Sunday AF ~ October 20

[Lavande]

Good morning Abbers!

Sunny & a chilly 45 degrees here on the east coast of the US - nice

I see Mick tried to start today's thread but ran into some difficulty. Have a great day & look out for those sore fingers

I hope everyone likes pumpkin spice coffee, I have plenty
Everything seems to be pumpkin flavored thru the months of October & November around here then you don't see or hear about pumpkin again until next year :H

Greetings to TT, bear, Det, YahYah, Sam. SF, Cindi, pauly & anyone else stopping in today.
I'm heading outside to resume trimming my overgrown shrubs. Started on that yesterday but got distracted - go figure.

Have a great AF Sunday everyone!
Lav

[Mick]

Sunday AF ~ October 20

wow back home again n nobody speaking to you Lav!!!how are you ? today for me was a bit of a washout..literally..Julie has just taken Amy to catch the train,and Im on tea cooking duties ...then da da Downton Abbey..fingers arent as sore ..least dont think they are ..still taped up ..wtched a fantastic programme the other night, about a surgeon who could give some blind people their sight back ,by replacing the eye with a tooth from the person with a lens put in it..here you go..

Blind man sees wife for first time after having a TOOTH implanted into his eye

When Martin Jones met his wife four years ago, he never imagined that one day he would get to see what she looked like.
The 42-year-old builder was left blind after an accident at work more than a decade ago.
But a remarkable operation - which implants part of his tooth in his eye - has now pierced his world of darkness.
The procedure, performed fewer than 50 times before in Britain, uses the segment of tooth as a holder for a new lens grafted from his skin.
'The doctors took the bandages off and it was like looking through water and then I saw this figure and it was her,' he said today.
'She's wonderful and lovely. It was unbelievable to see her for the first time.'
He added: 'When I found out there was a chance I would get my sight back, the first person I wanted to see was her.'
Mr Jones, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, married his wife Gill, 50, four years ago.
By that time he had already spent eight years without his sight after a tub of white hot aluminium exploded in his face at work in a scrapyard.
He suffered 37 per cent burns and had to wear a special body stocking for 23 hours a day. He also had his left eye removed.
Enlarge eye tooth graphic

But surgeons were able to save the right eye, even though he was unable to see through it.
At first specialists in Nottingham tried to save his sight using stem cells from a donor but the attempt failed.
It was only when a revolutionary new operation was pioneered at the Sussex Eye Clinic in Brighton that he was given a chance to have his sight back.
Christopher Liu
Surgeon Christopher Liu used a living tooth to carry a new lens because Mr Jones' eye could reject a plastic implant
During the procedure, a minute section of a patient's tooth is removed, reshaped and chiselled through to grip the man-made lens which is then placed in its core.
It is implanted under an eyelid where it becomes covered in tissue.
The process requires a living tooth as an implant because doctors suggest there are chances the eye would reject a plastic equivalent.
So a canine - which is the best option due to its shape and size - was taken out of Mr Jones' mouth.
A patch of skin is then taken from the inside of the cheek and placed in the eye for two months, where it gradually acquires its own blood supply.
The tooth segment is finally transplanted into the eye socket. The flap of grafted skin is then partially lifted from the eye and placed over its new sturdy base.




Finally, surgeons cut a hole in the grafted cornea to let light through.
'I feel fantastic getting my sight back,' he said. 'I can't really describe it - it's beyond words. I was blind for 12 years and when my sight came back everything had changed.
'The first car I saw when my sight was restored was a Smart car and I couldn't stop laughing - I'd never seen one before and I thought it had been chopped in half.
'Getting my sight back has changed my life. It is such a precious gift and you don't really appreciate it until it is taken away .
'The doctors took the bandages off and it was like looking through water and then I saw this figure and it was her. She's wonderful and lovely. It was unbelievable to see her for the first time.'
'I have been so fortunate that my sight has been returned . I find it such a simple pleasure being able to see what is going on in the world.'
The eight-hour operation, pioneered by surgeon Christopher Liu, is designed to help patients who have corneal blindness but who are not suitable for traditional corneal transplants.
'When I first heard about the technique I couldn't believe it. I don't think many people can,' said Mr Jones.
'My friends just don't believe me . They think I'm pulling their leg or have just made it up.
'But when I take my glasses off they say 'oh my God' because my eye looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. They're just amazed at it.'
Mr Liu is a corneal specialist and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon based at Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton.. He is also President of the British Society for Refractive Surgery.

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it is worth reading..what a fantastic piece of surgery ..and what a fantastic man

[paulywogg]

Sunday AF ~ October 20

Mae,jeez where is everybody?hopefully out having a fun sunday,i have a cold which i thought was allergies maybe it is but it feels like its getting worse so im leaning towards a cold,i posted on the steppers thread yesterday that i was a tad peeved when i was decorating for my daughters birthday i had a drinking thought,just a connection between celebrating and drinking that needed to be squashed,i need to be brain washed to forget the past haha,anyways have a good rest of the day

[Samstone]

Sunday AF ~ October 20

How do all
night here. Went looking at a greenhouse today. It was pretty flimsy so I believe we'll keep looking. I've been wanting one for some time. Any advice Mick or any one that has or had one would be appreciated.
Pretty interesting tooth/eye story.
Sam

[Determinator]

Sunday AF ~ October 20

Happy Sunday ABerooooos!

Lav, thanks for the kickstart and spiced coffee xxxxx

Mick, what a wonderful medical story.

Sam, no greenhouse advice here. the only thing I've grown successfully in recent years is lentil sprouts on the table-top.

Pauly, good corrective thinking! change is hard but it does indeed take effort and quantification of our efforts.

TTops, thanks for the yummy fish recipe

had a great day teaching an emergency field medicine class. I'm going to have a sore back tomorrow from dragging bodies all around. darn bodies are so heavy and floppy (they weren't dead, just acting).

got some chicken, broccoli and asparagus on the grill and the wonderful smell is driving me crazy!

be well family

[Lavande]

Sunday AF ~ October 20

Wow, it sure was quiet around this thread today, that's Ok, I think.....

Mick, I have heard about Dr Liu. I really thought it was a joke at first but apparently not! That truly is some amazing work - just imagine the possibilities for people all over the world.
Glad your fingers are working well

pauly, those thoughts are just thoughts, you don't have to act on them. Just recognize them for what they are & dismiss them. They will happen less frequently as time goes on, I promise. I hope your allergy/cold symptoms clear quickly!

Sam, my crazy husband found out that a friend wanted to get rid of a greenhouse years ago. I'll have to get the details from him on the make/ model & size of the thing but YB actually brought the greenhouse home, piece by piece & reassembled it at out place. (this was at our former home). It was great, I loved it but we ended up selling the house about a year later & moved here. I'll see if I can find a picture. It was quite a production with concrete block work, plumbing & everything.
Wish I had one now :H

Here's what we did today :H :H

[TheSunFlower]

Sunday AF ~ October 20

Quick late check in....

Yesterday was freezing at 54 degrees....so we all decided to stay home and go another weekend. Of course today was beautiful at 75 degrees and sunny!

Tonight my son had a fiddle concert....so much fun. Banjos and Fiddles.....players age 8-80....and all old time music.

Even though I did not do much....I seemed to be busy all weekend. Can tomorrow be Monday already