MsSarge having surgery today

Kissa · 11-05-2012, 01:59 PM

Mary, hope your cataract op goes without incident today.

I'll be thinking of you.

Luv2Eat · 11-05-2012, 02:07 PM

Mary, you're in my thoughts and

jacci48 · 11-05-2012, 02:08 PM

Thinking of you too.....xx

KeirasMom · 11-05-2012, 02:16 PM

Sending all my healing thoughts! Be gentle with yourself over the next few days.

cici52 · 11-05-2012, 02:20 PM

Ditto to all above. Be patient with the healing process. Some docs, understate the time but everything I have heard is happy endings.

Joyjoy · 11-05-2012, 02:59 PM

Carly · 11-05-2012, 03:01 PM

Hope your on your way to a speedy recovery!

stephdray · 11-05-2012, 04:01 PM

Hugs!

HomeWorkerMT · 11-05-2012, 05:15 PM

Hope you have a quick recovery! And hope you don't realize you made a purchase in the last few months that was ENTIRELY not the color you thought it was!! LOL!! My mother had bought a car she thought was dark burgundy but after her cataract surgery, she realized it was candy-apple red! Plus, the day before her surgery, she went and had her nails done with her granddaughter. She did not realize until AFTER her surgery that she had on lime green nail polish! LOL!

I am sure you will do fine with your surgery!!

TryingJudd · 11-05-2012, 05:52 PM

Sending good thoughts!!!

Whitlin' · 11-05-2012, 06:56 PM

All best wishes to you, Mary! Hope everybody treats you like a queen for a little while and you heal beautifully.

Thanks for the thread, Cindy!

angie1 · 11-06-2012, 04:03 AM

Wishing you a quick recovery !!!

Flossyliz · 11-06-2012, 04:20 AM

Mary, I hope the op is a spectocular success and you recover in no time.

zipp2play · 11-06-2012, 05:14 AM

Thinking of you!

HellInYourEyes · 11-06-2012, 05:28 AM

Best wishes!

sunday · 11-06-2012, 05:49 AM

LoCarbGal · 11-06-2012, 07:42 AM

Sending healing thoughts and prayers your way, Mary! Speedy recovery to you!

Saxy1971 · 11-06-2012, 07:47 AM

Hope all went well! My mom just had one eye done, and will get the other one in a couple months....

b_lou_who · 11-06-2012, 01:20 PM

Has anyone heard an update?

Kissa · 11-07-2012, 04:20 AM

Waiting for news....

Shari4 · 11-07-2012, 11:25 AM

How are you doing Mary? Hoping for an update soon!

Mssarge · 11-07-2012, 01:37 PM

Wow!!!!

Thanks for all the kind thoughts and wishes...what a surprise, but it shouldn't be from all the JB's everywhere...Wow!!

Well, it may be am easy procedure from some and everyone I talked with seems to think it is...BUT....my 30-minute procedure turned into a three-hour ordeal and it looks more like a three-day ordeal, Apparently, once the doc got into the procedure, he discovered my cataract was muuuuuuuch tougher than normal..thicker and harder. It wouldn't break up, and was so dense was clogging the suction device that cleans it out once it is broken...then, once they did get it out (I wound up having three doctors working on the eye), the setting for the lens was so distorted they had a one-hour placement issue before they finally got it in place....whew! three hours of laying there looking at a bright light.

They ran out of several meds and had to keep replenishing the supply. Because they used so much of one of them that increases the pressure inside the eyeball..normal pressure is about 10-12 whatevers...mine was 47 overnight and the pain on a scale of 1-10...was at least an 11...I was thinking of going into the er it hurt so much...so back this morning and spent the day relieving some of the pressure and it was down to 37 when I left, with a ton of more medications to try to lower it further overnight...plus the four drops for normal surgeries...and back tomorrow to see if it's working.

The big news is, tho', a couple chunks of the cataract fell into the back of the eye, so next week a retinal doc will have to perform surgery to take them out...I say again,,, whew!...Has not been fun.

