The good bits:
* Damn but that local block is powerful shit.
* They’re fast. Very fast.
* Apart from the fact it’s deeply repulsive, it’s really kinda cool.
(And it’s really SUPER cool to watch the vitreous go, it turns out. At least if you have enough floaters that it’s very visible. I wish there were any reasonable way to film that! But of course no, heh.)
Haha yeah. Let me tell ya, that is weird to watch.
Saline.
In retinal detachment repair, they put in an inert gas instead. The body slowly absorbs and disposes of that and fills the area with saline. In my case the retina was fine so no gas was needed.
Thanks. Apart from being conceptually abhorrent, it wasn’t half as bad as it coulda been. Kudos to the team. And my medical geek side admits it’s also cool. But. Iiiiiiiiiiick!!
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(Probably a few years out for me, but the same is now on my radar.)
I'm so sorry, that sucks bad. :(
They make you wait 6-12 mo to ensure you weren’t just joking. Then they suck out the vitreous humor.
* Damn but that local block is powerful shit.
* They’re fast. Very fast.
* Apart from the fact it’s deeply repulsive, it’s really kinda cool.
Yeah, I'm as most in the pipeline for cataracts, will also ask if it makes sense to do something preventative about the narrow angle glaucoma.
(And it’s really SUPER cool to watch the vitreous go, it turns out. At least if you have enough floaters that it’s very visible. I wish there were any reasonable way to film that! But of course no, heh.)
I explained a little to Joe. Here’s the end and the good bit of that mini thread:
https://bsky.app/profile/cjsmith.bsky.social/post/3ljag52la222q
What do they replace it with?
Saline.
In retinal detachment repair, they put in an inert gas instead. The body slowly absorbs and disposes of that and fills the area with saline. In my case the retina was fine so no gas was needed.