Well, I downloaded an awesome realistic Earth mod for Civilization V. The bad news is that It crashes the game every so often (every hour so). I'm trying to figure out if this is annoying, or if it's helping to cure a civ addiction.
@divisionten: AH! How... horrid. Although I've heard of worse. Certain brain operations involve you being awake. To avoid hitting certain key areas they make you count to ten and back repeatedly, whilst poking bits of your brain. Poke the wrong bit and you stop talking/muddle your numbers.
So... I found out that I'll actually be awake for the second half of the surgery with strings sticking out of the muscles in my eyes. The doctor will pull at them and move them WHILE I AM AWAKE to readjust my eye into it's socket.
I'm getting surgery to reroute the muscles in my eyes so that I can have peripheral vision. No eyepatch- actually, I'm not allowed to have anything touch my eyes for three days after the surgery.
Sorry. I didn't realize it would squick THAT many of you guys out. I find it interesting that the human psyche can handle gory zombie flicks but would get grossed out at a surgical procedure.
I'm getting surgery to reroute the muscles in my eyes so that I can have peripheral vision. No eyepatch- actually, I'm not allowed to have anything touch my eyes for three days after the surgery.
Sounds complicated. Will you actually be able to see afterwards, or is there a recovery period before site is properly restored?
Sorry. I didn't realize it would squick THAT many of you guys out. I find it interesting that the human psyche can handle gory zombie flicks but would get grossed out at a surgical procedure.
It's more the imagining it happening to you part. Still, I've always been squicky about surgeries of any kind anyways.
I'll be blinded for some time. My right eye will fully recover in about two days... my left is two weeks, minimum. (The left eye is the one I have no muscular control over, the right is being done to calm the shaking in my eye)
I had my first surgery when I was 20 days old ... some problems with my intestines ...
And I had my 2nd surgery 8 months ago, I got my wisdom teeth extracted ...
I had my first when I was three. I had a wierd muscular disorder in my thumb, so it was stuck in a right-angle position. My sister had it too. My second operation was to remove my tonsils.
I think I had two surgeries before & on my first birthday to fix the cleft lip and palate I was born with (I know they happened, just not sure when - think one was a week or two after I was born and the other on my 1st birthday). After that I've had 7 or 8 operations on my hearing, putting grommets in both sides, eventually taking one out (I think I still have one in there, not sure). I know that my last op was a bone graft (from hip to upper jaw). I think I was 15 or 16 then.
I think people are putting themselves in the position of being aware of such an operation done on them, but either unable to prevent it from happening, or having to refrain from normal activity such as blinking for fear of it being a recipe for disaster (won't elaborate on the scenarios).
People in general are easily disturbed as far as eyes are concerned, I've noticed. I didn't find it gross or terrifying, personally, more interested. I'd think it would be a pain for them to work while you're blinking/moving your eye, and a pain for you to stop yourself from doing either. How does that work?
I think people are putting themselves in the position of being aware of such an operation done on them, but either unable to prevent it from happening, or having to refrain from normal activity such as blinking for fear of it being a recipe for disaster (won't elaborate on the scenarios).
People in general are easily disturbed as far as eyes are concerned, I've noticed. I didn't find it gross or terrifying, personally, more interested. I'd think it would be a pain for them to work while you're blinking/moving your eye, and a pain for you to stop yourself from doing either. How does that work?
The first (major) part when they insert the sutures and strings I'll be under anesthesia. In the afternoon, after the recovery period, they'll adjust them, and I can actually blink during that part. Then they cut off the visible part of the strings, and the part in my eyes will be broken down over the course of a few weeks by my white blood cells while keeping the muscles in their new positions.
The first (major) part when they insert the sutures and strings I'll be under anesthesia. In the afternoon, after the recovery period, they'll adjust them, and I can actually blink during that part. Then they cut off the visible part of the strings, and the part in my eyes will be broken down over the course of a few weeks by my white blood cells while keeping the muscles in their new positions.
As someone who has a phobia regarding punctured eyes, I almost puked when reading this. The shakes didn't last as long as I expected though. Thanks for that. I hope you feel terrible.
I had eye surgery when I was 4. Epic lazy eye, paired with being nearsighted. Still had the lazy eye after that, it was slowly correcting it. Fully went away around 2 years ago. Still nearsighted though. I can see pretty well without my glasses, but I have problem with writing and anything on a computer screen.
