[NSRCA-discussion] contest

[Ron Van Putte]

On Mar 19, 2006, at 10:51 PM, Jim Oliver wrote:

> I had lazer surgery in early Jan. of this year to repair a similiar  
> problem in my right eye. Lots of floaters brought the problem to my  
> attention.  About 90 % better after 10 weeks.  Hope your recovery  
> is quick and complete.

Thanks.  It was pretty weird stuff they did: evacuated the fluid from  
the eye, pushed the pieces from the macular hole up against the back  
of my eye and filled the eye with inert gas to hold the macula pieces  
there while it healed (shall I stop now?).  The eye has refilled  
itself about 3/4 with fluid so far.   I have a meniscus between the  
fluid and gas that I can see and it's strange to watch it slosh as I  
move my head (OK,  I'll stop).  Recovery from the surgery is supposed  
to take six to eight weeks.  I can't say that I'm thrilled with the  
result, almost five weeks after the surgery.  I may need to go  
through the surgery again.

In the meantime, I will try to fly a foamy this week, after watching  
John Fuqua flying his new Impact today.  I think I could see his  
airplane well enough with my good eye to fly it.

Ron Van Putte

>
>
> Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:
>
> On Mar 19, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Scott Anderson wrote:
>
>> Any news from the Ocala FL contest ?
>
> The only news I have is from Don Lowe, who called and ragged me  
> about not being there.  He was competing in his first Pattern  
> contest in "forever" (his words).  He said that he was pleased that  
> he hadn't crashed, but I! got no news on how the contest was going.
>
> I explained that I hadn't recuperated yet from recent surgery to  
> repair a hole in the macula of my right eye.
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
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