Eye Injections

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• https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/05/charles-hugh-smith/boomers-lets-face-it-the-math-doesnt-work/

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Here’s a plain-English summary of your procedure report for an intravitreal injection of Eylea in the left eye (OS) on May 21, 2025:

🧾 What Was Done

You received an intravitreal injection — a small amount of medication (Eylea) was injected directly into your left eye. This is a common treatment for certain eye conditions.

👁 Why

You were being treated for:

• AMD – Age-related Macular Degeneration, a condition that affects the central vision.
• NPDR – Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy, a diabetes-related eye condition that can damage the retina.

💉 Medication Details

• Drug name: Eylea
• Amount: 2 mg in 0.05 mL
• Where: Left eye
• Lot number: 8432500063
• Expiration: April 2026

😷 Anesthesia

To keep you comfortable, the following numbing medications were used:

• Lidocaine 2%
  
• Proparacaine 0.5%
  
• Tetracaine 0.5%
  

These were applied on and around your eye to prevent pain during the injection.

🔧 Step-by-Step of the Procedure

1. Your identity, the correct procedure, and eye were confirmed before starting.
2. The area around your eye was cleaned with 5% betadine (a disinfectant).
3. A cotton swab soaked in anesthetic was placed on the inner corner (inferotemporal quadrant) of your eye to further numb it.
4. A speculum (a small device) held your eyelids open during the injection.
5. A caliper was used to precisely mark the injection site.
6. A very fine needle (32 gauge) was used to inject Eylea into the eye.
7. The injection site was gently pressed with a cotton tip afterwards to help seal it.
8. Your eye was rinsed with saline, and your vision was checked right after the procedure.

✅ After the Injection

• Your vision was at least good enough to count fingers right after the shot.
• You felt okay, and there were no complications.
• You were given verbal and written instructions on how to care for your eye after the procedure.

🩺 Attending Physician

• Dr. Ramak Roohipourmoallai personally performed the injection.

Let me know if you’d like help with post-injection care tips or how Eylea works!

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Eylea (aflibercept) is a medication designed to help prevent vision loss and even improve vision in people with certain eye conditions, particularly those involving abnormal blood vessel growth or leakage in the eye.

🔬 How Eylea Works – In Simple Terms

Your eye contains a substance called VEGF (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor). While VEGF is important for creating new blood vessels, too much of it can be a problem—especially in conditions like:

• Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
  
• Diabetic Retinopathy (DR)
  
• Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)
  
• Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO)
  

In these diseases, too much VEGF causes leaky, abnormal blood vessels to grow in the retina, which can lead to swelling, bleeding, and vision loss.

💉 What Eylea Does

Eylea acts like a “VEGF trap”. It binds to the excess VEGF in the eye and blocks it from working, which:

• Stops the growth of abnormal blood vessels
• Reduces fluid buildup and swelling in the retina
• Helps preserve or even improve vision

📆 How Often Is It Given?

• At first, Eylea injections may be given monthly.
• Over time, if your eye responds well, the injections can often be spaced out to every 2–3 months, depending on your doctor’s plan.

🧑‍⚕️ Why It’s Effective

Eylea is one of the most effective treatments available for wet AMD and diabetic eye diseases because it targets the root cause—too much VEGF—and lasts longer than some older treatments, meaning fewer injections over time.

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Here are simple and effective post-injection care tips after receiving an Eylea intravitreal injection to your eye:

👁️ 1. Expect Mild Discomfort

It’s normal to experience:

• Mild irritation or scratchy feeling
• Slight redness in the white of the eye
• Light sensitivity
• Slight tearing

🔍 These symptoms usually improve within 24–48 hours.

💡 2. Don’t Rub Your Eye

Even if it feels irritated or watery:

• Avoid rubbing or pressing on it.
• Rubbing increases the risk of infection or disturbing the injection site.

🧼 3. Keep It Clean

• Avoid touching your eye with unwashed hands.
• Do not apply makeup or creams near the eye for at least 24 hours.

🚿 4. Avoid Contaminated Water

For the first 24 to 48 hours, avoid:

• Swimming pools
• Hot tubs
• Lakes
• Rinsing your face under running water — use a clean damp cloth instead

🚫 5. Skip Contact Lenses

• Don’t wear contact lenses for at least one day, or longer if your doctor advises.

💊 6. Use Any Prescribed Eye Drops

• If your doctor gave you antibiotic or anti-inflammatory eye drops, follow instructions carefully.
• Use the drops on schedule, even if your eye feels fine.

🧘 7. Rest Your Eye

• Limit screen time for a few hours.
• Wear sunglasses if your eye is sensitive to light.

⚠️ 8. Watch for Warning Signs

Call your eye doctor immediately if you notice any of the following:

• Severe pain in the eye
• Vision loss or sudden blurriness
• Increased redness or swelling
• Floaters, flashes of light, or a dark curtain in your vision
• Discharge from the eye

These can be signs of rare but serious complications like infection (endophthalmitis) or retinal detachment.

☎️ 9. Keep Follow-Up Appointments

Intravitreal injections like Eylea are usually part of an ongoing treatment plan. Don’t skip check-ups even if your vision feels better.

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Here are the main points from Charles Hugh Smith’s article, “Boomers, Let’s Face It: The Math Doesn’t Work,” published on May 23, 2025, on LewRockwell.com:

1. Unsustainable Entitlement Spending: Smith argues that federal deficit spending, particularly on entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, is untenable. He emphasizes that the financial structure supporting these programs is flawed and cannot continue indefinitely. LewRockwell
   
2. Demographic Shifts Strain the System: The original design of Social Security assumed a ratio of about 10 workers for every retiree. Today, that ratio has significantly decreased, leading to increased pressure on the system as fewer workers support more retirees. LewRockwell
   
3. Wealth Inequality Among Boomers: Smith notes that many Boomers have accumulated wealth not solely through hard work but due to asset inflation from financialization. Those who owned assets like homes and stocks before the financial bubbles saw significant increases in net worth, while others did not benefit similarly. LewRockwell
   
4. Need for Means Testing: He advocates for means testing Social Security and Medicare benefits, suggesting that wealthier individuals should receive reduced benefits to ensure the system’s sustainability and fairness. LewRockwell
   
5. Shift Tax Burden from Labor to Capital: Smith proposes shifting the tax burden from labor to capital. He recommends implementing financial transaction taxes and eliminating exclusions on capital gains to ensure that capital income contributes more significantly to funding entitlement programs. LewRockwell
   
6. Call for Generational Responsibility: As a Boomer himself, Smith calls on his generation to acknowledge these issues and make necessary sacrifices. He stresses that avoiding these hard conversations and decisions will only exacerbate the problems for future generations. LewRockwell
   

For a more in-depth understanding, you can read the full article here: Boomers, Let’s Face It: The Math Doesn’t Work.

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