Corneal Transplant Number Two : DALK

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Postby jayuk » Tue 17 Apr 2007 8:39 pm

Val \ Chris and Mike : Thanks! Hopefully itll be a breeze! And what with all the good outcomes on this board in the last year or so......I hope this ones another.

Sweet : Yep. Daya. First was Full. This will be DALK. That way I limit my risk should they ever both want to reject....as in theory the DALK shouldnt.

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Postby Sweet » Tue 17 Apr 2007 8:42 pm

Yes I thought it was a full one last time. It has taken a long time with a DALK to get some vision but that is expected. I see 6/18 almost 6/12 with a contact but this is not bad considering I could see nothing before!

Hoping it all goes well and don't forget to use the nice walk in showers at East Grinstead!!! Wicked!!! :roll: :twisted: :P
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Postby jayuk » Tue 17 Apr 2007 8:45 pm

Lol. Was you at the McIndoe?.....I think I did last time......I cant remember to be honest as they got me up at 6am!...which was really bad for me! Especially as last time I had the haemorage in the eye so it was all puffed up!.

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Postby Sweet » Tue 17 Apr 2007 8:48 pm

Hehe yes I was! The showers are great!! I left surgery and ten minutes later after my sister went home I was taking a shower!

The nurse was very amused as she came looking for me to check post surgery but I was having a nice wash in the shower with some nice pink Lush shower gel!! Hehe, I wasn't really wanting to have a wash, I just wanted to go in the biggest walk in shower ever!!! And then just walk around my room with nice clean pj's and a fluffy dressing gown!!!

Oh isn't analgesia great!!!!
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Postby Pat A » Tue 17 Apr 2007 9:03 pm

Good luck Jay - hope all goes well.
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Postby piper » Tue 17 Apr 2007 9:50 pm

Wow, you UK'ers get to spend a night in hospital? Hmm......I'm going a couple of blocks to sleep on a friend's couch, then hop a ride to the clinic the next morning and off to the train station to go home.....and I'll get back iln time to work for three hours before the end of the day. pretty cushy for you all.........

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Postby Louise Pembroke » Tue 17 Apr 2007 10:06 pm

Jay did you have the DALK on an eye that had previously had a full graft or is this the other eye?
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Postby jayuk » Tue 17 Apr 2007 10:39 pm

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No, including this one, Ill have had two grafts, one in each

Right eye : Full Graft

Left Eye : DALK (the one that's going to be done next week)

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Postby ChrisK » Tue 17 Apr 2007 10:40 pm

piper wrote:Wow, you UK'ers get to spend a night in hospital? Hmm......I'm going a couple of blocks to sleep on a friend's couch, then hop a ride to the clinic the next morning and off to the train station to go home.....and I'll get back iln time to work for three hours before the end of the day. pretty cushy for you all.........

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Postby jayuk » Tue 17 Apr 2007 10:42 pm

In all honesty, the reason why its an overniter is that the op is in the late evening. 5 or 6pm. So I think that's the reason why.....
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