Thanks again for all you thoughts and prayers...keep 'em coming, I think I'm gonna need 'em. Msybe I'll be able to see out of it soon...right now all I see is a big white blob...(typing is a b*tch...good thing it comes second nature to a steno) Don't know when I'll be back...but again thanks for the hugs and I'm sending 'em right back...

Kissa · 11-07-2012, 01:48 PM

I am so sorry, and indeed shocked, to read what a traumatic time you had. It really does sound like a nightmare. Hopefully you will get it all sorted, but I am so sorry that you will need more surgery.

Drop by when you can.

Carly · 11-07-2012, 01:51 PM

x10!
What an ordeal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please take care of yourself!!!!!
I'm sending prayers right now!

KeirasMom · 11-07-2012, 02:10 PM

Oh dear! I'm SO sorry you have all this to deal with.

TryingJudd · 11-07-2012, 05:45 PM

wow - hope this gets cleared up and behind you soon. sending good thoughts!

Shari4 · 11-07-2012, 06:32 PM

Well for crying out loud!!! How awful for you, Mary! I hope they can get the pieces of cataract out without another big ordeal for you to go thru. I'm surprised with all of that, that they didn't keep you in the hospital......for observation if nothing else!

Take care & keep us posted!

LoCarbGal · 11-07-2012, 10:03 PM

Oh Mary, what an ordeal! I'm so sorry it wasn't easy for you. But just like that darn ol' cataract, you are tough! I hope this next surgery is successful and much less painful than the first. Sending

&

.

cici52 · 11-08-2012, 05:21 AM

Praying for your quick healing and your doctor's to clean up all remaining issues without further trauma.

Mssarge · 11-09-2012, 06:51 PM

Hey guys will try to post to a note to let you know I'm still on this side of the grass...just resting, relaxing, trying to see a little TV, and putting drops in my eyes. I have eight containers that are going in every four hour hours, pills I'm taking twice a day and a thick goopy ointment that goes in the eye last thing at night. I have one drop that is put in every hour...and I still can't see a thing out of the right eye...actually I'm starting to see shadows and light and a bit of definitions so something is coming through.

The doc will be checking the eye pressure on Monday, which is a holiday at the Va, but he's coming in special just to check my eye as he says I'm out of normal and went into the special mode. We have the retinal surgery scheduled for Tuesday, so that should take care of the chunks..although I understand there is a about a 10% chance they will dissolve by themselves....and I can just see that happening.

Like I said, not doing much, napping a lot, watching a bit of TV when there's sumpin on...and freezin' my b*tt off...cold, rainy, windy and staying under the blankies when I can. I've lost five pounds this week so it's good for something...back when I can...until then, y'all take care...

11-05-2012, 01:59 PM	#1
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	MsSarge having surgery today Mary, hope your cataract op goes without incident today. I'll be thinking of you.

11-07-2012, 01:37 PM	#22
Mssarge Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Sunny Southern California Posts: 1,861 Gallery: Mssarge Stats: 220/177/155 WOE: JUDDD and moderate carbs Start Date: 6/1/2012	Wow!!!! Thanks for all the kind thoughts and wishes...what a surprise, but it shouldn't be from all the JB's everywhere...Wow!! Well, it may be am easy procedure from some and everyone I talked with seems to think it is...BUT....my 30-minute procedure turned into a three-hour ordeal and it looks more like a three-day ordeal, Apparently, once the doc got into the procedure, he discovered my cataract was muuuuuuuch tougher than normal..thicker and harder. It wouldn't break up, and was so dense was clogging the suction device that cleans it out once it is broken...then, once they did get it out (I wound up having three doctors working on the eye), the setting for the lens was so distorted they had a one-hour placement issue before they finally got it in place....whew! three hours of laying there looking at a bright light. They ran out of several meds and had to keep replenishing the supply. Because they used so much of one of them that increases the pressure inside the eyeball..normal pressure is about 10-12 whatevers...mine was 47 overnight and the pain on a scale of 1-10...was at least an 11...I was thinking of going into the er it hurt so much...so back this morning and spent the day relieving some of the pressure and it was down to 37 when I left, with a ton of more medications to try to lower it further overnight...plus the four drops for normal surgeries...and back tomorrow to see if it's working. The big news is, tho', a couple chunks of the cataract fell into the back of the eye, so next week a retinal doc will have to perform surgery to take them out...I say again,,, whew!...Has not been fun. Thanks again for all you thoughts and prayers...keep 'em coming, I think I'm gonna need 'em. Msybe I'll be able to see out of it soon...right now all I see is a big white blob...(typing is a btch...good thing it comes second nature to a steno) Don't know when I'll be back...but again thanks for the hugs and I'm sending 'em right back... __________________ Mary in SoCal When in doubt, just take the next small step.* Patience and Persistence not perfection If you don't do it, you'll never know what would have happened if you had done it.

