I have seen (and been seen by) the eye doctor. He confirmed what Dr. Umlas said a few weeks ago. So, he did a laser procedure, and I have a follow-up appointment next month. And I am getting more prescription eye drops.
Dr. Lazzara used a laser to remove cells that had grown on one of the artificial lenses. The procedure was weird, and only a little uncofortable, which I think may have been from having the eye open without blinking for a minute or so. The treatment was a lot of brief laser pulses, aimed at slightly different parts of my artificial lens.
The eye drops are prednisolone, 4 times a day for five days (counting today), only in the left (treated) eye. I think the follow-up is to check intraocular pressure, because the treatment can increase it.
Dr. Lazzara said that I was very unlikely to need this treatment again for the left eye.
I may at some point need a corneal transplant, but I want to hold off on that as long as possible, because it's more complicated, and the transplanted corneas sometimes wear out and need another transplant.
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cattitude, was Dr. Lazzara. On the other hand, the assistant who looked at my eyes first didn't ask me to remove the mask, just to slide the top down by a millimeter or so, to avoid blocking her view of the eye. Dr. Lazzara taped my mask in place before we went downstairs to the room with the laser, for similar reasons. I had already noticed that he had taped the top of his own mask in place.
The follow-up appointment will also have to be in Lexington, because the doctor is only in Arlington one day a week and didn't have any openings in the right time frame. But they had an appointment available at 1 p.m., not 11 a.m. (or 9:15), so I can plausibly do that trip by transit, and eat lunch en route, weather permitting. Today has been rainy, not surprising, but cooler than I expect in Boston It was raining and 68F/20C when we left the house at 10:00, and about the same now.
Dr. Lazzara used a laser to remove cells that had grown on one of the artificial lenses. The procedure was weird, and only a little uncofortable, which I think may have been from having the eye open without blinking for a minute or so. The treatment was a lot of brief laser pulses, aimed at slightly different parts of my artificial lens.
The eye drops are prednisolone, 4 times a day for five days (counting today), only in the left (treated) eye. I think the follow-up is to check intraocular pressure, because the treatment can increase it.
Dr. Lazzara said that I was very unlikely to need this treatment again for the left eye.
I may at some point need a corneal transplant, but I want to hold off on that as long as possible, because it's more complicated, and the transplanted corneas sometimes wear out and need another transplant.
The only person I saw wearing a mask, other than me and
cattitude, was Dr. Lazzara. On the other hand, the assistant who looked at my eyes first didn't ask me to remove the mask, just to slide the top down by a millimeter or so, to avoid blocking her view of the eye. Dr. Lazzara taped my mask in place before we went downstairs to the room with the laser, for similar reasons. I had already noticed that he had taped the top of his own mask in place.The follow-up appointment will also have to be in Lexington, because the doctor is only in Arlington one day a week and didn't have any openings in the right time frame. But they had an appointment available at 1 p.m., not 11 a.m. (or 9:15), so I can plausibly do that trip by transit, and eat lunch en route, weather permitting. Today has been rainy, not surprising, but cooler than I expect in Boston It was raining and 68F/20C when we left the house at 10:00, and about the same now.
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Adventures in vision, woot woot.
How are you planning to get there? I had mentally classified Lexington as not really transit accessible, and now I'm wondering why I did so.
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The last time I had to go there, it was on the 62 bus. That was significantly more convenient from
I will probably take a Lyft to the next appointment, but maybe transit back, depending on the weather and how I'm feeling. I should look up the location of the relevant 62 bus stop, because they may have moved it in the last four years.
But this is part of why I wanted to see him in Lexington rather than Concord; the Concord office isn't reachable by transit.
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