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DMiller 
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Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 12:38pm |
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Yesterday last patient of the day as I am a experiment hopefully NOT in futility as to damaged eye repairs. Laser was used instead of a cutting tool to remove a lens cover/access patch then the same laser used to cut the lens into small enough pieces to be readily removed thru smaller incisions as a conventional surgery. Replacement lens Implant was in at less then 22 minutes entire operation. Went to eye doc this morning all appears normal so far, a little excess clouding of the cornea due to my damage level but not unexpected, should see the clouding decrease three to five days and second followup visit on the 28th.
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Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 1:10pm |
Good to hear Dave, I hope it's even better news on the 28th. 
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Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 1:34pm |
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Yes sound great just keep using them eye drops and wear the shield at night.
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Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 3:25pm |
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Have had both of mine done Dave. Turned out excellent with no problems.
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Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 8:09pm |
three (gawd!) decades ago, my Grandmother had cataract surgery done... this was before lasers, of course.
Man... she was PISST OFF... Whew...
When they took the patches off, she was LIVID...
"WHY THE H3LL didn't you TELL ME there were cobwebs above my draperies???
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Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 9:32pm |
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Hope all goes well. I have to get one done within the next couple years.
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 3:39am |
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Praying for good results Dave. Wife just had both eyes done a couple months ago. Is doing great. Sure hope your results are similar. God Bless.
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 3:55am |
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my eyes are tearing up just reading this! sure hope it helps you!
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:22am |
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Thanks all, been a long time coming but can honestly state did not think could ever happen and now I am here!! Getting better daily, can actually read the Closed Captioning with that eye now when the wife puts it on TV trying to understand some of the foreign speakers on shows or when is spoken too fast or too low for her. Pretty damn cool!
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 9:31am |
My first cataract removal was 16 years ago and that eye is still great. Had an astigmatism in that eye also and while I was lying there the doc says, we'll just fix that while I'm in here. Real pretty light show that was and worked too. The other eye was done 6 years later and they have had to laser the fog off it twice since. I was absolutely amazed at the color white, I didn't realize how dingy looking it had gotten until I could see clearly again. Glad all went well, it's scary when they are messing with your eye sight. Now if they could do the same for my ears, however it's probably best I don't hear everything that's said around my house. 
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 9:41am |
glad it is working out for you Dave
i got one getting fixed Tuesday,,,,i hope this doc is as good as he thinks he is,,,,he told me we were gona hit it outa the park,,,,dont care much about base ball,,,just want my eye working again,,,,got coyotes to kill,,,,lol
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 9:46am |
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Dr. Lewis's website, if there is anyone in the Philadelphia aera interested. James Lewis, MD
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 1:06pm |
Back when wife had it done had to be in a hospital as her heart condtion was a worry - everything went great - she should have had it done sooner as a couple years with real loss of vision sure made things hard for her to do . Only thing I can say to anyone is don't wait until it gets worse - do it and enjoy life - Seems it was a little over 2 years before she passed and I keep thinking of all she missed in the 5 years with the cataracs clouding her vision
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 1:54pm |
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Yes because the worst part was sleeping with eye cover on for 7 days. I had both eyes done last year and it sure is nice to see better.
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 4:05pm |
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First off I’m sending prayers for a quality and quick recovery.
Please keep me posted on your progress.
Several years back I got a piece of steel in my good eye. They had to drill seven times to get it. I’ve had to quit driving at night. Last year I got glasses and he told my wife that the damage would always be a problem at night and glasses wouldn’t help. I’m just curious if something like this might help.
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 4:43pm |
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I’m just curious if something like this might help. |
If you want a second opinion, here is a good ophthalmologist, but he is in Phila. Pa. You would need medical records or maby an examination because of the damage. He developed the procedure in 1991 in the previous video in this post and the doctor in Brazil is trying to improve on it. This is his website, James Lewis,
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 7:04pm |
Bob D. (La) wrote:
Praying for good results Dave. Wife just had both eyes done a couple months ago. Is doing great. Sure hope your results are similar. God Bless. |
My wife has always had really bad vision... bad enough that... if she doesn't have glasses or contacts in, she bumps into, and trips over EVERYTHING.
