3yr PRK Laser Eye Surgery Update

[@mooseroo2005]

Glad you're eyes are well. Your video helped my wife decide to get PRK almost two years ago. She used the prescribed drops, had no pain, and now sees better than 20/20 with no negative side effects. Thanks for sharing! If you're considering laser eye correction, ask a lot of questions, seriously consider PRK over Lasik, and avoid LasikMD!

[@TheWildYam]

Wow! Thanks for letting me know. Glad she is doing well.

[@geraldinefields1730]

I am so glad that your eyes are fine. Everyone please be aware of diabetes and the harm that could come to your eyes. There is a different kind of laser surgery which cauterizes the tiny bleeding blood vessels in a diabetic's eye. I found the laser surgery painful and the laser left me temporarily almost blind until the next day. A friend drove me home from surgery. The goal is to prevent permanent blindness which worked for me. Even so, I still had cataract surgery on each eye in my early fifties.

[@TheWildYam]

So glad your eyes are improved! Eye surgery is quite scary.

[@Stevo_Drums]

Good news, Jen! All of our senses are so important, especially out in nature. Feeling the warmth of the wood stove, tasting the coconut curry, hearing the crackle of the burning wood, smelling the coffee and the bacon, and seeing everything! 🖐🏼👄👂🏼👃🏼👁

[@TheWildYam]

Yes to all of the above!!

[@wallaceviviansadventures2095]

that's great your eyes are doing well, it's a pain wearing glasses i have them and they are getting expensive. that's a great stove you made up there. your doing a great job on your tent look forward to seeing you using it. take care

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks Wallace. The tent is 90% complete. Can't wait to use it

[@thizizliz]

Lots of stuff in this video. The stove appears to we work well, the fiberglass panel fits nicely. Good news on your eyes too. I'm looking forward to the next update on the bakers tent. Seem quite complicated but will be great. Your tree is lovely.

[@TheWildYam]

It's coming along. The video will be up in the new year.

[@marianfrances4959]

Did not know you had the surgery but always thought you had beautiful eyes. Love the Xmas tree!! Seasons greetings. 🎅🌲

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks Marian. Season's greetings to you too!

[@CertainExposures]

Thank you for making this video. How are you now - 3 years later?

[@trimbaker1893]

Hi Jen, Nice that your eyes are getting good care and are healthy. Good job explaining the surgery. I thought of you today as I cooked about five pounds of oyster mushrooms. A cold rain brought about a nice bunch of them on a standing dead sassafrass tree here. Your mushroom foraging videos got me interested and now I am sort of good at finding the oyster mushrooms and I have a log pile that I grow turkey tail mushrooms on. I mixed a bunch of old turkeytail mushrooms in water and dashed the water over the log pile last spring, and now I have them growing on all the logs in the pile. Thanks for getting my curiosity going on them, Smiling, George.

[@TheWildYam]

Wow! Wonderful. You are a pro now!

[@trimbaker1893]

@@TheWildYam Hi Jen, good fun good food too. Thanks for the nudge to get started. Long may it last. Smiling, George.

[@mallory0322]

❄🎄Beautiful Christmas Tree Jenn!!! Eye surgery is such a miraculous technology however, you are braver than I to actually have the procedure(I'm squeamish when it comes to eyes😳). So thrilled for you to never have to wear glasses again !! Hope you have a great haul ice 🎣 fishing, and that your week is a wonderful one!🎄❄

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks Mallory. Folks are just getting out on the ice now. I'll be out soon

[@Foundinthewoodsbushcraft]

I'm vso glad your eyes came out okay. That was such a beautiful Christmas tree. And I love the camp stove a lot.

[@TheWildYam]

Thank you!

[@janetwithers7427]

Good news on the eye checkup. I had Lasik surgery about 22 years ago. It went well until cataract's grew on my eyes and needed to be removed. Lasik surgery makes it harder to pinpoint the exact lens needed to replace in catarac surgery.. so hope you don't get cataract's. Your tree is lovely 🎄💖❄️🎇🎁☃️🎅⛄🎄

[@TheWildYam]

I hope that they have newer ways to deal with cataracts in the future for us laser eye surgery folks. I'm sure there is enough of us now that they'll have to figure out new ways for the cataract surgery.

[@daleswier8429]

I’ve long had a fondness for the bakers tent style. It makes me happy to see you working on this project and I’m really interested to see your version of it when you finish. It looks like you have a real nice start on it already. Continued luck with this endeavor, Jen. Best regards.

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks Dale. I video on its construction will be up in the new year.

[@daleswier8429]

I’m already looking forward to it. Good luck with your tent plans and design features during your construction phase.

[@joanmilano5302]

Oh your Christmas tree is just beautiful! I love a real tree, but my youngest cat is a big explorer and she would be up in that tree and knocking it over in a heartbeat. So, this year I got an artificial tree that actually hangs on the wall. It looks really pretty all lit up and decorated - and the cat can't get to it :-). I'm glad your eyes are in good shape. Merry Christmas!

[@TheWildYam]

Nice! My cat when he was little liked to chew the lights. A little bit sauce cured him of that. 🤣

[@NewtonWashinton]

Glad your eyes and You are doing well, If we have our health we have everything.

