Strangely beautiful, in its own little way
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c7tn0vi/
Here is a much better version of the picture, no need to thank me.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5ht8c4/
I told her about the suggestion and she said the same thing as you!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5ht3bb/
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hssfi/
Yeah its perfect, thanks!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hsbmb/
Not a problem :) Did I get the eye colour right?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hsav8/
this is dead space 2 all over again
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What's your vision like now
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https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hr0bb/
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hqz8h/
Does it hurt?
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Hear, hear. Most medical people tell me about chasing each other around the room with sundry body parts. Yes, -especially- that one.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hqsbv/
Have that. Slight in my left, and horrible in my right. Plus astigmatism. My left is ok enough that a soft lens can help. My right I use a synergize soft/hard hybrid. I've read a bit about intacs...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hqeyq/
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hqbju/
I had the most horrific image in my head, and clicked the link bracing for impact. Then the image loaded and it was startlingly beautiful. I think today is gonna be a good day after all.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hq72c/
Same at my med school. Pretty moving ceremony. Donating your body or even just parts of your body is an inredibly helpful and noble thing to do.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hq2df/
This is awesome. I wish my mom could say the same. A couple decades ago she told me a horror story about her Anatomy and Physiology class (She's a doctor now). Terrible, disgusting treatment of t...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hpy2q/
Wow, thats a great job, thanks a lot for that! My girlfriend also says thanks :)
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hpayn/
This reminds me of how we treat the cadavers in our school's anatomy lab (I'm a medical student). At the end of each year we hold a commemoration ceremony for the cadavers, a funeral, in effect. ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hpaj7/
Here is a cleaned, sharpened and colour corrected version for you.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hoyxv/
It would be weirdly awesome to be 'the face of cornea transplants' online.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hoy1k/
Did you get stuck with the left-handed scalpel ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hovmv/
I'm just now in the last year have been able to play FPS and not felt completely worthless. Feels good man.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5horyc/
Sasuke?
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Opportunities are just around the cornea.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hoj5i/
FUCK EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. I only undergo surgery that has me knocked out. I guess I'm never having LASIK or "permanent contacts." Gonna keep my degenerating OS -6.5 and OD -9.5 eyes, thankyouve...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hoibw/
I feel sick now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hohld/
So, like, is the guy good and just eccentric, or is he a dumbass?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hoglu/
This just gave me such anxiety, oh man. As much as I'd love permanent contacts...no eye surgery in my future
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hogkb/
It was the writing style.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hoef5/
Battlefield. Saving the vision of gamers everywhere :P
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hodt6/
The front will fall off?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5ho579/
When I did dissections in school, I was super precise. I took the entire nervous and digestive systems out of the giant worms, removed brains from fish. I was a weird, morbid kid. I actually me...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5ho3kg/
Woah.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5ho15r/
I just had it a month ago. The part where they slice the top layer off was mostly painful because of the amount of pressure they apply, not the actual cutting. And yes I could smell my own eye bu...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hnzis/
I stopped having blurry vision yes! 13 years now!!!
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jdsakjaskjasd NO
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its a damn shame I had to scroll this far down for the naruto reference.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hnv1f/
Strange boner. Go on...
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Actually they hold your eye open with a type of clamp similar to the thing used in clockwork orange. Then they give you a local anaesthetic or nerve blocker so you can't move your eye no matter h...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hnqw2/
more like: ಠ_ಠ
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keep your eyes peeled for when that day comes
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hnoih/
This reminds me of an episode of Monk where, after his wife's death, a woman get's the second chance at being able to see normal again with the help of Mrs. Monk's eyes. Afterwards, Monk can't st...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hnns6/
My friend's mom suffered from macular degeneration and was essentially blind for ten years before having her eyesight restored to near perfect condition. She has her life back, thanks to the gene...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hnl2r/
Don't you mean that that new body belongs to your eyes now? ;)
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hni9y/
> pulled a couple of "things" out which weren't right, shoved em back > in until he found the ovaries. :(
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hni8y/
Sorry for your loss- your wife sounds like a wonderful person. I became an organ donor because my dad needed a heart valve replacement and was able to receive a human valve that saved his life....
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hnhlq/
You'll be there in the blink of an eye.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hne3m/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/10/23/us-norway-eye-idUSTRE49M6BL20081023 The oldest known human organ is a cornea
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i stared at that .gif for way too long.
