drove car for the first time within a week.
Back at work after 2 weeks.
Eye sometemes feels dry/tired at the end of a day,but otherwise I almost forget I even had the op done.
Even the 2 hourly eye drop regime is not too bad.
Very happy so far.
Go back to Morrfields on the 29th for refraction test,so that will be the real test as to its success,but so far,so good....
For anyone about to undergo a corneal graft,the anticipation is worse than the reality! :)

PS General anaesthetics are great!
"You don`t need eyes to see,you need vision."

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Postby jayuk » Fri 10 Jun 2005 2:36 pm

PeteB

Thats sounds a really good post op face you have gone through!!....Hope the refraction works well!!..
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