When it comes to operation theaters and me, we don’t get along that very well. I am scared even to enter an operation theater even when there is no one inside and now I am to undergo an hour lasting surgery and that too on my eyes! I AM FREAKING OUT! I can barely type.
In 10 days I will be having crazy ophthalmologists playing Fruit Ninja with my eyeballs. The thought sends tingles down my spine. I don’t know how I am gonna do this. I certainly don’t have the belief that this is gonna go down easy. This is going to be a milestone in my life. A marker in thick black as a reminder that soon I am going to have an exact same surgery on my right eyeball too.
Lying on my bed listening to dear Bon Jovi singing "Have A Nice Day" I don’t think I am going to have a nice day after all. Analyzing the situation what options do I have ? The knowledge that mine and my favorite sisters birthday lay in these exact same 10 days gives me more reasons to be unhappy. Neither my friends nor many of my relatives know about this surgery.
My parents were compelling me to overlook the decision by Dr. Sheena Bilal at Vasan Eye Care. Hence Vishnu, Krishnan and myself today visited the Ahalia Eye Care foundation only to find out that the decision made by the former doctor was correct. I am to meet the cornea expert on Sunday(19th of June) and discuss with her about my surgery.
Apparently my right eye is also affected with this disorder named Karetoconus and hence will be requiring a surgery in the near future. The only bright side is that once the surgery is performed the situation of the eyes will stabilize.
Here are more details regarding my issue :
The disease : Karetoconus
Keratoconus (from Greek: kerato- horn, cornea; and konos cone), is a degenerative disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal gradual curve.
The cause:
Keratoconus affects around one person in a thousand. It seems to occur in populations throughout the world, although it occurs more frequently in certain ethnic groups such as South Asians. The exact cause of keratoconus is uncertain, but has been associated with detrimental enzyme activity within the cornea. Environmental and genetic factors are considered possible causes, but the findings are still yet inconclusive.
The cure: Corneal collagen crosslinking with riboflavin
A treatment developed at the Technische Universität Dresden, and which has shown early success is Corneal Collagen Crosslinking with Riboflavin, also known as CXL, CCR, CCL and KXL. A one-time application of riboflavin solution is administered to the eye and is activated by illumination with UV-A light for approximately 30 minutes. The riboflavin causes new bonds to form across adjacent collagen strands in the stromal layer of the cornea, which recovers and preserves some of the cornea's mechanical strength. The corneal epithelial layer is generally removed in order to increase penetration of the riboflavin into the stroma.
The above information is copied from Wikipedia.
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