NEW WORD
I have, just recently learned the meaning of the word “capsulotomy” and it has given me, quite realistically, some new insights. I learned about it the easy way,having been warned in advance that he removal cataracts quite often results in a new for laser surgery to remove what is common referred to as s :scar tissue;from the cataract removal process.
It did not come as a surprise to find that I was among the thirty to forty per cent of cataract removal patients who need additional attention after a year or so to remove what is referred to as “scar tissue” from the actual correction of the cataract problem. Very often it frightens some patients who have e not been told, when they find they are in need of "laser" surgery. The use of that term frightens some people because they associate the word “laser” with death-beam ray guns, planet- powdering space cannons and other such warlike applications. I found the rather fearsome medical routine to be anything but frightening or harsh.
The treatment is an in-office” routine procedure without any hospital equipment other than a chin brace to hold you head steady as you stare into a reddish light ahead. I was reminded of a TV game the children played at home which provided them with ray gun of a sort which hey used to fire away at a duck leaping up form the b rush on screen. They hit the duck and it went to a million pieces.
On my case the doctor had the:gun:L in hand an d he fired away at the masses of fiber and related m mish-mash on my eye surface. His sots reslted in a total break up of the total breakup for such masses and after a few minutes attention to each eye – removing “the motes in a B Biblical sense ,perhaps,- he was finished. The laser routine was over and it was a success. The offending fragments were gone, and other than few floaters which drifted cross my line of vision for a week or two after the operation, all went well.
That “floater” phase is normal, too. All went well, and I will now, with my new glasses, be restored to “20-20 “ vision status once again. My spell-checker on the com pouter will be e pleased with that chance,I am sure and I will e paying a more confident visit to the Department of Motor Vehicles examinations room soon, too..
The word is “cap-se-lot-o-me” and it is usually it is qualified as a rule with the word “posterior:” designating the back area of the eye on which the procedure is applied. It is absolutely painless, in case you are wondering, unless you have trouble with just having drops put in your eyes or with looking intently into a binocular arrangement. You will want to wear sunglasses for a few hours after the operation, if it is a bright, sunny day. And you can get some fun out to that by “playing that Hollywood role” with friends, family and gawking tourists. Be ready to sign any proffered autograph books, too, if requested to do so.
Andy Worhal promised each of us our “fifteen minutes of fame” so you will want to make the most of being a ”laser surgery”survivor. Such a simple treatment can enhance your appreciation of color in everything you see and bring the true joy of living to a new high point. I say, go with it.
A.L.M. July 12, 2004 [c588wds]
