As you all may remember,at the beginning of February I had a cataract op',and all was going well.Had my follow up appointment and was told that the other eye could be done now,although it was nowhere near as bad as the first.Decided I may as well get it over with,and booked it for soon after I get back from holiday in May.(The waiting list would have encroached on the recovery period)
Nearly 2 weeks ago,I went onto my balcony to put a finished flower pot out there.As I bent down,the wind caught the very heavy door and smashed my head into the railings,I saw stars ! Came in,sat down for a bit,and did wonder whether it would have affected my eye. Could,'t put my finger on or explain it properly,but it didn't feel right.Anyway,1 week later,Monday evening,I thought that I should get some advice,so phoned Moorfields who told me to get down to my local eye unit first thing next morning,and not to drive.
I was told to go to the urgent care eye bit,and when the doc looked at my eye,she said that the new lens was wobbly.I asked what that meant,and she said it could mean major surgery,as they had to go into the back of the eye! Anyway,she would put drops in and then have another look!!! I had 20 mins.whilst they were working to text S and phone D,I was so scared.D said she would come right up to the hospital,bless her.The doc called me in again before D got there,took another look and TG,told me that I was very lucky,it hadn't actually moved.However,Now I have got to be extremely careful,no sudden movements,no bending down,no lifting anything heavy etc.etc. Whew ! D was very angry though that the doc had put me,(an elderly lady as she put it), through 20 mins.of hell,when I asked what it meant,she should have just said," Let's wait until the drops have worked,then we'll see if anything needs to be done "
I hadn't realised just how often I need to bend down,my knees don't like bobbing down ! :(
Big fright this week !
Nearly 2 weeks ago,I went onto my balcony to put a finished flower pot out there.As I bent down,the wind caught the very heavy door and smashed my head into the railings,I saw stars ! Came in,sat down for a bit,and did wonder whether it would have affected my eye. Could,'t put my finger on or explain it properly,but it didn't feel right.Anyway,1 week later,Monday evening,I thought that I should get some advice,so phoned Moorfields who told me to get down to my local eye unit first thing next morning,and not to drive.
I was told to go to the urgent care eye bit,and when the doc looked at my eye,she said that the new lens was wobbly.I asked what that meant,and she said it could mean major surgery,as they had to go into the back of the eye! Anyway,she would put drops in and then have another look!!! I had 20 mins.whilst they were working to text S and phone D,I was so scared.D said she would come right up to the hospital,bless her.The doc called me in again before D got there,took another look and TG,told me that I was very lucky,it hadn't actually moved.However,Now I have got to be extremely careful,no sudden movements,no bending down,no lifting anything heavy etc.etc. Whew ! D was very angry though that the doc had put me,(an elderly lady as she put it), through 20 mins.of hell,when I asked what it meant,she should have just said," Let's wait until the drops have worked,then we'll see if anything needs to be done "
I hadn't realised just how often I need to bend down,my knees don't like bobbing down ! :(
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