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http://i.imgur.com/1J5rr.jpg
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Spotless
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I had this done. It's outpatient surgery. I laid on some kind of stretcher in my street clothes (They told me to wear a button down shirt, nothing I'd have to pull over my head later) and they pl...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hnb81/
Think of it like this. If she's donated her organs you could walk past somebody who would otherwise be dead and your wife could still be a part of the world. Makes me think of all that universe e...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hnaek/
That's why they should make organ donation an opt out instead of an opt in.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn8af/
I hate them too. Tried to dissect an earth worm and a frog, it could barely cut either. Let alone try and cut one layer of skin at a time.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn85b/
My favorite part is when Orange Wedge by Chemical Brothers starts playing after the surgery.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn7k4/
Your story just made me opt-in for cornea donation. I was apprehensive before and chose not to, but your wife's unselfishness is something I'd like to one day tie.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn6n8/
More like spot off.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn65u/
I did work experience with my uncle in his Veterinarian surgery. Was a really interesting experience. And I concur, surgery (I assume most, obviously some things are extremely precise) really not...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn5sf/
AtomicMac - I am sorry for your loss. The world is a little bit worse every time we lose someone like your wife. reddit - Thank you for threads like these. Every time i start feeling like you'r...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn58n/
This kills the human
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I have artificial lenses, & have had cataract surgery on both eyes .. but you know, I didn't even think of where the cornea in OP's photo came from. I should have known better. Thank you for yo...
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That picture is amazing and much better than the one used on Wikipedia right now. Care to give it to Wikimedia Commons? See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cornea_transplant.jpg for the ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn2ob/
How about the not so graceful use of a solid metal mallet? I couldn't believe it the first time I saw a total joint replacement!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn2ia/
Wow... I didn't realize this wasn't /r/pics until just now. Amazing!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn2hy/
they just gave me a valium or something you're watching it, but you don't give a fuck. Trust me, i can't watch others put in contacts without my eyes watering, but whatever they gave me suffici...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn1wy/
bilateral hip replacements for me too...certainly not fun. I had them done 11 and 10 years ago...i just want them to hold up as long as possible...not ready to go thru that again yet. Besides, my...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn1gy/
The sutures commonly used are 10-0 nylon. This is thinner that a human hair and only three times thicker that a red blood cell. Don't forget, it is all done by hand. It couldn't be done witho...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn13y/
What did I just read.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn0mr/
Keratoconus in both eyes, it started in my left about 6 years ago. I noticed my scores in Battlefield 2 where going to shit so I went to the eye doctor. My right eye started to get bad about 3-4 ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hn04x/
I just had it. It doesn't hurt at all, you just feel a little bit of pressure and stuff. It's freaky and weird but it happens so fast and the doctor is talking to you the whole time that you real...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmzee/
Vet here. Will there be a lot of neovascularization in the graft area that will lead to scarring and corneal opacity?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmzd1/
Not sure if troll... Hope is troll.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmyvy/
Does that mean you have to keep your eyes wide open and stare straight ahead for the duration of the procedure? If you accidentally look away while the scalpel is cutting... NOPE NOPE NOPE
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmypa/
I am changing my donor status today because of this post and knowing about your wife. I don't know who will want this body, but I understand now what wonders can be done with it all. It would be ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmyax/
Yours is spot on!
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I never met your wife, but it is people like her that make me proud to be from the same country. There truly aren't enough people like that in the world. Much love and God bless. (or whichever de...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmx0e/
No it doesn't. If it got to a very severe point, the eye might be compromised from an immuno reaction. Most people just end up getting new transplants before it gets too severe.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmwyx/
Not so sure how accurate that is.. are you pulling this information from personal experience, or do you have a background in ocular surgery? Depending on the age of the recipient, and the age o...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmwnq/
ಠ_ರ
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Multiple hip replacement patient here: it feels as rough as the surgery looks (at least it did for me, haha).
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmvje/
Eye surgery is typically delicate -- this one is in fast forward so it looks more brusque than it really is....
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmv9s/
Reminds me of dead space 2
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmuy0/
I'm planning on getting LASIK in ~2 years. DID IT HURT DID YOU CRY OMGIMSOSCARED
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmunh/
Fucking lucky son. Haha, I would have loved to have done that in high school.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmu4k/
Optometrist here. Normally, the cornea is relatively free of immune response cells, but they will stream across from the edge of the cornea if an infection or foreign object is present. We see th...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmtes/
Such a lovely gift. I'm sorry for your loss.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmtc7/
This takes my Nope card for the day
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmsyi/
I looked it up for you. Although there's no blood supply to the cornea, which minimises the risk of rejection, there can still be an immune response of sorts - the body identifies proteins on t...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmsj8/
It sounds wonderful that some would get to see the world through her eyes. If anyone should give such a gift, it's someone like your wife.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmsie/
It sounds like his gf had some bad luck with her surgical team. Normally the whole procedure only lasts around two hours. For anyone who might be interested, here's what usually happens: -follo...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hms8o/
That is insane. And pretty beautiful. Hope she recovers well
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hms8d/
As a person who has benefited from the gift of a donated cornea I say thank you to you and your dear departed. There is no greater gift than organ donation, it's amazing how much it can radically...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmrq7/
I opted out of donating eyes. Not quite sure why but it just felt a little TOO personal if you know what I mean. Almost everything I experience in this world is through my eyes and it's strange t...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmro3/
SSSSSSTOPPPPPPPP
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You're both awesome. I'm sorry for your loss.
