Well, that was easy

[xela]

Just back from Mass Eye & Ear. Nothing even remotely traumatic; the worst thing was waiting just under an hour in the pre-op area - they preped me, put novocaine under my eyelid, started my IV and started me on a sedative and left me with the impression I'd be going in in under 10 min - and then there was a hang-up.

The strangest thing was watching the surgery from the inside. This was mostly a matter of a strange light-and-shadow show - but right at the very end came one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life: Suddenly the (admittedly constrained) world around me quite literally unfolded, and I caught what seemed like a remarkably clear glimpse of the machinery above me before the surgeon put the bandage over my eye. To be sure, I asked her if unfolding the lens had been the very last thing she did. She was very excited by the fact that I'd seen it happening - apparently that's quite rare.

And now, time for a very belated morning coffee --- and breakfast!

Comments

[gigglefest.livejournal.com]

Wow! Glad it all went well.

[eccentrific.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!!

[rhean.livejournal.com]

Yay! glad it went well! hope the recovery goes just as smoothly!

[jered]

Yay!

Yeah, eye surgery is generally the least physically traumatic (but psychologically quite unsettling) kind I can think of. Watching (and smelling) LASIK from the inside is... interesting.

[fredrickegerman.livejournal.com]

Good to hear!

[the-rookery.livejournal.com]

Congrats. Great to see you and meet V last week-ish.

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Indeed. And the first thing I did when I got home was have my first (quite yummy!) cup of stumptown coffee. Thanks! (If that did not make sense to you; forgive me: I sometimes fail to keep the LJ-username/real-person map straight in my head....)

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Thanks! So far, so good.

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Yeah; they put me on IV sedatives (which is apparently part of their routine, presumably because they find it useful for the patient to be conscious — but not for them to be freaking-out).

I did not get any aural cues about either the liquification of my lens or the vacuuming of it out. And I'm just as glad....

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Also, thank you for acting interested when I babbled at you at ET.

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And it was great to see you too.

[gigglefest.livejournal.com]

Correctly mapped, and I'm glad it was tasty!