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| 138.1 | Please donot worry ! | BROKE::HASANI | | Tue May 26 1992 21:27 | 24 |
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My daughter, now 26 months, had to go through the same probing
experience when she was 14 months old. Like you, we were also
very worried and nervous before the probing, but let me assure
you that the procedure is very simple. The whole procedure took
about 45 mints. We had gone to the hospital in the early morning
at around 7 a.m and were back home by 1 p.m. By evening, she was
playing as if she never went thru' this tough times. She is doing
fine now.
I guess, the doctor is right in saying that the longer you wait, the
chances of getting the duct open in first probing goes down.
I remember, our doctor explaining the problem by making the analogy of
the house and gutter. He said the duct is to the eyes as the gutter is
to a house. Now in order to fix the gutter, one does not have to enter
the house meaning nothing to worry about the eyes.
Please call me or send a mail, if you need to talk.
Good luck,
Santosh
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| 138.2 | | WMOIS::DIPASQUALE_S | | Wed May 27 1992 10:24 | 9 |
| Hi,
Just this morning I was talking to a friend of mine about the same
thing. His 5 month old son will be having this done next week. The
Dr told him that it would take about 2 minutes per eye and he would
be able to go home the same day. As with the last reply the Dr said
the longer you wait the more difficult it gets to clear it.
Sherry
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| 138.3 | | GOOEY::ROLLMAN | | Wed May 27 1992 12:32 | 7 |
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My father had this done (at 70). He was not knocked out, being an adult. He
said his eyes were a little sensitive for a few hours, but it didn't hurt. Took
only a few minutes per eye, and fixed the problem permanently.
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| 138.4 | Had it done at 7 Months | AWASH::SFLATLEY | | Thu May 28 1992 13:39 | 16 |
| My daughter had a blocked tear duct from birth. At 7 months, we took
her to a pediatric eye doctor, who examined her and agreed the duct
needed to be probed. The nurse administered some eye drops to numb
Ashley's eye, and sent dad and I into the waiting room. Five minutes
later, we had our rather unhappy daughter back, eye probe completed.
The doctor said it was an extreme case, and we were lucky to have taken
care of it so soon, (thank goodness for an excellent pedi, who referred
us).
Anyway, the procedure was done in the office with just local anesthsia.
Ashley's had no problems since and she's 15 months old now.
Sharon
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| 138.5 | | A1VAX::DISMUKE | Say you saw it in NOTES... | Thu May 28 1992 14:00 | 6 |
| My son had one at birth - but luckily it cleared up on it's own. My
pedi suggested we wait until 9 months before we did anything because
the mild cases will clear themselves up.
-sandy
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| 138.6 | Tube inserted in eye after probing not working | VICKI::SUITTER | | Mon Jun 01 1992 10:53 | 14 |
| Tiffany had a blocked tear ducted and nothing was done when she was
young they said she would outgrow it. At about 3 a specialist decided
to probe it and it worked for a short while. We ended up changing
insurance's so we had to go to another specialist. She suggested
instead of probing again to insert a tube in it which would stay in
for a year or more and hopefully stay open when removed. Well
everything is fine now but in was a long process. This specialist had
said that she should have been treated at a younger age. I'm just
glad this worked out. It's nice not seeing her eye tear down her face,
especially in the cold weather.
If you have any questions please write or call me.
P
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