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Noodles Surgery - Success !!!

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Leenie , 04-20-2004 01:32 PM

Noodles surgery went well, her hubby pm'd Suzanne and well I'm just passing the good news along:

Hello!

Angel asked me if I would give you an update on her recovery from eye muscle surgery, in hopes that you would post it wherever it is appropriate.

The surgery went great, the doctor was quite pleased with himself. She could see almost immediately afterwards. Aside from nausea and an occasional headache, she is doing fine.

As of now, she still has blurry vision at a distance, but no more double vision. She says there's only one of me now, so I guess I have to double-up on my chores to make up for it.

Anyhow, it may be a day or two more before you see her.

Take care.

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Leenie , 04-20-2004 01:32 PM

Noodles get well, can't wait to have you back.

HUGS !!!!

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CIN , 04-20-2004 01:59 PM

Noodles
So glad it is over for you............the worst part is sometimes WAITING for surgery!
Take Care!
Cin

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cathyxxx , 04-20-2004 02:35 PM

Well that's great! I'm so glad that things went well!!!!!

hugs,
Cathy

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Noodles913 , 04-21-2004 08:09 PM

Hi All...

Just a quick update from yours truly...I can't stay on here long cause I start to get those freaking headaches. Eyes are adjusting and get mad at me after a while if I do too much. Bah!

First of all thank you for all of the warm thoughts and fuzzies!!! It means alot to me. Really.

I am doing o.k. Monday was very hard for me. I had a reaction to the ansthesia and was nauseated for about 24 hours. I couldn't hardly eat. Lived off crackers and cherry 7-Up. The only time the room wasn't spinning was when I was in bed. hahaha... The doctor did an EXCELLENT job. My double vision is gone!! It's amazing...after all of these years to be able to see single again. When I came too, I had this compress on me and I had to take it off and "peek" to see what things looked like...I started crying. The good cry of course because I could see. I guess I gave the nurses and doc a singing lesson while coming out of it...I was singing to my rat Stubs & 8-Ball, singing to the cat, singing in general. The nurse asked my husband "Whos Muff? Stubs?? 8?? She keeps singing about it." "Oh that's her rats." "A RAT?!" The other nurse working with the other patient goes "Oohhhhh rats!! Great pets!!" Haha I remember that part!!

I started to get sick right after that. Ugh...felt like someone kicked me in the stomach. Then they sent me home. I was like huh?! I cant even see straight and I get go to home?? But that was fine with me. I rather be sick at home..I can get more sleep there. My aunt was with us...she asked hubby to give him a ride to her car cause she parked on the other side of the hosptial. Oh man...he drove around for about 10 minutes...stopping...going...stopping..going..caus e she wasn't sure where it was.. and each time he did that I'm getting sicker..and sicker.. and moaning and groaning... I wanted to curl up in a little ball and barf!! So he finally said I have to get her home, I'll drop you off here close to the parking lot and hopefully it isnt too far off. Phew! Then the drive home took an hour cause it was rush hour traffic. More..stop..go..stop..go..not to mention exhaust fumes!! I felt like I just got off of that spinning ride at carnivals when we finally got home. In the bed I went!!

Yesterday I did good!! Today...eh... the nausea is back but not as bad. Eyes are really dry and bloody but that's to be expected. I look worse than I feel. About 100X worse. I can feel the stitches but it's not that bad!! I would do it again in a heartbeat. All of that worry for nothing! I do get headaches after a while but thats normal too. I have been taking all of the "eye vitamins" and eating right to help them heal. I'm working on a jigsaw puzzle too. Helps with the eye/hand/brain coodination thing.

The kid is being a lil brat!! She is very good when hubby is around, but today he had to run to work and oh boy..she is being a pill! Testy..throwing fits cause I wanted to check her homework that she lied and didnt do, stuff like that. I told her go to your room. I am not about to deal with a whiny kid..let him do it. hahahaha

Anyhow, that's it for now. I'll try to pop in here and there but I don't think I will be back up to par for my 50 posts-a-day for a while. hehehe..1 or 2 I can handle though. **hugs**

Miss All of ya!!!

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Flower_storm , 04-21-2004 08:47 PM

HUGS HUGS HUGS(((((((((((Noodle))))))))))))) HUGS HUGS HUGS

So happy things are going wonderful for you.
Keep you the wonderful healing.
Love ya

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april99 , 04-21-2004 11:18 PM

Noodles....I'm glad you are doing so well after your surgery.

Bobbie

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Noodles913 , 04-30-2004 08:30 AM

Hi Girls!!

Well, I went to the eyeball surgeon yesterday. I do have an infection but he said it doesn't look THAT bad. He's seen worse and went on to describe it. Ewww! But *I* have never seen a badly infected eye so how am I suppose to know?? To me it looks like someone poked me with a stick. LOL!! Apparently when I busted the blood vessels in the left eye, bacteria creeped in and decided to infect my eye. Yeck!

Anyhow, I got these drops for it. $50 for this TINY itsy bitsy bottle of drops!!! And that was with insurance payment!!! Sheesh... Then we have been having BAD BAD winds here...dried them out to the bones. And these friggin' stitches are driving me bananas!! But...it was worth it.

The good news is... I CAN GET CONTACTS!!! I CAN GET LAZIK!!! YIPPEE!!! NO more double vision and loopy eye looks!!! After 33 years, I can actually CAN THE GLASSES!! I might get a spare pair just to be safe, but you get my drift. Well, I have to wait until after June 29th due to final healing and stuff, but after that I'm all clear. I am so grateful. I got all teary eyed at the drs. office when Dr. Wonderful told me this. He wasn't sure if 1 surgery would be enough based on the severity of my case, but I followed directions to the T (and did alot of praying) and he said he is even surprised but thrilled! Cause of course this means HE did a good job too.
According to my other eye dr. I visited on Tuesday, due to my severity, I became a well discussed case at their weekly eye ball doctor meetings. The other Drs. all thought it would take me "several surgeries" to maybe fix them, but he said Dr. Wonderful didn't give up hope and was confident HE could fix them. What a testimonial!! I want to get him a little thank you gift, but what do you get for a doctor that probably has a house full of stuff as it is?? A glass eye ball?! hahaha!!! Kidding, kidding.

Anyhow, there's the story and I'm sticking to it. I was told to still limit my "computer time", which sucks, so I will still be semi-scarce, but after end of May I have the all clear to be on here 24 hours if I'd like.

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cathyxxx , 04-30-2004 10:18 AM

Hey Noodles!

so good to hear from you! sounds like things are going great other than the eye infection! you be careful and enjoy your new eyesight! I know you are!!! what a blessing huh!

((((((((hugs)))))))
cathy

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Noodles913 , 04-30-2004 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by cathyxxx
Hey Noodles!

so good to hear from you! sounds like things are going great other than the eye infection! you be careful and enjoy your new eyesight! I know you are!!! what a blessing huh!

((((((((hugs)))))))
cathy
!! Blessing...1000x over and then some. How do you show your gratidude to someone that changed something for the better that you had to carry around for 30 years?? I want to get Dr. Wonderful a special gift but...not exactly sure what. He is LDS so a bottle of nice wine is out. Ideas anyone? Ideas? I have until June 29th...

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