Guest guest Posted June 3, 2000 Report Share Posted June 3, 2000 Barbara, I've had springs in both eyes for 5 yrs. And they both had to be replaced but that was partially my fault for not knowing the do's and don'ts. I would rub my eyes if something got in them, rub when taking a shower. Also, since I use drops and an ointment I get stuff in my eyes, rather then rub my eyes now, I use a warm compress to get the stuff out of my eyes, that works best for me, and there isn't any other maintenance that I know of, just need to be careful and not rub. Surgery takes between 3 and 4 hours, then you use a cold compress for the first 24 hours to get the swelling down, and then a warm compress during the day for a couple days. There may be a spring adjustment needed some time after surgery, that can be done in the Drs. office. His eye will be black and blue for a couple weeks, that'll go away, after that he will be able to blink. I prefer springs over a gold weight because of my problems and that's my choice, others prefer a gold weight and that's their choice as well. Let me know how things go and if you don't mind who the doctor is that will do this. I wish your son well. Mikeabi42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2000 Report Share Posted June 3, 2000 Eye spring is are a piece of cake.It is same day surgery.I'm not sure about maintenance,but I've been told it will have to be adjusted when needed.It's been 2 years I haven't needed it yet. Jimmy ----- Original Message ----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2000 Report Share Posted June 3, 2000 Eye spring is are a piece of cake.It is same day surgery.I'm not sure about maintenance,but I've been told it will have to be adjusted when needed.It's been 2 years I haven't needed it yet. Jimmy ----- Original Message ----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 Between surgery and recovery it took about that long, adjustments are made in the office and doesn't take long at all. Guess some Drs. do things differently. Mikeabi42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 Can those of you that have eye springs tell me the name of your dr. and location? Just curious. My Dr. was Levine at HEI in Los Angeles. Mikeabi42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 My eye dr is Dr david Berdstein(sp?does it matter,I'll check )at university hospital in Cleveland. Jimmy Re: Eye Springs > Can those of you that have eye springs tell me the name of your dr. and > location? Just curious. My Dr. was Levine at HEI in Los Angeles. > > Mikeabi42 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 dr bernstein,right here in good ole cleveland Jimmy Re: Eye Springs > Dr. Bersani Syracuse , NY > > MikeABI42@... wrote: > > > > Can those of you that have eye springs tell me the name of your dr. and > > location? Just curious. My Dr. was Levine at HEI in Los Angeles. > > > > Mikeabi42 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Hi , Same thing happen to me, Dr. Levine did surgery when I was in St. 's getting over my AN removal. Three months later when I went back for my ABI testing I had my other eye done as well. Mike << Hey Mike! Dr. Levine put in my spring too. My eye would not close and lubricate itself after my AN surgery so the week after I had the spring put in. Boy 2 surgeries in 2 weeks. Not fun! >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 My doc. was Dr. Levine too. Josh Ransom At 05:11 PM 6/4/2000 EDT, you wrote: >Can those of you that have eye springs tell me the name of your dr. and >location? Just curious. My Dr. was Levine at HEI in Los Angeles. > >Mikeabi42 > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 My doc. was Dr. Levine too. Josh Ransom At 05:11 PM 6/4/2000 EDT, you wrote: >Can those of you that have eye springs tell me the name of your dr. and >location? Just curious. My Dr. was Levine at HEI in Los Angeles. > >Mikeabi42 > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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