I... I don't know what to say. I'm really, truly sorry Fawful.
Oh, I didn't actually expect you to feel bad, I expected you to reply with the obvious. You know, how it's not really your fault I'm stupid enough to read something that will make my phobia act up, and how you weren't the one who gave me the phobia in the first place.
IT WAS GOD.
((cue Symphony No. 25 in G minor))
EDIT: On second thought, it was your fault for posting something that I could read that would make my phobia act up. In fact, it seems just a little too convenient. Typical dastardly womanly action.
My freshman roommate was so deahly afraid of loosing her eyesight that she would not talk to me to my face after she found out I was legally blind. I know that eye phobia are a big problem. I just wasn't aware that you had one too. Now I feel awful. X_X
Man, I guess I got pretty lucky.
I've only had to go to hospital (well for myself at least) only once.
and that was to remove my adenoids from my nose to help me breathe better.
Aparently I needed an abnormal level of gas to knock me out.
And that was when I was a kid.
Who knows, I could need elephant tranquilizers! XD
But seriously though, I hope you reach full recovery divisionten
EDIT:
I do remembering disecting a frog and some organs, so I'm not really all that squemish.
But the eye would even give me shivers.
(I think its because its a sac of liquid and nerves, and compared to the rest of the body, its pretty fragile...)
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@divisionten: AH! How... horrid. Although I've heard of worse. Certain brain operations involve you being awake. To avoid hitting certain key areas they make you count to ten and back repeatedly, whilst poking bits of your brain. Poke the wrong bit and you stop talking/muddle your numbers.
Because if I'm going to be in pain, at least I can share it with you.
EDIT: Also, all you men are 100% certified Angus wusses. Just puttin' it out there.
Anywhere else I'm fine with, it's just eyes I have issues with.
Sounds complicated. Will you actually be able to see afterwards, or is there a recovery period before site is properly restored?
It's more the imagining it happening to you part. Still, I've always been squicky about surgeries of any kind anyways.
And I had my 2nd surgery 8 months ago, I got my wisdom teeth extracted ...
Damn my memory is terrible.
You know it'd probably help.
People in general are easily disturbed as far as eyes are concerned, I've noticed. I didn't find it gross or terrifying, personally, more interested. I'd think it would be a pain for them to work while you're blinking/moving your eye, and a pain for you to stop yourself from doing either. How does that work?
That probably plays a part in why I find them squicky.
The first (major) part when they insert the sutures and strings I'll be under anesthesia. In the afternoon, after the recovery period, they'll adjust them, and I can actually blink during that part. Then they cut off the visible part of the strings, and the part in my eyes will be broken down over the course of a few weeks by my white blood cells while keeping the muscles in their new positions.
As someone who has a phobia regarding punctured eyes, I almost puked when reading this. The shakes didn't last as long as I expected though. Thanks for that. I hope you feel terrible.
Oh, I didn't actually expect you to feel bad, I expected you to reply with the obvious. You know, how it's not really your fault I'm stupid enough to read something that will make my phobia act up, and how you weren't the one who gave me the phobia in the first place.
IT WAS GOD.
((cue Symphony No. 25 in G minor))
EDIT: On second thought, it was your fault for posting something that I could read that would make my phobia act up. In fact, it seems just a little too convenient. Typical dastardly womanly action.
edit: the gooey, gory eyeball-less pictures.
(Sorry Fawful, I just felt obligated to goad you a bit
edit again: why is it that every other time I think of Secret Fawful, I think of the anagram Walrus Effect and then a big fat smiley walrus?
Probably for a good reason.
I've only had to go to hospital (well for myself at least) only once.
and that was to remove my adenoids from my nose to help me breathe better.
Aparently I needed an abnormal level of gas to knock me out.
And that was when I was a kid.
Who knows, I could need elephant tranquilizers! XD
But seriously though, I hope you reach full recovery divisionten
EDIT:
I do remembering disecting a frog and some organs, so I'm not really all that squemish.
But the eye would even give me shivers.
(I think its because its a sac of liquid and nerves, and compared to the rest of the body, its pretty fragile...)
Us women too! Blergh!!
What, did she think it was catching?
But I wanted to hang it up on a canvis.
Written by a five year old.
There was a lesbian royal wedding?