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My dad passed away suddenly in March, less than 2 months before my wedding. He had cancer and died as treatment began. Because of the cancer, they'd only let him donate his corneas. I wear a dona...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmrfj/
x_ಠ
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They use general anesthetic for certain operations but from my understanding they usually don't use it for most because the operations are fairly quick and knocking the patient out just increases...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmr8b/
Its also one of the most successful transplant surgeries.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmr79/
Your girlfriends eyeball is now my phones wallpaper.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmqrn/
isn't the eyeball supposed to be antibody free? how does the immune system detect the foreign tissue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmqmf/
I can't begin to imagine how tough this must be for the family. Rest assured though that doing this WILL help people, whether directly by restoring someone's sight, or by indirectly helping poten...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmqjl/
I got sad reading this. I hope things are going ok for you.
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/r/pics if anything! Too cool
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I'm no doctor, but when we did a cow eye dissection in school I was full on hulk-stabbing that fucker with a scalpel and it wouldn't cut it. Eyes are much tougher than you think.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmq3u/
Sorry for your loss. Wish you the best
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I actually had a very difficult time watching any of that. Which is rare for me. I was flinching the entire time and finally had to turn it off. Seriously. The first time in a decade or more I'...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmq0l/
That's nothing. I had LASIK. Best thing i ever did but you can smell your eyes burn.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmpvt/
I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you can be proud of her, and just remember that a little part of her lives on in other people, making their lives better.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmpor/
Surgery can be performed under anesthesia that is confined to one area of the body while the patient is awake (local anesthesia) or under anesthesia that places the entire body of the patient in ...
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I think that is cool, but watching any kind of eye surgery makes me feel sick. :(
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmpkj/
Hospital IT tech here. The ORs are disgusting after a hip replacement or something. Our ortho is also like 85, and he always dresses like he's on safari. He used to do free surgeries in Africa al...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmpiz/
It does help if you have complete confidence in the surgeon! He had done a more invasive op on my dad a few years before hand.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmpid/
Basically, when tissue is "rejected", the body's immune system attacks the transplanted tissue. As far as I know, you'd end up with degradation of the transplanted tissue until the point where it...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmpgf/
Your wife sounds like a kickass person, so I have no doubt you are too. Stay strong.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmpfm/
The eye falls out.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmp7w/
injections... in eyeball... eehgosngolknswolkgnowknglksnedogl DX excuse me i need to look at kittens and puppies for a while.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmp6l/
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmoqb/
NOOOOOOOOOOPE
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmonl/
Nope, they don't put you to sleep for operations like this. You get to watch the whole show uninterrupted!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmonb/
I'm sure my eyes hate me for making them watch that video.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmofm/
As someone who has benefited from cornea donations know that whomever received them is likely incredibly grateful. Sorry for your loss, I hope that knowing you've helped someone provides some com...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmodf/
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmocw/
Don't try this at home, kids!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmoc8/
I was expecting to see Sharingan, apparently not...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmo57/
I hope you don't mind me saying, but that's frakked up. My eyes have shrunk to half their size cringing in fear.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmo49/
That's nice to know... It's a little overwhelming when they ask you about it while you're holding her hand for the last time. I had serious issues with the thought of "parting her out" so to spea...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmo4g/
For fucks sake, see the shit humanity can do, that is amazing, we can replace a cornea, how bloody amazing is the world we live in? Life is fucking awesome, people bitch and whine but holy crap i...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmo2v/
I wanna be a surgeon that can do that kinda stuff, but for now I'm just a pupil.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmo1x/
Maybe it's because I work in ophthalmology but I have always thought cornea transplant stitching was beautiful.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmo0x/
They're usually put under a local (more precisely, a nerve block) so that their eye cannot move. General anaesthesia carries its risks and complications and for a relatively short and simple surg...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmny2/
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmnxt/
How would that even work?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmnt4/
I'm glad there are people out there willing to cut into someone's eyes, because I was flinching for that whole video.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmnjb/
You're a worm, you don't get one
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmnia/
That is some damn fine needle work.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmngq/
So sorry to hear that. But I'd just like to say that she has made a wonderful gift, especially since some people who donate opt out of eyes. Warm wishes to you.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmndp/
I couldnt feel anything, could still see though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmnd3/
There is no greater gift than one's self. A gift that can only be given once and has the potential to affect so many lives in such a selfless and profound way. Sorry for your loss, but be proud...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmnav/
Man, she must really dislike general anesthetic if she prefers being awake when needles are stuck into her eyeballs
