View Full Version : Somebody stole my parrot
K9STH
06-20-2006, 10:23 PM
They did my cataract surgery today. Frankly, the surgery itself was not a problem. However, the 1.5 hours of preperation had me a "bit" uneasy.
Actually, they gave me one small Vallium and after about 2 minutes I was on my way to "La La Land"! Most people's blood pressure goes up, but mine went way down (101 over 40).
They "deaden" the eye so that you cannot see anything nor feel anything and then cover your "other" eye so that you cannot see anything. The only thing that I noticed was a "buzzing" sound as the surgeon "burned away" the cataract.
Now I am looking for my missing parrot. At least since I will be looking like Long John Silver until 9:00 AM tomorrow I think that there should be a parrot on my shoulder!
Glen, K9STH
WB2WIK
06-20-2006, 10:27 PM
Just skip the peg leg, Glen!
Glad to hear you're back and kicking. Don't kick anything too hard until you can use both eyes to get perspective. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
And don't forget to get on the air and tell some JAs you had your cataract fixed. They'll ask which GM shop you used. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
73
Steve WB2WIK/6
P.S. Tom TO0O (home call KC0W) was looking for you on the air on 20m. I worked Tom Sunday night and he said, "I've been looking for you and Glen!" He's a QRZ.com stalwart.
N5RLR
06-20-2006, 10:28 PM
FB on your surgery, Glen. Just be careful while you're on the mend.
My father [rest his soul] had the cataracts in both his eyes removed and replaced with plastic lenses, at Key Eye Surgery in Dallas, those years ago. #It made a world of difference. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
N0KLT
06-20-2006, 10:41 PM
Everything is going to be plastic by and by. Good news on your surgery Glen. Hope your recovery continues this well.
I know you sleep with one eye open, is that the eye? We could actually have some fun here if it was! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Quote[/b] (K9STH @ June 20 2006,15:23)]...I will be looking like Long John Silver...
If you are talking about that X-rated movie actor, methinks you are exaggerating!
K9STH
06-20-2006, 11:28 PM
2I:
The name of the "actor" was Long Dong Silver.
This knowledge comes from back in my early college fraternity days.
Glen, K9STH
Well, I'm still skeptical, even if Steve calls you "peg leg Glen."
Look guys. I know you are all pretty impressed that I got a moderator talking like this, and I appreciate the e-mails -- however it was not skill on my part, but rather, medicine and blurry vision on Glen's part! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
w4rot
06-20-2006, 11:47 PM
Hey best to ya Glen!
rot
VK2TIL
06-21-2006, 12:02 AM
Goodonya, Glen.
You won't regret it.
K8EEI
06-21-2006, 12:08 AM
Oh , Grasshopper ..... I used to have Cadirac ....then I buy Rincoln . http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif (rides better )
Good luck Glen with 1 N . Happy seeing . http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
KC9ECI
06-21-2006, 12:37 AM
Heed the voice of experience here Glen...tomorrow, you will not only be amazed when they take the patch off, but you're going to want the other one done.
K9STH
06-21-2006, 12:41 AM
Unfortunately, there isn't really anything wrong with my right eye except that it is the same as I was born. Therefore, Medicare won't pay to have it "fixed"!
Therefore, I will still have to wear glasses. However, my vision has been unbalanced ever since I can remember (without glasses). My eyeglass prescription hadn't changed for over 50 years until the cataract. The "new" prescription would have only been a "band aid" for a year, or two. That is why I decided on the surgery.
Glen, K9STH
w4rot
06-21-2006, 01:00 AM
Well geez...if you had balenced vision you not would be able to see now would you.....
or maybe it don't work the same way.
Never mind,
Opticalbalun.NC
rot
N0KLT
06-21-2006, 01:04 AM
Glen, did you just admit to being unbalanced? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
kf4vgx
06-21-2006, 01:20 AM
Good going Glen http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif.
I'm sure you will be just fine .
Take it easy ,you well deserve it .
with respect , KF4VGX
K5USS
06-21-2006, 01:29 AM
Glen un balanced?http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif #He has a BALUN built into each hand! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Couldn't resist!!!
Charlie
K5USS
KC9ECI
06-21-2006, 01:59 AM
Actually Glen, the cataract in my right eye wasn't far enough advanced that my insurance would cover it at the time I had it done, but as it was 'causing me problems with my depth perception and impairing my job performance' it was deemed to be a neccesary surgery and covered.
k6pme
06-21-2006, 02:09 AM
Well I don't have a parrot but I have a parakeet I'll donate to the cause. If you insist I'll let you have BOTH of them.
Take it easy and don't try to read too many of these threads today!
Monty
WD8OQX
06-21-2006, 05:06 AM
I know where you can get one with diarrhea, will that do?
http://www.clipart.co.uk/clipart/mazeguy/animal/parrot.gif
ka0gkt
06-21-2006, 05:10 AM
Arrrrrr, Matey! It be good to hear yer meetin' with the sawbones went well Take Ye care of yerself
Fair winds and following seas!
73 DE KAØGKT/7
--Steve
VK2TIL
06-21-2006, 06:48 AM
So; will you have one eye with "normal" vision (the one that was just operated-on) and the other with your natural shortsightedness??
Or did they put a "standard" lens in the operated-on eye so that both eyes remain short-sighted??
I'm told that golfers sometimes wear quite different contact lenses or spec. lenses on each eye; one lens is made to focus that eye on the ball on the tee and the other lens/eye focuses on the distant view; the brain adapts quite easily.
G8ADD
06-21-2006, 09:01 AM
It will be nice to see the world afresh!
I used to know a person who had had a plastic replacement lens in one eye, and found to his surprise that he could see ultra-violet light. It seems that the retina is sensitive to ultraviolet but it can't get through the natural lens of the eye!
73
Brian G8ADD
Quote[/b] ]Since the human lens absorbs UV radiation, individuals who have had cataract surgery are at increased risk of retinal injury from sunlight unless a UV-absorbing intraocular lens was inserted at the time of surgery.
* Linkasaurus * (http://www.sola.com/consumers/conditions/ultra_violet.shtml)
K9STH
06-21-2006, 12:50 PM
According to the card that they gave me to carry in my wallet it says that the lens is of the UV protection type.
Are you guys saying that anyone who would undertake trying to control the situation on QRZ.com must be unbalanced? You might have something there!
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Glen, K9STH
kl7aj
06-21-2006, 03:20 PM
Well, I don't have a spare parrot, but I do have a pair of silver long johns you can borrow. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Eric
K9STH
06-21-2006, 03:53 PM
My vision hasn't "stabilized" as yet. But, things are a "bit" brighter out of the eye with the plastic lens and the color is a bit more blue than out of the right eye. I believe that even with the UV filter that thre is definitely more of the ultra violet getting through.
I have a bunch of eye drops that I have to put in for at least the next two weeks.
The eye is definitely red and, so far, I cannot open it all the way. The eyelid was "stuck" and it took a couple of minutes of cleaning before I could get it open. However, they said that this is quite nomal.
Anyway, even though the vision is still not stabilized I can definitely see better than with the cataract.
Glen, K9STH
Hey, now you have two good eyes (shortly anyway) to keep an eye on the crowd!
KC9ECI
06-21-2006, 08:50 PM
I find that I don't like to leave home without a GOOD pair of sunglasses now either.