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Robjl
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 Posted: 04/20/07 - 07:49 Post subject: Re: pinguecula removal |
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I have been following your email string with much interest and am very glad to hear of your success and happyness with the results. I have the exact same problem and can completely relate. I am now encouraged to move forward. I just need to find someone in the NYC area that has the knowledge and skills to do this operation. PLease keep us posted and good luck.
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n | kayti wrote: | Hello, I am a 24 yr old female and I have had a pinguecula in both eyes for a few years now. My eyes are also very dry, which I feel is partially due to the pinguecula because my problem started getting worse when the pingueculum did. However, the opthamologist I was seeing seems to disagree and not really care about all the agony this is causing me. He told me it would just come back and make my eye more dry. For the past year or so my eyes have been almost constantly irritated and the pingueculum are getting worse and worse. I have 2 plugs in each eye to try to increase the moisture, which has helped somewhat, but my eyes are still always irritated, imflamed, and tired. After seeing this doctor for a few months, paying $500 for plugs and putting drops in my eyes about every hour, I decided to do some research myself. On 3/28, I will be having the larger pinguecula removed at Harvard Eye Institute. The doctor there told me he thought it would make my eyes less dry and that with the graft procedure the reccurence rate is 1%. Im scared because I have doctors telling me different things, but I am confident that the doctors at Harvard Eye know what they are doing. All I know is that I cant go on any longer with my eyes in this condition. The downfall is that because it hasnt grown onto the cornea, its not covered by insurance, so I have to pay $2200, which I am financing. At this point, I'll pay anything. I agree with a lot of people on here that most doctors think that its only cosmetic, but I feel that if they had to deal with this, they would think otherwise (I even told the last dr that and he seemed offended). Anyway, I hope all goes well and I will keep anyone updated thats interested.  |
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| Posted: 04/21/07 - 22:31 Post subject: pinguecula removal |
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Kayti' I am 38 years old and will scheduling a pinguecula removal in the next few days at Harvard eye. Can you please post some before and after photos. I have lived with this for 20 years and am tired of having red sensitive eyes. can't wait to see photos. good luck | kayti wrote: | Hello everyone,
It has been 3 weeks since my surgery and my eye is so much more comfortable! You can barely even tell that I had anything done to my eye, and I am so pleased that I am scheduling to have the other eye done soon. The procedure that I had done was where they take a healthy part of your eye and graft it onto the piece that they remove. The newest technology is where they use a glue instead of stitches, which is what I had done. Not too many doctors are using this yet because its not FDA approved for the eye, but it is for other parts of the body. I do not have any after pictures, and if I did I would not know how to share them with everyone, but I can tell you it was bad before, very red all the time and now there is a small yellowish patch with a tiny bit of redness, all of which should blend in with time. |
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| Posted: 04/22/07 - 00:56 Post subject: |
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| I dont know how to post photos on here but I have found some online, if you go to google images and type in pterygium autograft the first result shows 3 images, the first image is before, second is one week after, third is a few months I think. My eye looked much better after the first week and after only 3 weeks it looks very similar to the final pic. Hope this helps! |
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| Posted: 04/29/07 - 19:45 Post subject: |
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Hi Kayti,
I am so pleased that your eye surgery went well for you, thanks for sharing your experience as it is hard to find a patients perspective on the . I have to get the same procedure done too. I was wondering how long it took you to recover from the op? Did you have to have time off work?
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| Posted: 05/01/07 - 16:15 Post subject: ping removal results |
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| kayti wrote: | Hello everyone,
It has been 3 weeks since my surgery and my eye is so much more comfortable! You can barely even tell that I had anything done to my eye, and I am so pleased that I am scheduling to have the other eye done soon. The procedure that I had done was where they take a healthy part of your eye and graft it onto the piece that they remove. The newest technology is where they use a glue instead of stitches, which is what I had done. Not too many doctors are using this yet because its not FDA approved for the eye, but it is for other parts of the body. I do not have any after pictures, and if I did I would not know how to share them with everyone, but I can tell you it was bad before, very red all the time and now there is a small yellowish patch with a tiny bit of redness, all of which should blend in with time. |
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congrates on ping removal. now the big question. Do you see any signs that your ping is returning? Iwas told by an eye dr. here in TX.that it would return, and possibly worse than before. Please answer honestly, as I will soon be scheduling an appointment at harvard eye for ping removal.... thanks |
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| Posted: 05/03/07 - 10:44 Post subject: Post OP Pterygium |
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I am really interested in seeing the before and after photos of this type of surgery. I have asked the clinic 3 different times for photos. No results, which I think is odd.
I have seen the pics that were recommended on Google images but I need to see more outcomes. Possible a procession over a 4 month period.
I want to schedule surgery but need sufficient time to heal before I go back to daily activities as to not scare anyone.
Any help or guidance to where I might be able to view photos would be greatly appreciated.
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| Posted: 05/04/07 - 20:59 Post subject: |
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| Hello, as far as any signs of it returning, I do not see any. It has been a little over a month, the area they operated on still looks a little different than the rest of the eye, a little discolored, but it is looking better over time. The doc said it should take a few months to look its best. Either way, it looks much better than before! I am actually getting the other eye done next week, and I wouldnt be doing that if I wasnt happy with the first procedure. As far as the pics, I am sorry that I dont have any, and that was an issue when I was looking into the surgery, but I will tell you that after 1 month, you would only be able to tell that I had something done if you knew and looked very close. After one week my eye looked much better than the first few days, with some redness in the inner eye, but that was the time I was comfortable returning to work and going out in public. I would say you have to look at how bad your conditon is now and weigh if its worth going through the week or two where your eye doesnt look so great. For me, it only looked "horrible" for a few days, then got much better after. I hope this helps! |
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| Posted: 05/04/07 - 22:31 Post subject: reply |
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| kayti wrote: | Hello, as far as any signs of it returning, I do not see any. It has been a little over a month, the area they operated on still looks a little different than the rest of the eye, a little discolored, but it is looking better over time. The doc said it should take a few months to look its best. Either way, it looks much better than before! I am actually getting the other eye done next week, and I wouldnt be doing that if I wasnt happy with the first procedure. As far as the pics, I am sorry that I dont have any, and that was an issue when I was looking into the surgery, but I will tell you that after 1 month, you would only be able to tell that I had something done if you knew and looked very close. After one week my eye looked much better than the first few days, with some redness in the inner eye, but that was the time I was comfortable returning to work and going out in public. I would say you have to look at how bad your conditon is now and weigh if its worth going through the week or two where your eye doesnt look so great. For me, it only looked "horrible"
for a few days, then got much better after. I hope this helps! |
Kayti,
thanks for the reply. this is really encouraging news for me. I have lived with a ping in both eyes for almost 20 years, the left being worse than the right. Most of the time my eyes are slightly or fairly red and I am sick and tired of people asking me if I have allergies or if I am high or drunk. can't wait to schedule my surgery. keep me updated after your next surgery. lots of luck. talk to you soon . |
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| Posted: 05/20/07 - 23:22 Post subject: Kayti - questions for you. |
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| Kayti are you still around? I have some questions for you. |
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| Posted: 05/22/07 - 02:14 Post subject: |
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| Yes, Im still around. I had the second eye done almost 2 wks ago. Its taking longer to heal this time because it bled a little after the surgery. Other than that, it is doing well and the redness is clearing up. My other eye looks great, its been almost 2 months for that one and u cant even tell i had anything done. |
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