And I am glad you have it! I wore a mask too - until the mandates were lifted. Now I will never wear one again even if a mandate comes back. Any tyranny is my line now! I see the enemy
How long ago/where? My friend had retinal detachment surgery in July in CA, and had to have a hospital-administered C-19 PCR test 72 hours before the surgery, as well as wearing a mask throughout the surgery (well, until she went under, anyway).
Torn retina is less serious than detached retina so they were able to do the in-office laser procedure. This was in Charlotte, NC, about two months into Covid last year. And I did protest about the mask but the doctor’s nurse told me he would not do the procedure without my mask on.
Oh wow, lucky you! I didn't know detached retina could be fixed that way. In our case, it was full-on surgery. I read about it after, they insert 3- or 4 needles/tools into the eyeball and do magic inside the eye! They really did work wonders and I have incredible respect for what they did. A month later and her eyesight was actually better than it was beforehand. I got chatting to one of the nurses while waiting for her to get wheeled away to surgery, and they said they've always worn masks in surgery. The only new thing is the patient wearing a mask. So at least the docs/nurses are being consistent; if masks didn't do anything, they were still willing to wear them 5, 10 years ago!
Wear the mask. I did in order to have a torn retina repaired. Sometimes you have to choose your battles.
“Just wear a mask for 5 minutes” “Just take 1 vaccine” “Just get the passport”
No. We do not comply. We give them an inch and they will take a mile. The time for compromise is over; they want us dead do you not see that?
The VAX is my line in the sand.
And I am glad you have it! I wore a mask too - until the mandates were lifted. Now I will never wear one again even if a mandate comes back. Any tyranny is my line now! I see the enemy
I think we’re on the same page fren!
How long ago/where? My friend had retinal detachment surgery in July in CA, and had to have a hospital-administered C-19 PCR test 72 hours before the surgery, as well as wearing a mask throughout the surgery (well, until she went under, anyway).
Ah, I guess the 'Rona can tell the difference between when you're breathing and conscious vs breathing and unconscious. That darned 'Rona is so smart!
Torn retina is less serious than detached retina so they were able to do the in-office laser procedure. This was in Charlotte, NC, about two months into Covid last year. And I did protest about the mask but the doctor’s nurse told me he would not do the procedure without my mask on.
Oh wow, lucky you! I didn't know detached retina could be fixed that way. In our case, it was full-on surgery. I read about it after, they insert 3- or 4 needles/tools into the eyeball and do magic inside the eye! They really did work wonders and I have incredible respect for what they did. A month later and her eyesight was actually better than it was beforehand. I got chatting to one of the nurses while waiting for her to get wheeled away to surgery, and they said they've always worn masks in surgery. The only new thing is the patient wearing a mask. So at least the docs/nurses are being consistent; if masks didn't do anything, they were still willing to wear them 5, 10 years ago!
It wasn’t a detached retina, it was a torn retina which can be repaired with a laser.
I had torn retina surgery too, took about ten minutes.
Yes, but it didn’t fix my floaters unfortunately. Doc said my brain would get used to them. Not.
Yes, that or have a detached retina and have to have surgery. I took the path of least resistance.