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Russ · 19-11-2004, 20:04

Thanks for all your kind words, went to the opticians today who said my eyesight had indeed deteriorated slightly due to the cataracts but it's nothing to worry abvout at this time. I have an appointment in 6 months' time to assess any change but one day I am going to need the surgery on both eyes and will happen 6 monts apart.

paulyoung666 · 19-11-2004, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Thanks for all your kind words, went to the opticians today who said my eyesight had indeed deteriorated slightly due to the cataracts but it's nothing to worry abvout at this time. I have an appointment in 6 months' time to assess any change but one day I am going to need the surgery on both eyes and will happen 6 monts apart.

good on you that you are attacking the problem head on rather than sitting back and letting it get worse

MadGamer · 19-11-2004, 23:54

Ive had a visual impearment since i was born and am now 16. I have however discobered that i had an ulsa at the back of my right eye. Now i had all sorts of treatment for this. Do you think it would be wise for me to have laser eye treatment?

kronas · 19-11-2004, 23:57

sorry to hear about the cataracts russ, my father has had one for years, its not affected his vision really, just makes the light seem darker than it is.

anyway i think its better to get rid of them.

SMHarman · 22-11-2004, 09:55

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Ive had a visual impearment since i was born and am now 16. I have however discobered that i had an ulsa at the back of my right eye. Now i had all sorts of treatment for this. Do you think it would be wise for me to have laser eye treatment?

Only your optician or opthalmic surgon can truly advise on this, but being as my optician says stayaway from laser surgery as I have an unstable astigmatism, I would suggest you wait

1 - Until your ulcer is better
2 - until later in life when your eye sight has truly stabilised.

I'd check back when you reach 21 and see how technology has progressed and how your condition has progressed. The changes in laser surgery in the last 3 years (waveform etc) have been quite phenominal, another three years and we are likely have progressed even further.

Additionally they are still only at the theoretical stage of the results of laser surgery 15 years + out. There could be unforseen long term side effects and unlike most other organs (is the eye an organ?) transplant is not an option, the best that can be done is corneal replacement.

22-11-2004, 10:21

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(is the eye an organ?)

Hmm, good question. Without your eye your mind won't know where to go, you won't be able to feel hot and cold correctly (something to do with the brain) so I would say it is, otherwise you can't do much.

Salu · 22-11-2004, 10:46

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Hmm, good question. Without your eye your mind won't know where to go, you won't be able to feel hot and cold correctly (something to do with the brain) so I would say it is, otherwise you can't do much.

Is the eye an organ?...

Yes. The definition of an organ is a part of the body that performs a specific function.

Theodoric · 22-11-2004, 11:35

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Is the eye an organ?...

Yes. The definition of an organ is a part of the body that performs a specific function.

And what is the largest human organ?

SMHarman · 22-11-2004, 11:45

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And what is the largest human organ?

Skin - this is coming back to me now.

danielf · 22-11-2004, 11:48

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And what is the largest human organ?

Volume, surface or mass? Volume wise I'd guess the colon, surface and mass wise the brain.

Theodoric · 22-11-2004, 13:47

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Volume, surface or mass? Volume wise I'd guess the colon, surface and mass wise the brain.

Surface.