Post-Game Talk: Oil flooding the infirmary

[brentashton]

I have surgery for them on Monday. Can't wait to remove them.

Best wishes for you on your surgery next week.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Best wishes for you on your surgery next week.

Thank you.

I have one on my right. From taking puck to eyeball.

They keep telling me to wait as long as possible. Its like dude ... its like trying to look through glasses covered in grease.

Gl! I can't wait to fix this thing ..

It's like having a cloud around your head at all times, except when the sun is present because it's about 100x brighter. The glare off every car....

 

[Drivesaitl]

Wait till you get a Cataract. Dark mode is life haha

I've had one. Fixed. Never really felt a problem with looking at a light screen. My own vision is worse in dark environments. Could be why I prefer bright for reading. Even reading books I want the most light possible. heh
I do like watching TV in a dark room. Maybe that counterbalances.

Optically speaking anyway the most harm on your eyes is likely outside, in the sun or on bright days. I have transitions lenses (glasses) for that.

 

[Patch101]

Thank you.


It's like having a cloud around your head at all times, except when the sun is present because it's about 100x brighter. The glare off every car....

My left eye does all the heavy lifting. Its almost like I'd gotten used to differing all my good vision there, and my right eye is just for peripheral vision.

 

[Drivesaitl]

I have surgery for them on Monday. Can't wait to remove them.

Both eyes at once?

Just word that lots of people have trouble with the corrective lenses. I opted for the free non corrective and no problems. I need glasses anyway for astigmatism.

Good luck. It improves the game watching component and being able to see better again.

 

[Patch101]

I've had one. Fixed. Never really felt a problem with looking at a light screen. My own vision is worse in dark environments. Could be why I prefer bright for reading. Even reading books I want the most light possible. heh
I do like watching TV in a dark room. Maybe that counterbalances.

Optically speaking anyway the most harm on your eyes is likely outside, in the sun or on bright days. I have transitions lenses (glasses) for that.

Its very difficult, the glare is painful, and its harder a read over white
The light gets mega scattered and just overlaps everything I look at. Its odd.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

My left eye does all the heavy lifting. Its almost like I'd gotten used to differing all my good vision there, and my right eye is just for peripheral vision.

My right eye is slightly worse than my left but I've got cataracts in both and it's severely impacted my ability to drive. I can't wait for this nightmare to be over.

Both eyes at once?

Just word that lots of people have trouble with the corrective lenses. I opted for the free non corrective and no problems. I need glasses anyway for astigmatism.

Good luck. It improves the game watching component and being able to see better again.

Yes they're doing both at once. The lenses are also correcting the astigmatism in my right eye. I've got a lot of years left (hopefully) so I'm not sparing any expense. The very idea of not having to worry about my eyes for at least a decade is extremely welcoming.

 

[Canovin]

I have surgery for them on Monday. Can't wait to remove them.

Good luck!

I have glaucoma and I'm only 39. Partly blind on my right eye. My tennis game fell apart since.

 

[Drivesaitl]

My left eye does all the heavy lifting. Its almost like I'd gotten used to differing all my good vision there, and my right eye is just for peripheral vision.

Even after the cataract surgery my left eye had already become the heavy work reading eye. The right the lazy eye. Its hard to overcome even with correction, and it involves brain cognitive functioning pathways as well. Its quite interesting. But kind of annoying reading knowing that its still primarily one eye.

The way cataracts settle in is you go years without noticing it too much and by then already habituated to one eye, unless its both eyes similarly impacted.

 

[Patch101]

My right eye is slightly worse than my left but I've got cataracts in both and it's severely impacted my ability to drive. I can't wait for this nightmare to be over.



Yes they're doing both at once. The lenses are also correcting the astigmatism in my right eye. I've got a lot of years left (hopefully) so I'm not sparing any expense. The very idea of not having to worry about my eyes for at least a decade is extremely welcoming.

Omg, I can only imagine. I'm legit excited for ya.

Surprised both at the same time too, usually they do one, wait and do the other in case there is any problems.
I have no idea what it costs to fix that all said, but I'd do the same, all in.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Even after the cataract surgery my left eye had already become the heavy work reading eye. The right the lazy eye. Its hard to overcome even with correction, and it involves brain cognitive functioning pathways as well. Its quite interesting. But kind of annoying reading knowing that its still primarily one eye.

