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Originally Posted by chuzzlemonkey
Im really squirming reading this (have a really strong eye phobia)
I'm too curious to not ask, though..
How do they take them out? And are you conscious whilst they do this??
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Heh heh, now we're talking!
For about an hour before the op, they put eye drops in every 5 minutes or so as an anaesthetic. Then you get taken in to the operating theatre, lay down on the table and they use this paper with a really strong sticky substance on it and place it over each eyelid to keep them open. More eye drops then they make a small cut in the iris, send in a needle to pull the lens out, then they replace is with an artificial one which will be folded up but it puts itself right once it's in place.
They remove the sticky paper and all done.
And yes, awake all the way through