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11-05-2012, 02:07 PM	#2
Luv2Eat Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 627 Gallery: Luv2Eat WOE: JUDDD dd 200 ud 1200 Start Date: Aug 2012	Mary, you're in my thoughts and

11-05-2012, 02:08 PM	#3
jacci48 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: West Sussex, England Age 52 yrs Posts: 282 Gallery: jacci48 Stats: 242/220/140 WOE: Judd Start Date: August 23rd 2012	Thinking of you too.....xx

11-05-2012, 02:16 PM	#4
KeirasMom Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 7,316 Gallery: KeirasMom Stats: 277.6/155-159/165, 5'9", 40 y.o., Hypothyroid WOE: In Place of a Roadmap Start Date: Maintenance 1/23/13	Sending all my healing thoughts! Be gentle with yourself over the next few days.

11-05-2012, 02:20 PM	#5
cici52 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,205 Gallery: cici52 Stats: HW253/going down/GW157 5'7" 60yo	Ditto to all above. Be patient with the healing process. Some docs, understate the time but everything I have heard is happy endings.

11-05-2012, 02:59 PM	#6
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11-05-2012, 03:01 PM	#7
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11-05-2012, 04:01 PM	#8
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11-05-2012, 05:15 PM	#9
HomeWorkerMT Junior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 55 Gallery: HomeWorkerMT Stats: 163/158.8/140 WOE: WOE JUDDD Start Date: Sept. 28, 2012	Hope you have a quick recovery! And hope you don't realize you made a purchase in the last few months that was ENTIRELY not the color you thought it was!! LOL!! My mother had bought a car she thought was dark burgundy but after her cataract surgery, she realized it was candy-apple red! Plus, the day before her surgery, she went and had her nails done with her granddaughter. She did not realize until AFTER her surgery that she had on lime green nail polish! LOL! I am sure you will do fine with your surgery!!

11-05-2012, 05:52 PM	#10
TryingJudd Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,677 Gallery: TryingJudd Stats: Started Judd on 3.26.12 WOE: Judd Start Date: 3.26.12	Sending good thoughts!!!

11-05-2012, 06:56 PM	#11
Whitlin' Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Southeast US Posts: 903 Gallery: Whitlin' Stats: 162/149/149 WOE: JUDDD Start Date: March, 2009	All best wishes to you, Mary! Hope everybody treats you like a queen for a little while and you heal beautifully. Thanks for the thread, Cindy!

11-06-2012, 05:49 AM	#16
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11-06-2012, 04:03 AM	#12
angie1 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 455 Gallery: angie1 Stats: 185/182.8/155 - 5'5	Wishing you a quick recovery !!!

11-06-2012, 04:20 AM	#13
Flossyliz Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: England Posts: 930 Gallery: Flossyliz Stats: start 150 now 126 WOE: JUDDDD Start Date: August 27 2012	Mary, I hope the op is a spectocular success and you recover in no time.

11-06-2012, 05:14 AM	#14
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11-06-2012, 05:28 AM	#15
HellInYourEyes Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Anniston, AL Posts: 228 Gallery: HellInYourEyes Stats: 151/151/110 WOE: Whatever feels right Start Date: 4/20/13	Best wishes!

11-06-2012, 07:42 AM	#17
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11-06-2012, 07:47 AM	#18
Saxy1971 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 681 Gallery: Saxy1971 Stats: 225/203/170 WOE: JUDDD/Fast-5 Start Date: Fast-5 2/27/13	Hope all went well! My mom just had one eye done, and will get the other one in a couple months....