[@TheWildYam]

So true. Thank you!

[@terryw.milburn8565]

Prayers for them Peepers, Jen ! Great testing in the yard to make sure everything's working properly !,Have A Swell Week Ahead, Happy Trails From The Frosty East Coast ! ATB T God Bless

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks Terry! Getting frosty here too. A white Christmas. Yippy!

[@johnmccormick175]

Glad your eyes are doing well Jen..i had to smile when i see you were out in your yard testing out your fishing hut and your stove you are a pretty cool lady :) )..for your elbow for your stove pipe i would suggest contacting a sheet metal shop and i bet they could make one in minutes..take care and all the best!...

[@TheWildYam]

Ha ha...I'm a nerd. Sounds like a great plan

[@locksbog4270]

CJ , you got a great set of eyeballs, glad they're all in good order! 👍👍👍😃✌️

[@TheWildYam]

Tip top shape. Thanks LB

[@cathylynnpietranton]

Hi Jen we are so happy that your eyes are doing well and yes your Christmas tree is beautiful.

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks so much!

[@briansprecher3182]

I had this after 5 years i am again in glasses and ended up with a hole in my retina. I was20/20 after it and now I am back to nearly what I was. I would have never had it had I known what I know now.

[@TheWildYam]

Sorry to hear that Brian. Retinal detachment is a risk for nearsighted people for myself too. I hope things improve for you in the future.

[@rudynyc1]

I really enjoy watching your videos, thank you for sharing and also happy to know all is well with your eyes, take care till next time.

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks Rudy!

[@michelerucker3755]

I’m glad to hear your eye report has turned out well. How are you doing with your kombucha? Merry Christmas and your tree is very pretty😇😇😇

[@TheWildYam]

I'm going to bottle the kombucha for the 2nd fermentation tomorrow 😊

[@rustybucket3495]

hi yam wonderful tree..im glad you can see the owl in the tree....best christmas wishes from my doggies n me..oh snap the bakers tent makes me think of cookies oh my!!!

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks Rusty!

[@douggibson9084]

Great video Jen, tent is looking great

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks Doug!

[@chrisb508]

I'm glad to hear that your eyes are ok. It is difficult to cope with changes related to aging sometimes. I had cataract surgery almost 6 years ago and my eyes are starting to get worse. Scar tissue is forming around the artificial lenses that replaced my old lenses. It makes things kind of blurry and there's a lot of glare at night. They say that they can fix it right up with a laser. I hope they are right. As always, thank you for another interesting video. :-)

[@TheWildYam]

Oh no. I hope they can fix it up quickly for you. Take care.

[@souleymeneabbadi3891]

How is your vision now please

[@goosehunter4845]

Great up date on you're eyes Jen, and a very nice christmas tree. glad you're eyes are doing good it was a pretty scary thing to have done at the time, but wearing glasses can be a pain in the rear end lol, hope you are having a good week take care,

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks! I'm happy with the tree and my eye results!

[@hardeepsinhjadeja5028]

Hey good to know you're 20/20 with both eyes. I want to know you had a conventional laser or topography guided waterfront tech. Thanks for info😄

[@TheWildYam]

Wavefront tech

[@topdogx2958]

Have a lovely Christmas everybody. 🎄🎅🎁:-)

[@TheWildYam]

You too!

[@gunnerair9375]

Happy Holidays Yammer Jammer !

[@TheWildYam]

You too Gunner!

[@phd_angel4192]

Did u do monovision? If yes, how do u like it? Thanks.

[@fatbikejamie]

If you have to add water its not an MRE. 😎 glad you are doing well overall with the eyes. Never go outside without eye protection of some sort!

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks Jamie!

[@WeaponsMachinist]

That's great news.

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks!

[@dublinphotoart]

Awesome! Was there a wood stove build video that we missed? 🥺😂

[@TheWildYam]

No, unfortunately, I didn't make a video on that

[@richardtherrien377]

great news from your eye docter

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks!

[@Abhinavsingh039]

Pls share your current vision is it 20/20 or 20/15

[@TheWildYam]

I'll do an update video very soon.

[@Abhinavsingh039]

@@TheWildYam yes please update us

[@mzeeraza3516]

Awesome video 👍🏾

[@TheWildYam]

Thanks for coming along Mzee!

[@davemi00]

That Galvanized coating is Very HAZARDOUS - to breath when welding or burning it off !! Please ONLY use BLACK PIPE.

[@TheWildYam]

Yes, it's awful. Black pipe always!

[@Bre-nr8hg]

I had laser eye surgery and I find that my eyes are more sensitive to the light now. I too have to wear sunglasses while outside especially if the sun is shining.

[@souleymeneabbadi3891]

How is your Light sensitivity now?

[@user-ku5xo1ph9l]

Mail em to me I’ll mail em to you

[@TheWildYam]

You're very kind. I think I have it figured out now. Thanks.

[@Spiritual.Warrior.777]

This is one of the videos I watched prior to my PRK surgery in 2021. Unfortunately, I’m dealing with starbursts and ghosting.

[@ArchStanton2024]

I could mail you an elbow?? I 😁

[@TheWildYam]

You're very kind. I think I have it figured out now. Thanks.