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmn3j/
Usually it's not that bad :) The procedure has gotten better too, they now use a laser to cut the transplant to make sure it fits extremely well. That also cuts down on healing time. You may wa...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmn14/
My eyes just let me know what they thought of that.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmmxu/
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Fuck the everloving shitcock out of that...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmmrv/
This guy wanted it more.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmmie/
your username is very ironic with you on the subject of surgery
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Sorry to hear about that man. I hope you're doing okay.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmmdi/
> scalpel cut your eye
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmm88/
NOPENOPENOPEadnauseam
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmm7t/
It always surprises me how relatively rough surgery is. I tend to think of it as this really slow, millimeter by millimeter processes, but it's more of a rough shoving, pushing and scraping kind ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmm63/
You might like to know that researchers like myself also hugely appreciate your wife's gift. Even if someone's corneas can't be used for transplantation due to age or other factors, they are stil...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmm5l/
In your pants hopefully
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmm4x/
Not-so-fun factoid: it can go into rejection at any point, unlike many transplant surgeries which have a defined rejection period :( Her's looks like its doing very well, and I hope the best fo...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmm2e/
You... weren't under anesthetic?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmm13/
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmm0q/
Does eye stitches freak anyone else the fuck out?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmlw9/
Put it in 720p, I dare you
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmlqi/
YOU WATCH THE SCALPEL?!???? Nope...nope..nopenopenope
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmlpx/
That's the same thing I had done to me. I've never been so afraid in my life as when the surgeon removed the stitches.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmljm/
stay strong!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmlft/
Its pretty crazy, two weeks ago I had one of those permanent contact lenses put in each eye. My eyes are now -0.25 and -0.4, they used to be -11 and -12. Its pretty uncomfortable watching the sca...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmk5i/
That is so cool.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmjt6/
"the surgeon's hand slipped and cut into her cornea" Well that is my deepest fear actualized. My eyes won't stop watering and I can't get that image out of my head.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmjp2/
hey! where is my stick?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmjl9/
Eye surgery is incredible. Here's a video of Dad's operation from about five years ago. EDIT 1 - A LITTLE CONTEXT: My Dad suffers from Glaucoma. The operation was to create a valve in his eye ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmj8z/
What the fuck?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmij8/
My wife died on the fourth of July this year and we donated her corneas. It's nice to see the results of that. I wish I could know personally someone who benefitted from her death, but this is al...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmiew/
Her vision is getting better, she had a check-up the other day (where the image came from) and for the first time in her life she can read the second row of letters on the eye chart (with her ope...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmi0e/
Artisan surgeon. Best of luck to her.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmhdt/
This is not WTF. This is unadulterated awesome.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmh7e/
This gets my vote as best post of the day. What an incredible thing, and I'm amazed at all the info provided by other redditors. I had no idea eyes were quite so amazing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmgvy/
I have keratoconus as well, but not yet in need of a transplant. Reading this is terrifying :/
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmgoi/
Gnarly. How is her vision now? Can she see the stitches? Do they dissolve, or how does that work?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmg9k/
This reminds me of when my friend and I used to draw on each other's eyeballs with a really fine felt-tip pen. We made cool shapes like stars and the like, and the ink would disappear as soon as ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmflw/
Thanks man, I'll send her on your thoughts!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmbqz/
Science... amazing...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmb9n/
Article here gives a simple overview. I hadn't considered that that a donor is involved.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hmav0/
Yeah fingers crossed. Thanks, I'll pass on your good wishes!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hma1l/
Wow. Thank you for the timely response. That sounds like an epic pain in the ass. Hopefully this most recent procedure is the last. I hope that her vision gets better and she heals quickly!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm9nu/
For all the stick that humans get, we truly are an amazing species
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm9m9/
Wow, I actually didn't know that. Thanks for the link!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm9m3/
I'm a terrible boyfriend in that I cant remember the name of the medical problem (EDIT: it's called keratoconus . She has it in both eyes but in the non-operated one she wears a rigid gas permeab...
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm98p/
Apparently it's also one of the most common forms of human transplant surgery as well. I had no idea.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm7wx/
That might be the coolest thing I've seen all year. Welcome... TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm7o7/
I always thought they do things like that with laser. I hope you're not trying to fool us Edit: a quick google search showed that I am totally wrong. Beware, very heavy pictures will show up....
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm7ei/
That is fucking awesome. Care to give some details about the experience? Why did she need the cornea transplant? How long did the procedure take? Was/is it painful?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm6zc/
It looks like Spirograph :D awesome!
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm6su/
That is incredible. Science never ceases to amaze me. All the best to her.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/wyol3/my_girlfriend_recently_got_a_cornea_transplant/c5hm6hc/