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I am probably going to be AWOL for a while

Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (24026) • United Kingdom 14 Jan 18

Last week was quite shocking. On Wednesday I was seeing a patient and his relatives talking about his treatment when all of a sudden I had a floater in my eye. I rubbed my eye gently to move it but when I opened my eye I could not...

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Your Eyes: What You Need to Know

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 28 Jun 17

A couple years ago I had cataract surgery. It was not a good experience for me. Although the surgery did correct my ability to see better, I had an allergic reaction to the eye drops and still have problems with my stomach because...

cataract surgery

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The facts about your eyes

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 17 Mar 16

Do you know the interesting facts about your eyes? Generally, we do not pay attention frequently unless we are forced to some problem with our vision or any inconvenience. But, there are many interesting facts which we should...

speed of blinking

object recognition

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Back to the Eye Hospital today

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 16 Nov 15

It is a couple of weeks since I attended the Royal Eye Hospital and had the retina in my right eye laser treated to weld it securely to the back of the eye. Today I have an appointment to have the result checked, which I am hoping...

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What a horrendous morning

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 29 Oct 15

After the staff at Withington Hospital had discovered a tear in the retina of my right eye, they referred me to the Royal Eye Hospital. This morning I arrived there for laser treatment to seal the area around the tear. The Doctor...

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Almost back to Square One

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 26 Oct 15

In September I attended an appointment at Withington hospital, which was to be appraised for cataract surgery. I had been waiting for some time to reach this stage and it looked as though I would finally end up with a date for the...

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My appointment became a real problem

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 30 Sep 15

I was awake this morning at 6-30 AM because I had to travel to Withington Community Hospital for a 9-15 appointment. I was a little displeased about the time because my senior citizen travel pass is not valid until 9-30 AM, so I...

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protect retina

Rams mylot @rameshchow (4426) • India 23 Jun 10

retina is the most import part of our eyes. So we must protect it.. Suggest me simple ways....

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Have you heard about and tried Pinhole Glasses?

mercuryman3a @mercuryman3a (2477) • India 17 Feb 09

We are all aware of normal glasses which we put on to correct our vision. It is made of lens to adjust the focal length of the eyes so as to have the image formed on the retina. These glasses do not help the eyes to improve in...

pinhole glasses

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have u ever seen sun with naked eye!!!?

rocknroll @rocknroll (1535) • India 16 Nov 06