11-06-2012, 01:20 PM	#19
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11-07-2012, 04:20 AM	#20
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Waiting for news....

11-07-2012, 11:25 AM	#21
Shari4 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Somewhere in Texas Posts: 882 Gallery: Shari4 Stats: 200/140.4/140 63yrs WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Started JUDDD: 9/24/12 @181	How are you doing Mary? Hoping for an update soon!

11-07-2012, 01:48 PM	#23
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	I am so sorry, and indeed shocked, to read what a traumatic time you had. It really does sound like a nightmare. Hopefully you will get it all sorted, but I am so sorry that you will need more surgery. Drop by when you can.

11-07-2012, 01:51 PM	#24
Carly Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: New York Posts: 4,181 Gallery: Carly Stats: 199/123.2/126.8 5'2" 36yrs Size 20/4P WOE: 5:2 to maintain Start Date: 2/21/12- Low carb (199lbs) 3/28/12 JUDDD (189lbs)	x10! What an ordeal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please take care of yourself!!!!! I'm sending prayers right now!

11-07-2012, 02:10 PM	#25
KeirasMom Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 7,316 Gallery: KeirasMom Stats: 277.6/155-159/165, 5'9", 40 y.o., Hypothyroid WOE: In Place of a Roadmap Start Date: Maintenance 1/23/13	Oh dear! I'm SO sorry you have all this to deal with.

11-07-2012, 05:45 PM	#26
TryingJudd Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,677 Gallery: TryingJudd Stats: Started Judd on 3.26.12 WOE: Judd Start Date: 3.26.12	wow - hope this gets cleared up and behind you soon. sending good thoughts!

11-07-2012, 06:32 PM	#27
Shari4 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Somewhere in Texas Posts: 882 Gallery: Shari4 Stats: 200/140.4/140 63yrs WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Started JUDDD: 9/24/12 @181	Well for crying out loud!!! How awful for you, Mary! I hope they can get the pieces of cataract out without another big ordeal for you to go thru. I'm surprised with all of that, that they didn't keep you in the hospital......for observation if nothing else! Take care & keep us posted!

11-07-2012, 10:03 PM	#28
LoCarbGal Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 2,856 Gallery: LoCarbGal Stats: 318.5/207.5/140 5'4" 46 yrs WOE: Atkins 1/27/12 - 54.5 lbs: JUDDD 9/4/12 - 56.5 lbs	Oh Mary, what an ordeal! I'm so sorry it wasn't easy for you. But just like that darn ol' cataract, you are tough! I hope this next surgery is successful and much less painful than the first. Sending & .

11-08-2012, 05:21 AM	#29
cici52 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,205 Gallery: cici52 Stats: HW253/going down/GW157 5'7" 60yo	Praying for your quick healing and your doctor's to clean up all remaining issues without further trauma.

11-09-2012, 06:51 PM	#30
Mssarge Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Sunny Southern California Posts: 1,861 Gallery: Mssarge Stats: 220/177/155 WOE: JUDDD and moderate carbs Start Date: 6/1/2012	Hey guys will try to post to a note to let you know I'm still on this side of the grass...just resting, relaxing, trying to see a little TV, and putting drops in my eyes. I have eight containers that are going in every four hour hours, pills I'm taking twice a day and a thick goopy ointment that goes in the eye last thing at night. I have one drop that is put in every hour...and I still can't see a thing out of the right eye...actually I'm starting to see shadows and light and a bit of definitions so something is coming through. The doc will be checking the eye pressure on Monday, which is a holiday at the Va, but he's coming in special just to check my eye as he says I'm out of normal and went into the special mode. We have the retinal surgery scheduled for Tuesday, so that should take care of the chunks..although I understand there is a about a 10% chance they will dissolve by themselves....and I can just see that happening. Like I said, not doing much, napping a lot, watching a bit of TV when there's sumpin on...and freezin' my b*tt off...cold, rainy, windy and staying under the blankies when I can. I've lost five pounds this week so it's good for something...back when I can...until then, y'all take care...