lens replacement surgery

[Paddy]

Heading to Dublin on the 12 of January for this procedure. Advanced cataract in left eye and waiting list for NHS treatment has a three and a half waiting list. Anybody else had it done ?...

[goat]

my old man is waiting for his other eye

[lee]

my mate got his done 2 weeks ago private..cost him 3 grand as they wouldn’t do it on the NHS due to Covid.
Says he's got 4k vision now in 1 eye and totally painless and cant wait to get the other 1 done

[Paddy]

I'm having both eyes done at the same time, just under seven grand. If all goes to plan, no more specs except for reading small print

[gavin]

I had LASIK a few years ago. Different I know. Overall a decent job but don't let anyone tell you that operations on eyes don't have downsides. My eyesight is a lot, lot better overall but I've had issues with dry eye which are still improving but are still occasionally problematic. The smell of the laser burning my eye balls was a bit of a turn off too. Nevertheless, no glasses now and overall very good vision for my age.

[Paddy]

Gavin, i didn't have laser, had lens replacement (To old for laser). Seven days on and coming along fine, can even read the instructions on drops bottle without glasses. Surgeon said after op that i would still need reading glasses, he was right but only in bad light. It's not as claimed, "Painless" Support  is great, having a check up day after op, i have another due this Monday, Eye drops for four weeks and eye cups at night for a week, but apart from the discomfort and dosing, it is well worth it. I kept it private to all except my family. Some friends don't recognise me without the specs. I still miss them,(the specs) everything seems further away and i seem to be taller. The cancer op was a God send, this is just the icing on the cake. At the moment in time, i consider my self very fortunate. A prayer for all sufferers and their supporters.....

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Good to hear you're doing well Paddy lad!

[gavin]

Best to you Paddy. Four years later and I still reach for my glasses every now and then. I don't need readers for now either.

[Paddy]

I do in doors. Out doors i can read the small print on a prescription bottle

[Paddy]

Shoudn't be able to see so much at my age especially looking in the mirror, not natural.....

[Paddy]

Shouldn't have bothered really have bothered and would have saved a shed lad of money. Got a consultation with my urologist surgeon yesterday. Incurable liver cancer. without treatment 3 - 6mnths, with chemo 12 - 18 mnths. Time to get my things in order and maybe squeeze one las game in with my son.....

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Bleedin hell Paddy, that's awful mate. Keep going though mate, there's alsorts coming through these days that work miracles! Keep your chin up lad!

[gavin]

Fight till the end Paddy.

[Paddy]

Had first round of chemo, diluted. No side effects, given prescription for a steriod based sickness prevention and increase to my appetite. Took them for just two days and now i am eating like horse

[gavin]

Good to be getting food down you. It is horrible when you can't eat.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Gwan Paddy lad!!

[Stephen Paul]

Good man Paddy

[goat]

Good to be getting food down you. It is horrible when you can't eat.

had tube up my nose few weeks back, fucking horrible

[gavin]

What has been wrong with you?

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

He's a grumpy old fucker.

[gavin]

Do they stick a tube up your nose for that? I can only see it making him more of a grumpy fucker if that were possible.

[Paddy]

Had a picc line in after first op fed through it for ten days and another for chemo, had to extract that one due to infection another six day in hosp....it goes right don to a main aorta, bloody sore.....

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Do they stick a tube up your nose for that? I can only see it making him more of a grumpy fucker if that were possible.

The doctors couldn't tell his face from his arse so they shoved it up his arse by accident.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Had a picc line in after first op fed through it for ten days and another for chemo, had to extract that one due to infection another six day in hosp....it goes right don to a main aorta, bloody sore.....

Keep up the good fight Paddy lad!

[goat]

What has been wrong with you?

two fucking strokes
and a grumpy fucker

[gavin]

No wonder you're a grumpy fucker having strokes at your age. Hope it gets sorted. I'll get Brendan to give you some tips on looking after yourself.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Kin hell Goaty, you're falling apart!

[goat]

im not too bad now, feels like a dead arm all the fucking time

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Poor old goaty bollocks

[reddishblue]

Fuck me Goat, that's some shit that is. If it's any help the graveyard is full of people who thought they were indispensable.

[goat]

and people that can tune your radio