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The Vid 0/.19% My Eye Problem 3%
LebamDawg
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So I got informed a couple of weeks ago I need to have surgery on my eye. Only 3% of the population gets this condition. I know - I am special. but the Vid is taking all the space in the hospitals so I figured I would get surgery in 2022 when everything goes back to normal.
Hell no - I have to go in on Monday to Allenmore Hospital in Tac-town. I leave my totally safe haven of Pacific county and head into the Vid territory. Hospital is probably infested with that shit.
Right now the Vid has infected 0.19% with deaths at 0.009% (USofA) - my eye issue happens to 3% of the population. I don't see (SWIDT) the government out forcing everyone to get their retina* examined. Anyway, I will be kind of off this hell hole while I attempt to get better - what I have is a macular hole. I noticed that when I was at one of the finer establishments down in South Bend playing pool, I couldn't focus because of the little floating things. I still won but it started to get tough, I am sure pounding beers did not help that much.
here is a cross section of my right eye - the horizontal line goes thru the macula which is the thin area. the thicker membrane is the retina lining
This one is my left eye with the hole right at the macula. Neat factoid - the macula is the only part of the eye that sees perfectly clear pictures and sees all color. I guess the rest of the retina is just along for the ride?
The surgery is called Vitrectomy - trust me don't look it up as the next cartoon will describe what they are going to do. The vitreous humor is sucked out of the eye, then scar tissue removed from the area around the macula. Then they replace the fluid with a gas. Voila - done. Only takes 40-60 minutes in surgery. The recovery is what the fun part is - I have to stay in a face down position 45 minutes out of every hour for 5-6 days. I will have patches on constantly for the first 2-3 weeks. The gas bubble will dissipate over a period of 3-7 months, with natural vitreous humor returning. That is the other part that is fun - as the bubble goes away, my vision will be blurred looking over the top of the bubble. I was told it would be like a floating mirror reflecting lights and glares.
I know - CSB
*Retina not Rectum perverts
Hell no - I have to go in on Monday to Allenmore Hospital in Tac-town. I leave my totally safe haven of Pacific county and head into the Vid territory. Hospital is probably infested with that shit.
Right now the Vid has infected 0.19% with deaths at 0.009% (USofA) - my eye issue happens to 3% of the population. I don't see (SWIDT) the government out forcing everyone to get their retina* examined. Anyway, I will be kind of off this hell hole while I attempt to get better - what I have is a macular hole. I noticed that when I was at one of the finer establishments down in South Bend playing pool, I couldn't focus because of the little floating things. I still won but it started to get tough, I am sure pounding beers did not help that much.
here is a cross section of my right eye - the horizontal line goes thru the macula which is the thin area. the thicker membrane is the retina lining
This one is my left eye with the hole right at the macula. Neat factoid - the macula is the only part of the eye that sees perfectly clear pictures and sees all color. I guess the rest of the retina is just along for the ride?
The surgery is called Vitrectomy - trust me don't look it up as the next cartoon will describe what they are going to do. The vitreous humor is sucked out of the eye, then scar tissue removed from the area around the macula. Then they replace the fluid with a gas. Voila - done. Only takes 40-60 minutes in surgery. The recovery is what the fun part is - I have to stay in a face down position 45 minutes out of every hour for 5-6 days. I will have patches on constantly for the first 2-3 weeks. The gas bubble will dissipate over a period of 3-7 months, with natural vitreous humor returning. That is the other part that is fun - as the bubble goes away, my vision will be blurred looking over the top of the bubble. I was told it would be like a floating mirror reflecting lights and glares.
I know - CSB
*Retina not Rectum perverts
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Good luck Lebam.
Axing for a fren.
I usually take my timeI hear slowly is betterTh VID is another issue.
My way of feeling empathy, I guess. Kinda like seeing Lena Dunham makes my junk turn inward.
There is no good time to go blind, of course, but for a Southern grandfather with a football-aged grandson — that was a little extra sand in the face.
The kid was good, too. And keeps getting better.
University of Washington running back Bishop Sankey is the NCAA’s leading rusher, and he ran for 125 yards and scored twice as No. 15 Washington was narrowly edged at No. 5 Stanford.
And Albert Stankey was there watching.
“I feel good. I feel like I can get out there and put on a suit (uniform),” Albert Sankey told the Seattle Times this week. “I could be the fullback. I could block for Bishop!”
A few weeks ago, Grandpa Stankey received a cornea transplant at UCLA’s Laser Refractive Center. When he took off the eye patch after surgery, he saw the nurse.
“I was blind and now I can see,” he said. “It’s a miracle.”
Stankey watched Bishop run for 161 yards on a school-record 40 carries last week in a win over Arizona, but that was merely on television.
This week was for real, out there smelling the leaves, hearing the band . . . and most importantly, witnessing his grandson firsthand.
“I can’t wait to hug him,” grandpa Sankey said, “and see his face.”
Next week's headline: COVID kills Grandpa Sankey after hugs from former NFL player.
The Throbber is deaf, you heartless blind bastard.
1 - no virus can survive and I stopped investigating at that point.
So mix and match booze >>>> mix and match vaccine
PS I finish up with the eye in July of 2022 for a final exam.