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Cataract Surgery
Sun, 07/10/2005 - 07:50Topic: Surgery and Devices
I am afraid of cataract surgery if I have a seizure. How can I protect myself and is injury inevitable or not?
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Cataract Surgery
Submitted by Gretchin on Tue, 2005-08-16 - 15:40
Thank you AdamBut I did have a local anesthetic. I was only describing how it's done and what it was like after given. They apply it by putting you to sleep for about 5 minutes while localizing the nerves to your eyes. All I describe were the total experiences I had. Less a sz, I didn't have one. What I described is experienced by most. I whole heartedly agree too with the writer from The Netherlands on all else they posted.Again good luck,Gretcen