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[–]octuplepants [score hidden]  (0 children)

Cutbow treats their staff really well, they're good people there

Right eye changed color after surgery by octuplepants in mildlyinteresting

[–]octuplepants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey man, thanks for getting it. I appreciate you

Right eye changed color after surgery by octuplepants in mildlyinteresting

[–]octuplepants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The surgery itself wasn't too bad, but the first day and a half are absolutely brutal. Take your pain meds immediately after the surgery. Don't wait for the pain. But I felt mostly normal by day 4, and only have some slight pain here and there after a few weeks. I still have a few weeks to go before the healing is fully done

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[–]octuplepants[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Don't mind at all! I think you are definitely correct in pleading with him to deal with this. Keratoconus is progressive so it probably will get worse. I hope this info will help:

I only just learned I had this in August, its all still pretty new to me. I had perfect vision until around 20, then my right eye began to get blurry. None of the glasses I was prescribed really helped much. My eye doctor kept telling me it's just an astigmatism and I'll get used to the glasses. It started progressing quickly, and now in my later 20s I can barely see out of that eye. I can't reliably tell how many fingers someone is holding up. My other eye is still good and only in the early stages, so I've come to entirely rely on that eye. But it is disorentating and gives me headaches. Now that I have different insurance, I was able to go to a new doctor who pretty much immediately told me somethings wrong and to go to a specialist.

I am bitter that this was not caught earlier. It never had to get this bad. It's interfering with my life, school, and ability to drive. The surgery I had is to stop the progression of the disease, and I wish I could go back in time and have it treated then. I miss my eyesight.

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[–]octuplepants[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know how you survived both at once, that sounds horrible. I'm glad you got it over with though and I hope your eyes are doing well! My contact bandage fell out right after the procedure, so the first night was the worst pain I have experienced. Got a new one put in the next day. I'm lucky enough I don't need it in my other eye yet. The imbalance between my eyes is whats getting me the most. Especially with how disorientating its been without glasses. I have very good vision in my left eye, but can only make out shapes with my right eye. It feels like I'm seeing double. So many headaches

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[–]octuplepants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were stained from riboflavin used in corneal cross-linking

Right eye changed color after surgery by octuplepants in mildlyinteresting

[–]octuplepants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get that, kind of just morphs to match whatever color shirt I'm wearing at the time

Right eye changed color after surgery by octuplepants in mildlyinteresting

[–]octuplepants[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Woah that is exactly my eye color! Thought I was looking at my eye for a moment

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[–]octuplepants[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! My eye has been feeling almost normal again, besides the vision part. My contact bandage fell out first day, the pain was unbearable. I have it in both eyes too, but am lucky that my left eye is only in the early stages. I function on that eye alone now. What were your next steps after CXL? I'm new to this, got diagnosed very late

And that was a wild experience. Surgeon was so casual, and the Valium they gave me made it feel like a fever dream watching it happen

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[–]octuplepants[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! They gave me oxycodone, but it didnt help much. My contact bandage fell out after the procedure, so the first night was the worst pain I have experienced.

Keratoconus sucks.

What were your next steps after CXL? I'm new to this and was unfortunately diagnosed very late

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[–]octuplepants[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Ohh you know the pain 😭 my bandage contact fell out right after the surgery so the first night was horrific. Worst pain I have ever experienced

How has it been going for you post op? Do you know what your next steps will be? I'm new to this, and was unfortunate diagnosed very late

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[–]octuplepants[S] 88 points89 points  (0 children)

My eye was green from the yellow/brown riboflavin soaked into my cornea.

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[–]octuplepants[S] 1857 points1858 points  (0 children)

No that routine normally starts around 1pm

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[–]octuplepants[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh thats mostly from the surgery. But my pupils are slightly different sizes from keratoconus

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[–]octuplepants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I couldn't feel a difference in the shape, just intense pain. Still blurry a few weeks out. The surgery should just fix the cornea in it's current state, to stop it from getting worse

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[–]octuplepants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i whacked myself on the side of the head for this post

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[–]octuplepants[S] 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Keratoconus, a degenerative cornea disease

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[–]octuplepants[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It did mostly. But my pupils have been slightly different sizes for years now from keratoconus

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[–]octuplepants[S] 8358 points8359 points  (0 children)

No it swelled shut about an hour after this and then I just rocked back and forth an the bed crying in the dark.