The way cataracts settle in is you go years without noticing it too much and by then already habituated to one eye, unless its both eyes similarly impacted.

I noticed my vision becoming cloudy in September and thought maybe my eyes were drying out again. ...If only that was the case. My vision has deteriorated quite a bit since then and the optometrist told me that the cataracts are progressing pretty rapidly.

Good luck!

I have glaucoma and I'm only 39. Partly blind on my right eye. My tennis game fell apart since.

Thanks, I'm the same age so getting them pretty early is both a blessing and a curse.

 

[Patch101]

Even after the cataract surgery my left eye had already become the heavy work reading eye. The right the lazy eye. Its hard to overcome even with correction, and it involves brain cognitive functioning pathways as well. Its quite interesting. But kind of annoying reading knowing that its still primarily one eye.

The way cataracts settle in is you go years without noticing it too much and by then already habituated to one eye, unless its both eyes similarly impacted.

That makes sense, this is 10 years in the making now. I've slowly noticed me counting on my left more and more.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Omg, I can only imagine. I'm legit excited for ya.

Surprised both at the same time too, usually they do one, wait and do the other in case there is any problems.
I have no idea what it costs to fix that all said, but I'd do the same, all in.

The surgery is covered by health care but the lenses are.... not cheap.

Unfortunately I don't really have a choice. Either I let them progress to the point where I can't drive period or I pony up. I'd rather just eat the costs now and be done with it.

 

[Patch101]

The surgery is covered by health care but the lenses are.... not cheap.

Unfortunately I don't really have a choice. Either I let them progress to the point where I can't drive period or I pony up. I'd rather just eat the costs now and be done with it.

Fair, they said to me that I would have to do both, but that's a hard no. My left is good.
I imagine that'll create some challenges when the time comes, but ya ..... they keep saying wait ... wait.

 

[Drivesaitl]

My right eye is slightly worse than my left but I've got cataracts in both and it's severely impacted my ability to drive. I can't wait for this nightmare to be over.



Yes they're doing both at once. The lenses are also correcting the astigmatism in my right eye. I've got a lot of years left (hopefully) so I'm not sparing any expense. The very idea of not having to worry about my eyes for at least a decade is extremely welcoming.

If it means anything I found the surgery not difficult at all. no pain, I had no general sedative. Just had a local freezing and I insisted on it and that was fine. Dr. even commented preferring to operate on somebody that was lucid. (haha) Seemed like half the people got general anaesthetic and no reason to. You barely feel it.

I even joked with Dr at the time as "Eye of the Tiger" was playing on his boombox during operation. I asked if this was topical theme music, lets see whats next, pun intended...expecting Bettie Davis eyes comes on next. haha.

make sure you take all your eyedrops. I found just laying down worked best for aiming the drops.

 

[brentashton]

I’m 29. I think Drive is 34.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

If it means anything I found the surgery not difficult at all. no pain, I had no general sedative. Just had a local freezing and I insisted on it and that was fine. Dr. even commented preferring to operate on somebody that was lucid. (haha) Seemed like half the people got general anaesthetic and no reason to. You barely feel it.

I even joked with Dr at the time as "Eye of the Tiger" was playing on his boombox during operation. I asked if this was topical theme music, lets see whats next, pun intended...expecting Bettie Davis eyes comes on next. haha.

make sure you take all your eyedrops. I found just laying down worked best for aiming the drops.

Yeah my parents have both had the surgery. Dad told me about a day when he just stopped using his glasses entirely. I've never really needed them but it's a comforting thought. I've got the pre-surgery drops then I'll grab the post-surgery ones just after. I'm glad there's not a lengthy recovery time either.

 

[Patch101]

Hey, change of subject. Anyone here playing Bhe1 league?
Joined up and its been a blast.

 

[Drivesaitl]

I noticed my vision becoming cloudy in September and thought maybe my eyes were drying out again. ...If only that was the case. My vision has deteriorated quite a bit since then and the optometrist told me that the cataracts are progressing pretty rapidly.



Thanks, I'm the same age so getting them pretty early is both a blessing and a curse.

You should really enjoy the result. Will take some time though to even get used to. Good time of year to get it done. Just imagine seeing great for playoffs and summer. Make sure to have really dark goggles. You don't want any sunlight on your eyes post surgery. They give you the patches as well. Need somebody to drive you home, that kind of thing. As I recall they dilate the eyes a lot and so you won't see anything clearly until 8hrs and even then it will look off a bit for a day or few. Sometimes some eye swelling that stops the vision from being clear initially.

