Good News Story : Sight Returned

[KathyWoolfe]

I thought that they only operated because his £good" eye was deteriorating so much he was in danger of going completely blind. It was on further examination that the opthalmologist discovered how easy it would be to restore sight to his "bad" eye.

[MrRobin]

As to why they did the "best" one & not the other is a mistery: Why did you do his best eye then Mr EyeSurgeonPerson ?

NICE again. NICE recommends eye surgery only when both eyes are affected and only in the eye that is less damaged.

[TimberWolf]

Much.

My dad recently had a cateract done, on his "best" eye for unknown reasons & he couldn't see much out of it for weeks...

As to why they did the "best" one & not the other is a mistery: Why did you do his best eye then Mr EyeSurgeonPerson ?



Informed consent at its best.

They may have done the dominant eye, since I think there's more brain wiring for the dominant eye than the other.

[Board Game Geek]

Mods !

This was supposed to be a nice, feel good, story to cheer people up.

The miserable brigade have hijacked it to spread doom and gloom !

Can the originators of a thread have editorial control please of their thread, so they can remove unsuitable replies ?

please please please ?

[PAH]

Just a note about Timesonline - I've ntoiced that Jeremy Clarkson hasn't had a column included since mid-march

You've fallen into good news mode again.

[KathyWoolfe]

Just to keep people miserable:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008...d=networkfront

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...SS&attr=797084

Just a note about Timesonline - I've ntoiced that Jeremy Clarkson hasn't had a column included since mid-march

[SueEllen]

Just to keep people miserable:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008...d=networkfront

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...SS&attr=797084

[KathyWoolfe]

The only reason that he had the OP at his age was that they discovered that he was going blind in his non-affected eye.

This is a case of his GP accepting the original diagnosis I suspect and not bothering to check him over regularly.

[MrRobin]

All he's had done is the equivalent of a cateract op, which is something a fair proportion of us will end up having done as we get older and older. But for the incompetance on the part of his optometrist, he would have had this op done decades ago. Is that better?

They would only consider treatment for him once he was going to lose sight in both eyes... Bloody NICE states that it's only worthwhile doing one eye when both are on the blink!

Edit: Pun not intended! Har har

[Board Game Geek]

miserable barstewards....think positive for a change !

[TimberWolf]

We don't come on this board to read Good News!

All he's had done is the equivalent of a cateract op, which is something a fair proportion of us will end up having done as we get older and older. But for the incompetance on the part of his optometrist, he would have had this op done decades ago. Is that better?

[Board Game Geek]

A man who was blinded in one eye during the Blitz has had his sight restored by Scottish specialists, 66 years later.

Story Here

A nice, positive story that makes you realise how wonderful medical science is. Sure, it's not perfect, but the techniques and technology improve all the time.