Has anyone had the crystal lens implants?
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agnespuffin
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Comments (1)Curious why did you have lasik ??? I read about a new eyedrops in Poplar Science magazine. Im a long time subscriber. I had surgery one eye at a time. Years apart. I was so very nearsighted. Now cataracts are making life not so pleasant. Im hoping that the eyedrops will help. I dont want any more surgeries. Unless it can make wrinkles disappear> magically and cheaply. LOL I personally never heard about crystal implants. Isnt it hell getting older and being a senior???? I know...... others say......"'think of the alternative" jean...See MoreHas anyone had their child cremated?
Comments (16)Thank you... those are very reasonable prices. I want to get one in the shape of the cross. Dan was buried so I thought about what to put in the mini urn... I have no hair and I don't want the dirt that covers his case Instead I chose something alive with power, You see last summer we went to this huge cave, and in the back was a grate that covered an ice pit... I knew what was down there, from family lore... a "walk-in geode", as Dan called it when he got down there and saw. We were both amazed by the crystals which grew from the ceiling and the walls. But vandals had smashed the main foyer to get at the precious crystals in unjustifiable excess. We crawled further down the pit until we were in the very bowels of the earth, and there was a... a hole, an underground fissure - Dan climbed up and slipped through it! If you've ever read Stephen King's Desperation, it was sort of like that - except not evil. Dan went in there and that's when he exclaimed through the icey echoing walls, "it's like a walk in geode"! Well, when it came time to get out of the ice pit, I knew I was going to have problems. I had accidently left my crampons back in Seattle, and the prospect of climbing a steep ice wall without them was daunting. It soon became apparent I wasn't strong enough to exert the required force (about 10 pullups) to get out of there. Dan and my boyfriend were the only two souls with me in the bowels of the earth, and they pulled my butt up out of there, with strong arms. I remember watching Dan shimmy up the ice wall with no problem, just before my miserable attempt. Then I got stuck in the grate, haha, I can still hear him nervously laughing. I had to take my harness off and go back under, crossing over to a bigger hole in the grate like monkey-bars style, with only my own shaking arm muscles and sweaty hands to stop me from plunging into the deep sharp darkeness. That, and Dan's hands reassuringly close through the bars. He helped me out and I crawled through icey mud and water, my precious few prizes digging into my pocketflesh painfully. This whole scary episode took hours, it was real hard for them to pull me out coz I was exhausted from trying with all my might to clamber up this slippery wall and falling. I remember bursting out in the sunlight, so shaky from adrenaline... I knew I could have lost my life, but the two men I loved most were there to save me. I sure wish I could have returned the favor. :( Anyway, Dan came out of there with a piece of the walk in geode, ... it's this little... upright crystal city with a rock base... it has many crystal spires and is breathtakingly beautiful. It was down there covered in dirt and mud deep in the earth, and Dan cleaned it and polished it and set it on his mantle. I took it back when he passed. It is very fragile and the pieces, teh crystal spires come off easily. I'm going to put a few shards in my cross urn. I think it is the place he would want to be. Here is a link that might be useful: Dan's friend's took me to the scene of the accident...See MoreHas anyone had MDI Implants done?
Comments (2)My husband just had all of his top teeth pulled and he now has an upper plate. He also gags all the time, especially every morning when he puts it in and it breaks my heart. He also gags everytime he gets through eating. He has a real bad underbite and I don't think he will be able to keep wearing this plate. They have already adjusted it about six times. We wanted to go with dental implants but they are so expensive and insurance doesn't cover them. The first doctor he saw after we found out he was losing all his top teeth gave us a quote of $12,000, so we switched doctors. The reconstructive doctor who made his plate said he could do it for around $6,000 to $8,000. My husband is retiring next year and we can take our IRA out next summer. If is is still gagging a year from now, he will go get the dental implants. I hope this is what you were talking about, as I have never heard of MDI? What does that stand for?...See MoreTooth implant anyone had one?
Comments (10)I've had two implants, but both were on teeth that were removed several months prior. There was little pain with either implant. The oral surgeon who did my first implant explained to me that drilling into bone is similar to drilling into soft wood - there isn't much resistance. As for why implants are a long process, this is what's required: 1. Evaluation and x-rays to see whether you have enough bone to do an implant. If you don't, then you have to have a bone graft before they can do the implant surgery. 2. Implant surgery. This takes about two hours. During this surgery, the gum is opened and holes are drilled into the bone to implant the the base of the implant into the gum. 3. Then, there's a waiting period of 2-6 months, during which the bone grows into and attaches to the base. Sometimes, the surgeon can make a prosthetic tooth to fill the gap in the interim. 4. During recovery, the gum sort of grows over the base, so the oral surgeon does a second, very simple, procedure to expose the base. 5. After that, you go to your dentist to have the false tooth made. Once it's made, they attach it to the base. All told, my implant procedures both took more than six months. *So* well worth it, though!...See Moreagnespuffin
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