The Stitches are Out! Content Warning Included!
@pgiblett (6524)
Canada
April 12, 2016 2:45pm CST
Here is where the content warning kicks in. If you are sensitive in nature then I urge you to go to another post as the details here are graphic in nature.
Well I visited the hospital today and am pleased to report that the stitches in my eye have now all been removed. This post is not for the squeamish, but one of the aspects of having a corneal transplant is that the surgeons use stitches to ensure the transplanted cornea has the best chance of success, well today, 11 months after the operation, they took all the stitches out of my eye and I have to say I survived the procedure, but found it to be tough to get through, especially the need to place sharp implements so close to the eye.
I am sure this is going to give me a few nightmares.
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Now you can see my fangs more clearly may be?
@Daljinder (23228)
• Bangalore, India
13 Apr 16
I have WATCHED an eye surgery LIVE at an Eye Hospital. So, reading about it wasn't gory. Hope it went good!
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
13 Apr 16
The worst aspect of eye surgery is that you don't go under, your eye is numbed, but you do not have a general anesthetic. Yesterday I had the stitches removed from last year's operation and over the next few weeks my eye is supposed to adjust itself.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
13 Apr 16
@Daljinder No anesthetic, but they eye would have been numbed though. The greatest challenge I had was to keep my hands down, especially when Dr Zachary pressed his thumb down on my nose - I spoke to him afterwards about that and he said I should have said something, how could I?
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@Daljinder (23228)
• Bangalore, India
13 Apr 16
@pgiblett Yikes! Now that is something I didn't know about. Seriously, no anesthetic? Cripes! I remember the surgery I saw. And that happened without anesthetic? *shudder* Must have been helluva scary!
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@ElicBxn (63233)
• United States
1 Aug 16
Stitches in the eye... why didn't they put dissolving stitches in - or wouldn't they have lasted long enough? Now, my sister had eye surgery when she was 3 - that would've been about 1960 or 61, and they didn't dissolve properly so the doc had to go in and take the lump that formed out too.
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@ElicBxn (63233)
• United States
2 Aug 16
@pgiblett I was thinking that maybe the eye wouldn't be healed before the stitches dissolved, so they didn't want to use them... I know they didn't use dissolving stitches for my big surgery back in 1998 and I was picking stitches out for several weeks afterwards. Don't ask where... it wasn't the eye...
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
19 Apr 16
sounds very scary - hope you were anaethetized - being awake through such proceedures would be horrible
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
20 Apr 16
@pgiblett that would really freak me out seeing the sharp things coming at my eyeballs
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
20 Apr 16
@arthurchappell When I had the operation I had no such fear as I could not see well enough. Having the stitches removed was another matter as I could see the sharp objects advancing and the doctor had to take it slow and steady.
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@carebear29 (31961)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
12 Apr 16
Glad to hear they are finally out.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
13 Apr 16
Thank you Alfredo, Before having undergone this is was terribly squeamish about the mention of eye related issues.
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
25 Apr 16
11 months? Wow! Those stitches stayed there for so long.
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@lovebeingmummy2 (807)
• Aberdeen, Scotland
16 Apr 16
Glad the stitches came out ok, not a nice thing to go through
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@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
14 Apr 16
No, my eyes are going with me. Watching a lasic surgery was enough for me to decide I don't want one. Even if my numbers shoot up from whatever weird position those are already in. 
Love them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29233)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Apr 16
I hope that the transplant is a successful one for you.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
15 Apr 16
I feel good about where I am now compared to the few days when I was totally blind.
@Hannihar (129350)
• Israel
9 Jan 18
It does not sound like fun, but, did it all that you went through work?
