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without glasses my wife is legally blind, her vision is something like 20/3000.....were we to ever have a fire in the house and she didnt have her contacts in and couldnt find her glasses its unlikely she could get out and if she did it would be with extreme difficulty.....she finally decided to try to do something to fix it....
eye doc she visited said she was not a good candidate for Lasik or PRK....he is most comfortable doing that for a +6 change, Darla would need a +11....for her it would require moving so much material that a "blow out" would be increasingly possible like when you get a bubble in the sidewall of a tire after which the only fix is replacing the whole front of the eyeball in a cornea transplant.....plus with that much material removed it would take upards of a year and a half for her eyes to fully heal and quit changing which means she would also likely face up to 18 months of her vision setting off migraines....
solution was doing a lens exchange, basically the exact same surgery you get when you have cataracts.....10 minute procedure and only real down side is at her age she is going to need reading glasses about 5 years earlier than most people....
she had the right eye done today and next week we come back for the left eye.....plus unlike Lasik with the large correction she would need, by Monday she should be seeing out of the eye just fine with near perfect vision....
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Prayers for her and you. Her for healing and good vision. You for trying to keep up with her when she gets perfect vision.  Ed
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I was thinking the same thing. Good luck to the wife.
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Prayers for Darla on the way...
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Prayers you got, my friend.
Karen just had her last lens replacement a few months ago. Darla will see better through the tea-strainer protective gear she'll go home with than she's ever seen.
Tell her to be perfect about all the potions and drops that they want her to use. That is the key to perfect healing.
She'll worry about the first one and it will be so easy that she won't be able wait until the second one is done.
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Sister had same surgery and she is doing great and can see fine now without glasses.
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Prayers offered for Darla and you.
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Modern medicine is getting better all the time---one of the great things we have witnessed in our lives.
Hope your wife has a painless recovery and all works out better than you hoped.
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Prayers for her as she heals, and prayers for you after she heals and sees you!!!
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you got em rattler
hoping it improves her quality of life dramatically
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Rattler: The lens transplants are great. I know someone who had this done and their vision is super although they still need reading glasses. One interesting thing is when the light hits their eyes just right, you will see a twinkle in their eyes. Our family will keep your wife in our prayers and enjoy the new lease on life. Also thanks for all your help. - tnscouter
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Prayers sent for your wife...
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