The surgery I saw today was about eyelids called Blepharoplasty. It was really interesting because I've heard of this surgery a lot of times when I was in Korea. I knew that people with saggy eyelids need to get this surgery to get better eye vision. The sad news in korea is that there are a lot of young people even students who love to get this surgery as to get double eyelids. I always wanted to see how this surgery goes and eventually I saw it! It was such a remarkable day for me!
People who are old usually need to take this surgery to get better vision but not perfect one.
The patient kept moving because of body remain reaction towards pain such as injection on his eyes to make that part num. Even though anesthetist injected medicine to make him anesthetized, it was interesting to see him keeping moving. However, doctors didn't seem surprised. They were saying that he was better than the other patient who was moving extremely violently.
Doctors who I worked with today were really nice and humorous. They welcomed me really warmly and explained thoroughly. The surgeon even asked me to come out of the operating room and showed me while he was scrubbing his hands. It was awesome to see scrubbing right in front of me which I only saw from TV shows or pictures. He explained step by step only for me. He even told me to come anytime! I was really happy and felt thankful!
P.S. I also had a chance to talk about lasik surgery because I said that I would like to get that surgery to be away from glasses. The doctor explained so well that I now know what exactly that surgery is about. Basically, the doctor adjust the thickness of the lense to make sure that the reflection of the light will hit right on the choroid which is located in the back of the eye.
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Hi Joy! Your blog is FANTASTIC. I can literally feel your excitement for this experience and it makes me so happy. We will discuss this more in depth when we meet next week, but just to get you thinking, I want to pose some questions for how you might translate your experience into a Signature "Project". There are some really cool themes that I have seen in your posts that you might consider researching. One is the affect of music playing in the OR. Another is how new technology is enhancing surgical procedures/reducing healing time. I love how you are pulling in secondary sources to better inform your blog readers. I think this will be helpful as you go to do your research. What do you think? Is there some other interesting component of your experience that you might like to do more research on?
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