[Magdalen] Torn retina...

[Jay Weigel]

One has had bilateral knee replacements. Both are (amateur) runners, though.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was told that nearsightedness predisposes one to this, and that if it
> occurs in one eye, it's likely to occur in the other. That happened to me.
> The laser treatment didn't work on the first one, so I had to go back a
> week later for the actual surgery. Then a couple of years later the other
> one went. I caught that one with the first symptom, and the laser did the
> trick.
>
> > On Nov 6, 2015, at 6:42 AM, "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Jay Weigel
> >
> >> Absolutely. My brothers both had torn retinas several weeks apart and
> did
> >> well with (IIRC) laser surgery of some kind. Prayers for Hillel.
> >
> > Interesting. Do both suffer from arthritis? Had knee or hip
> replacements? Sometimes these things go together.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim
> >
>