Having retinal surgery last week revealed a beautiful light show that I have tried to create here. Of course everything was moving so not static as my interpretation is. A couple of years ago I had the surgery to my right eye and naturally was terrified, but when I began to see the forceps and a bit of what was happening, my nursing interest took over and some of the fear diminished. This time I took a winy bit of valium so I wasn't so scared and just enjoyed the light show!
I know for a fact that I would be terrified. Having fainted twice whilst having laser treatment on my eyes, I wouldn't like to go there again. It must be very disturbing to have this kind of light show going on - you didn't really enjoy it did you? I am impressed that you even attempted to represent this through photography.
I’m glad you could enjoy the show. I thought they automatically gave something to almost put you out when they did that kind of thing. I know when i had cataract surgery, I could hear them talking but didn’t really pay attention and wasn’t petrified like I was when I walked in.
Cool. I saw such an interesting display of colorful patterns when I recently had laser surgery on my eyes. I wondered if I could get a photo. The ophthalmologist offered to take a photo, but it was nothing like I saw.
@helenhall The first time I had this surgery to my other eye 2 years ago, I was really terrified until I could see snippets of what they were doing, then fascination took over. This time I knew what to expect but took 2mg of diazepam to stop me being so anxious. Both operations I felt virtually nothing and definitely no pain or discomfort. I was in very good hands. So this time I decided to enjoy the light show!!
@randystreat Thank you for your comments. I doubt very much whether the ophthalmic surgeon could see what we could see, so unlikely to capture it as a photo. I just tried to recreate a bit of what I saw, which involved photographing a pair of fine surgical forceps on my front patio, with the stones adding to the texture. Then of course some merging of other images and Photoshop wizardry!
August 18th, 2023
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