Interesting birds (state bird of Texas). Have had a pair nesting in an ash tree for years now and saw them give a fox a real hard time for getting too close. They can be dangerous. One actually pecked out the cataract implant of a family friend...one who had nested with them for years.
Interesting birds (state bird of Texas). Have had a pair nesting in an ash tree for years now and saw them give a fox a real hard time for getting too close. They can be dangerous. One actually pecked out the cataract implant of a family friend...one who had nested with them for years.
Wait, what? Who would implant a cataract? Or did I read that wrong Michael? If I had known that I would not have paid to have mine removed. I eventually paid for new lenses but not the extra for corrective vision. Now, had a bird taken off with my new lens . . .
The implant was the new lens repairing the cataract. The bird actually pecked it out (the old ones often had a glimmer to them that may have attracted the bird..one of my 2 does). The poor guy had to be ambulanced to Pensacola for emergency surgery.
Oh, sounds so awful. I had know idea that a bird would get that close to a human's head.
I just got an email from a friend telling me about her retina tear. She took too long to see a doc and now will live with blurred double vision the rest of her life. She had all sorts of things done to the eye to correct it and did not have insurance. I think she is about 68.
Not fun. Once had 3 of them corrected by laser. One full of fluid I watched leave my eye as steam. Only have 20/40 in that eye. Was in my 50s then. My wife actually had a retina detachment. That was a lot of fun repairing. She had to lie on her face for a solid week after surgery, able to get up only 15'/day.
Wow -and I could not believe all the stuff she went through. Never new eyes could have such problems. Good to know a few medical treatment have good results. Prior to laser, fixing torn retinas probably did not occur. It makes my eyes hurt even thinking about it. At least they used caution when reattaching your wife's retina - means they learn as they go what works. 15 years ago I got an ache in my right eye while in D.C. at a week long meeting. I finally went to the ER (don't ever need an ER in D.C.) and they poked and prodded on both eyes and left me with black and blue eyes. Once back in Salem the pain took me to a local ER and it kept me there and had a taxi take me the next morning to an eye doc. He decided I had a glaucoma attack and put me on eye drops but nothing could be done for the dilation in the right eye. It's still dilated today. Also was sent to Portland for total evaluation. Had all sorts of test and I never got any answers and was eventually taken off the drops because I had never, during each exam, showed high levels of pressure. This was after he poke two laser holes in each eye. Ever since a gooey substance sticks to my eyelashes. All the drops did was flow down to irritate the heck out of my sinuses. Finally had cataracts removed and new lenses installed, did not pay the extra to correct my vision. Always wear sun glass if I even think about going outside, even on a cloudy day!
Interesting birds (state bird of Texas). Have had a pair nesting in an ash tree for years now and saw them give a fox a real hard time for getting too close. They can be dangerous. One actually pecked out the cataract implant of a family friend...one who had nested with them for years.
Rambler, Don't mess with Texas or you'll have the Rath of our State bird!!!
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Wait, what? Who would implant a cataract? Or did I read that wrong Michael? If I had known that I would not have paid to have mine removed. I eventually paid for new lenses but not the extra for corrective vision. Now, had a bird taken off with my new lens . . .
The implant was the new lens repairing the cataract. The bird actually pecked it out (the old ones often had a glimmer to them that may have attracted the bird..one of my 2 does). The poor guy had to be ambulanced to Pensacola for emergency surgery.
Oh, sounds so awful. I had know idea that a bird would get that close to a human's head.
I just got an email from a friend telling me about her retina tear. She took too long to see a doc and now will live with blurred double vision the rest of her life. She had all sorts of things done to the eye to correct it and did not have insurance. I think she is about 68.
Not fun. Once had 3 of them corrected by laser. One full of fluid I watched leave my eye as steam. Only have 20/40 in that eye. Was in my 50s then. My wife actually had a retina detachment. That was a lot of fun repairing. She had to lie on her face for a solid week after surgery, able to get up only 15'/day.
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Wow -and I could not believe all the stuff she went through. Never new eyes could have such problems. Good to know a few medical treatment have good results. Prior to laser, fixing torn retinas probably did not occur. It makes my eyes hurt even thinking about it. At least they used caution when reattaching your wife's retina - means they learn as they go what works. 15 years ago I got an ache in my right eye while in D.C. at a week long meeting. I finally went to the ER (don't ever need an ER in D.C.) and they poked and prodded on both eyes and left me with black and blue eyes. Once back in Salem the pain took me to a local ER and it kept me there and had a taxi take me the next morning to an eye doc. He decided I had a glaucoma attack and put me on eye drops but nothing could be done for the dilation in the right eye. It's still dilated today. Also was sent to Portland for total evaluation. Had all sorts of test and I never got any answers and was eventually taken off the drops because I had never, during each exam, showed high levels of pressure. This was after he poke two laser holes in each eye. Ever since a gooey substance sticks to my eyelashes. All the drops did was flow down to irritate the heck out of my sinuses. Finally had cataracts removed and new lenses installed, did not pay the extra to correct my vision. Always wear sun glass if I even think about going outside, even on a cloudy day!