{"id":1409,"date":"2008-12-02T21:30:49","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T04:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2008-12-02T21:30:51","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T04:30:51","slug":"better-than-a-poke-in-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1409","title":{"rendered":"Better Than A Poke In The Eye…."},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of those pithy sayings from my youth was to say that something was “better than a poke in the eye!” That kind of meant getting poked in the eye was the worst possible thing to happen. Well, today’s activities included a trip to the eye doctor with dad and mother. Dad is being treated for wet macular degeneration. The treatment consists of regularly getting a shot of an anti-VEGF drug<\/a> directly into the eyeball. These drugs are also used for treatment of colon cancer but have become a primary treatment for wet macular degeneration. The drug shrinks the blood vessels that have gone wild on the retina and dries up the blood that they leak.<\/p>\n

For dad this treatment has been reasonably effective in maintaining what eyesight he has. He went through the initial series of injections in both eyes, but the problem has returned in his left eye. As a result the doctor has put him on an extended series of injections for both eyes.<\/p>\n

I do not like hypodermic needles. Actually, one can say that I am afraid of them and unexpectedly encountering one is a bad thing. A couple of years ago my admin, who was diabetic, jabbed herself in the thigh, right through her jeans, as I was walking by. I fainted dead away onto the floor for a few seconds. It took quite a bit of persuasion not to get transported to the hospital. So, in this case, I put my iPhone between me and the doctor so I could get the picture without having to watch the procedure. It worked nicely.<\/p>\n

The doctor heard the shutter sound (there isn’t a shutter on these digital cameras, so Apple added the shutter sound as feedback that a picture has been taken) and invited me to come closer and watch (I declined). He then said he wanted to get a video of the procedure to show patients, but didn’t have the equipment plus he was the one doing the procedure and didn’t know how to video and do at the same time.<\/p>\n

Dad will come back to Pocatello on the 23rd of December for another shot in the left eye and once again on January 6th for the next one in the right eye. I expect I’ll have more several opportunities to not watch the procedure. Not watching is definitely better than a poke in the eye….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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