Thank you to all the well wishers in the other thread and those wanting an update.

Last Tuesday we stayed overnight in San Francisco to be in the city for early surgery at the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center. We were told the donor cornea was coming into the San Francisco Airport and the flight was late.

I thought there would be enough drunks in San Francisco killing themselves in car/motorcycle wrecks New Year's Eve, but I guess not.

After the cornea is excised and the new one put in place they put expanding gas under the cornea to inflate/baloon it in place and the patient must only look straight up for four hours. A small bit of the gas escaped to behind the iris and caused pain and very high eye pressure. She had a follow-up procedure to correct that and has to return in March for another follow-up surgery. She is doing well but has a lot of rules to follow for weeks. No lifting over 25 pounds, no bending below the waist, etc. Not to be on the internet for the first week.

I am doing the "cooking" now. It is amazing how many different kinds of restaurants have take out in the San Francisco area.

If you are a glutton for punishment and not squemish you can Google DSAEK surgery and the underlying cornea diagnosis of Fuchs Syndrome.

All this is not fun but beats being blind. Soon she will be fully recovered and it will be over . . . until the other eye is done later this year.

She will be up and at 'em here on RfM soon.

Jerry

Pay Lay Alol

Nuthin' but luv!

Timothy

That's great news!

I was a patient in an eye hospital and a chap in the ward had a similar procedure done. Said it was the best thying he'd done in a long time! Though he was bored with having to lie on his back for so long!

Tell Cheryl she is missed and to get well soon and with minimal hassle. So glad it all went ok. :-)

The whole thing sounds positively gruesome - I will not be checking out the video. ;o)

But I am grateful you are there to support and help Cheryl. She definitely hit the "husband lottery" with you! Give her my best.

Love,
Shannon ;o)

Thanks for letting us know. I have a friend my age who has had 2 cornea transplants (I'm 53) and he is still doing really well after about 10 years.

having had eye surgery it is so inconvenient but it sure beeats the heck out of being blind ..So endure the discomfort and by next New Year it will all be over and forgotten.

Best wishes --JB

((((HUGS))))

Take out in the San Francisco area sure beats VT's bringing green jello with orange stringy things and a couple of rasins in it :-)

Not for Cheryl, but for you Jerry! All that "cooking" must be a terrible strain for you.

Seriously, I hope Cheryl has a quick and painless recovery and is back soon.

And slurpies to you for takin good care of her!

My best to Cheryl. She is my personal RFM savior as she reached out to me when I was feeling so alone and scared when mom was in the hospital in Ghana. We weren't sure she was going to make it home from her mission. Acheryl called me on the phone and calmed my anxiety. My nevermo husband nor my mormon family could quite understand my anger at facing the possible completely unnecessary loss of my mother under those conditions. I remain grateful for her comapssion.

(anymore eventful than it has been, I mean!)

Thank you for letting us know that so far, so good.

I have enjoyed and benefitted from Cheryl's thoughtful posts. Please add my voice to the many who are rooting for a speedy recovery!

may I suggest you get her some audio books to pass the time?

It's The shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark.
A story about a doctor who murders his patient.
Perhaps not the best for someone having surgeries. LOL

Pay Lay Alol

Happy to hear things are proceeding well.

Thanks for the update, Jerry. I hope that Cheryl recovers quickly and that the transplant is a success.

Please let her know we're all anxiously awaiting her return to RfM!

TG

Every possible good wish to both you and Cheryl, Jerry! Wish you were closer so I could do some of my [justly]famous 'Coconut-Cherry Chicken' for you! Every bit as good as 'take-out!'

Be well, Cheryl!

Best wishes to Cheryl for a rapid recovery & successful outcome ...

I adore your posts Jerry, but I'm hoping you were just trying to make a joke and it fell a little flat when you said this: "I thought there would be enough drunks in San Francisco killing themselves in car/motorcycle wrecks New Year's Eve, but I guess not."

Sounds like a tough thing that you and Cheryl are going through. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Are you hose qualified?

Ya know, just in case?

Timothy

Hope the next transplant goes well also.

My sincerest wishes to Cheryl for a speedy recovery.

She is living proof that lack of a testimony need not pose an impediment for medical recovery. ;)

And I thank you for the kind words about me.

She is coming along nicely and is easing back onto the board.

Pay Lay Alol

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for a full recovery! Amazing what they can do these days.
We'll hold down the fort for Cheryl~!:-)

Cheryl...my friend, Get thee well!

Jerry, take care of our little lovey, k?
Thank you for updating us. Luvs, wings

The casserole is still in the oven waiting for you two to ask.

Great to hear the recovery is coming along. Can't wait to have you guys back with us again.

Best to Cheryl. Make sure she recovers well.

BEst wishes to her and we miss her commentary. Best she follow Dr. orders. Keep feeding her well.

You mean like straight up at the ceiling? And is that sitting up or lying down? Sitting up, I can't even stand it for 10 seconds.

Best wishes for Cheryl's recovery. She is missed.

After the four hours, my nurse friend helped to the bathroom while I continued to look upward. Then she wrapped me in oven warmed blankets and pushed me in a wheelchair through the building and across the street while I looked at the different ceilings and the sky outside. She settled me into a regular hospital bed where I stared at a new ceiling until eight that night when I was allowed to sit up for fifteen minutes to eat a bite of dinner. I never caught a look at my lovely nurse caregiver except for one glance at her wild black tresses.

I didn't mind looking up for a few hours and wasn't bored. It seemed a small price to pay for a good outcome.

Thanks for the good thoughts, everyone. They do help!



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I think she also is supposed to refrain from loud laughter, and even thinking about the Lard's Annointed, since it raises interocular pressure.

Abraços.