She has totally dismissed having any correction done, and frankly, I can't blame her...
If she EVER gets her vision corrected, she'll kick my ugly A$$ out...
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 7:36pm |
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Good luck DMiller! I had my left eye cataract taken out 3 days ago and am not seeing very well yet. I had good 20/20 corrected before the surgery. How many days till y'all think I will be back to near 20/20? I know everyone's different, but I am grounded and do not like this. Doc looked today and said it looked good. But on the chart my left sees almost like double vision. Anyone had this? Again, good luck DMiller and all. Dana
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 8:27pm |
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Dave, glad everything went well and praying that there is continued improvement. My wife goes for surgery on one eye on April 10th and the other on May 1st. Guess I will have to stick around the house and be a good husband for a few weeks.
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 8:36pm |
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Captain Dana, praying that you will be back to 20/20 corrected and back at the controls soon. Back in the 90's when crewing Hueys I flew a lot with a veteran 'Nam pilot who used 3 pair of glasses at night, one to see outside, one to read the instruments, and one to read the map. He could fly a Huey better that the young pilots with excellent vision could. He save our arses one day when one of the youngsters almost put us in a river.
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 9:05am |
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Captin Dana, my eyes were slow to react but they said it was because they were blue, blue eyes reaction to the drugs can be very dramatic. When I went back two days later it was still really dilated from the medicine from the surgery so they couldn't do the test. They put some drops in my eye to reduce the dilation and then for the next two days the pupil was about the size of a end of a ball point pen. I couldn't see much for several days but all is well now.
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 9:19am |
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Mine will not ever hit 20/20 but will be better than once was. The vision recovery takes a few days as the swelling of the cornea and surrounding tissue recover. I have noticed incremental changes with each passing day where today can see and read the text I am posting I could not yesterday. Still not clear but visible.
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 11:54am |
Dang what is going on with this bunch,  Oh this is the old guys club. Praying you all to recover well.
Landlord,neighbor, friend lost a eye as a teen.Gave up driving at about 70 cause he could not see much. Finally had cataract removed at 80.Waited cause he didn't want to loose what little sight he had. Then his son started catching  for all kinds of things the old man had not seen, and lived to 92. Had lots of advice for all of us about how we should do things, some days I really miss him. |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 12:05pm |
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For ALL you guys and gals having surgery of ANY KIND,,,,, You are all in my prayers.
Hope you're all up to seeing things that you want to and can close your eyes for the things you don't.
Cap'n Dana, was good talking to you the other day and I'm praying extra hard for you so you can get back up in the air and get us some beautiful pictures.. SAY,,,,,,,,did you ever drop any kind of bombs off while you was flyin?? Do you know where Blair Nebraska is?? I just might have to call you again!!
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 2:00pm |
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Captain Dana praying for full recovery of vision for you after my cataract surgery the last test the surgeon did I was seeing 20/25 I didn't have the extra lens put in cause I knew I would need glass to read and I didn't want to carry reading glasses after 50 years of cleaning my glass and all the stuff that went on them and not in my eyes I decided I was going to stay with glasses
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Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 8:08pm |
tadams you bring up a good piont about wearing glasses. I have had glasses since I was 13 years old, and they have been a real annoying  thing sometimes . But some times when I see all the pits and scratches, dang good thing I had them on and kept that out of my eyes.
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Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 9:05pm |
Dmiller, seems like the only downside to your operation is that you might see some more wrinkles on your old lady, er loving wife, that you didn't see before and then there is that first time you look in the mirror and wonder who that old guy looking back is! lol Glad things are looking good for you.
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