They repeated a couple of tests before the procedures and had me complete all the disclosure/CYA forms. Dr. Jordan even tested my eye sight and let me know that I was seeing better than when they last saw me in January after my YAG laser capsulotomy. Dr. Siepser walked in with two crutches, saying his hip was not great, but that he was glad he could still "operate" otherwise. When Dr. Siepser started looking at my test results, he seemed concerned, and it started sounding like having the LASIK today was not a good idea. Upon looking into my eye, he realized that the test results were not optimal coz I still had sutures in my left eye from when he performed my cataract surgery in September of last year. Apparently the suture was tight and had caused some distortion in my cornea which showed up in my test results. He then indicated that I will need to have the sutures removed today, let the eye heal for a couple of months then have a couple more tests done before the LASIK enhancement can be performed. What a bummer, more delays.
Interesting enough, while sitting in the same chair where I had my eye exam and the doc had looked into my eye with his scope of sorts, he added a couple of numbing drops in my eye, took a sterile needle out, and then while holding my eye lids open with one hand and looking into my eye with his scope, he proceeded to nip out the sutures in my eye with the needle. Spur of the moment eye surgery: not for the faint of heart! I was inwardly freaking out, willing my eye to be still and focus straight ahead. He must have really steady hands for this type of work! After popping a soft contact lens into my eye for a "bandage" and handing me eye drops to use four times a day, I was discharged to return tomorrow for the already scheduled post-operative check-up.
It has been six hours and my eye feels tired and scratchy, nothing a good nap can't fix. I was told to not rub the eye vigorously for the next month or so, but to expect some improvement in my astigmatism as the eye heals. So my revised timeline may now be LASIK for left eye sometime in August, then cataract surgery in September, and hopefully nothing more after that, apart from maybe the YAG and/or LASIK for the right eye. No more retinal detachment drama, hopefully... Still very thankful and hopeful coz just like Dr. Siepser said, I have had a lot done but can actually still see pretty well.
So my journey dodging darkness continues, until the next episode....
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