 

[Patch101]

You should really enjoy the result. Will take some time though to even get used to. Good time of year to get it done. Just imagine seeing great for playoffs and summer. Make sure to have really dark goggles. You don't want any sunlight on your eyes post surgery. They give you the patches as well. Need somebody to drive you home, that kind of thing. As I recall they dilate the eyes a lot and so you won't see anything clearly until 8hrs and even then it will look off a bit for a day or few. Sometimes some eye swelling that stops the vision from being clear initially.

Those damn dilating drops work way to good on me. 1 day takes 3 to clear, the 1 hour one is like most of the day. I have to ask them to do half.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Fair, they said to me that I would have to do both, but that's a hard no. My left is good.
I imagine that'll create some challenges when the time comes, but ya ..... they keep saying wait ... wait.

Same as me. If I didn't need it in my left eye I wasn't getting it. They wanted to do both eyes and the corrective lenses but theres some $$$ involved in that and the particular clinic are pretty money focused. Thing as well is if you have only one eye done at a time you can still see. Both eyes done at once and you're laid up for a bit not being able to see much of anything. Plus worries if ever complications. I focus too much on how important eyes are (excuse pun) to not worry about both being done at once. I'm probably paranoid. heh

 

[Drivesaitl]

Those damn dilating drops work way to good on me. 1 day takes 3 to clear, the 1 hour one is like most of the day. I have to ask them to do half.

Ditto on this as well. But what happened in the clinic I went to (they did it at Royal Alex) is the nurses are scattered around looking after all patients instead of having segment of patients all assigned. So they would come around giving everybody dilation when they'd already been dilated. "Oh I didn't know" facepalm. Some techs will also give you several drops instead of just the one required. If you're a blinker they figure it didn't land..

Really pissed me off as I was looking forward to watching an Oilers game on TV that night. It all looked like AI with glare everywhere. Glare was leaping off the screen like sunrays. lol Would be a bad experience on LSD.. ummmm

 

[Drivesaitl]

I’m 29. I think Drive is 34.

IQ, some would think. Just add a hundred.

 

[bellagiobob]

Woah woah woah, let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water here, he has a point.

The last 5 years this place has become IMMENSELY toxic and especially so in the last year. Look at the the thread page numbers. PGTs from losses are typically have 3 or 4 times the amount of posts than PGTs from wins. And there’s a massive amount of users (again most have accounts that were created < 5 years ago) who ONLY appear when we lose. You think that’s a healthy community?

And that’s not even the most unacceptable part. How many times have you seen people post on PGTs or GDTs where they say something along the lines of “I hope the Oilers lose because of X”? I’ve seen probably 3 or 4 in the last week alone. If I was a moderator here that would be an automatic ban from HFOil. We are Oilers fans. If you aren’t cheering for the team you can f*** all the way off. Criticsm is fine. But to say you want the team to lose because they chose to start the goalie you don’t like is not acceptable.

I remember how miserable it was when we missed the playoffs in 2018 and 2019. We dreamt of a time where we are at the top of the league and a contender to win the cup. Now we’re there and somehow this place is factors of 10 more miserable than it was when we sucked. Like we literally have active firing personnel threads when we are fighting for first in the division. Do you know how disconnected from reality you have to be to think that’s even a reasonable point of view?

But I guess HFOil is a good representation of how society has deteriorated since the pandemic. Nobody is interested in positivity or success. They only seek to tear things down. To bring others down to their level because they’re miserable. And yes I can absolutely leave if I “get too worked up” but there’s good people here too with good insights and great conversation. How is it fair that I should leave this community over this infestation of f***ing idiots?

Anyways, rant over.

Good post. The last month or so has been pretty bad, with a whole whack of usually pretty regulated posters slipping into the dark side and posting constantly negative posts. I get that we are in a bit of tailspin, and we have ‘issues’ with our starting goalie, but for me the constant negativity is just too depressing, and I don’t need to be dragged down to that level. There are about 25 or more fanbases of other teams that would love to have the ‘problems’ that we do. But to each his own, I just find I’m spending less time here, which is probably a good thing, lots of other fun things to do in life.

 

[BIeucheeseWithWings]

I’m 29. I think Drive is 34.

I love your avatar.