As an equestrian I can‘t explain this behavior since it dosn‘t seem like it had its ears pinned (sign of aggression) The dude might‘ve managed to train himself a guard horse lmao
@@RamsayRides it actually works?? Btw great content in your laser eye surgery. I was about to go in for it at LASIK in Montreal. It steered me away from getting it as even though the risk of complications is low, it’s just not a risk I could accept for a surgical procedure that isn’t for a life threatening disease I.e. elective.
@@sheldoncooper0 Yes good decision, I'd especially recommend not getting it done in Montreal. There seems to be a disproportionate amount of people with post-lasik pain here compared to the rest of Canada. Yeah there's been a couple interesting studies suggesting that exercise can help with chronic pain. It was actually my doctor who told me I should be doing cardio 5x a week and that is how I got back into cycling actually haha. I have to wear really big glasses or goggles to protect my eyes but the post-exercise endorphins certainly help with the pain for a good hour or two and it seems like there can be long-term benefits as well.
@@RamsayRides Yes the Montreal/South Shore/North Shore LASIK MD surgeons have 10s of thousands of procedures done, with one or two surgeons being over 100K, taking only a couple of minutes to complete the surgery. They market that as how experienced they are, but that only shows how much rushing they are to get as many in and out as quickly as possible as they can for $$$... I was deeply concerned when they never tested me for eye dryness... They only asked me if I had dry eyes (as if I'm a good judge of what the cut-off is for LASIK....) and then when I told them I had issues with dryness with contacts they didn't follow-up on that AT ALL... I was never given any chances to ask even the technicians questions, and no doctor (MD not optometrist) was available to answer my questions).. It was just quickly putting me through the stations for tests and then throwing me to the "counsellor" i.e. salesperson that will seal the deal and book you in for the surgery. The only thing that told me of some value was that for high prescription cases like mine, 25% would get regression. I'm a doctor as well (not ophthalmologist, but oncology) and that rung alarm bells (they didn't know my occupation). As what are they defining as "high" prescription? They could include anyone only 2D or higher as that "high" group... What if you're at the higher end of that "high", say 6 diopters PLUS? Then I doubt it would be 25% anymore... They were not clear on how the defined their "high" vs "low" risk groups and the data in medicine can EASILY be skewed in these ways, as I believe they were trying to do... As a doctor, I agree all surgical procedures have risks... And it is on the individual for elective surgeries to assume that risk and responsibility, so long as they are TOLD UPFRONT that X and Y and D "Bad things" can happen...
@@sheldoncooper0 Yes I agree completely. A lot of people who have had complications like mine think that Lasik should be banned. I think as long as the patient is given accurate and unbiased information of the risks and how the risks for them may differ from those of the general population (i.e. dry eye, thin cornea, high degree of myopia) then it is OK as an elective procedure. I seem to have had the worst possible luck as I even brought up my concerns about dry eye and contact lens intolerance and I was actually reassured that they wouldn't be issues. If I was going to be as generous as I possibly could to these people in my interpretation of why they do things this way. Perhaps they think that if they turn away patients these patients will not heed their warnings and just find another surgeon who is less scrupulous and is willing to perform the surgery on them. I'm sure some would do that, in fact I know some who have done that and now only have themselves to blame for their complications. But this is a terrible excuse and these doctors have no way of knowing if a patient would act in that manner. I know myself and I know if I had of been told that I had even the slightest elevated risk profile over that of the general population then I absolutely would not have consented to the surgery. I went in there expecting to get turned away and I mistook their 100% free consultation as real medical advice on what would be best for my unique situation. Btw I wonder if you would know my girlfriend haha, she works in a radiation oncology lab at The Jewish.
Well, obviously, you should have ditched the bike, jumped on the horse's back and rode it up the hill. 😂
🤣🤣
that horse was not horsing around
😂 indeed
As an equestrian I can‘t explain this behavior since it dosn‘t seem like it had its ears pinned (sign of aggression)
The dude might‘ve managed to train himself a guard horse lmao
Yeah maybe he did haha. I've come across horses (with riders) on trails plenty of times and never had any issues
How do you bike like this if you have cornea neuralgia?
Helps distract me from the pain
@@RamsayRides it actually works??
Btw great content in your laser eye surgery. I was about to go in for it at LASIK in Montreal. It steered me away from getting it as even though the risk of complications is low, it’s just not a risk I could accept for a surgical procedure that isn’t for a life threatening disease I.e. elective.
@@sheldoncooper0 Yes good decision, I'd especially recommend not getting it done in Montreal. There seems to be a disproportionate amount of people with post-lasik pain here compared to the rest of Canada.
Yeah there's been a couple interesting studies suggesting that exercise can help with chronic pain. It was actually my doctor who told me I should be doing cardio 5x a week and that is how I got back into cycling actually haha. I have to wear really big glasses or goggles to protect my eyes but the post-exercise endorphins certainly help with the pain for a good hour or two and it seems like there can be long-term benefits as well.
@@RamsayRides Yes the Montreal/South Shore/North Shore LASIK MD surgeons have 10s of thousands of procedures done, with one or two surgeons being over 100K, taking only a couple of minutes to complete the surgery. They market that as how experienced they are, but that only shows how much rushing they are to get as many in and out as quickly as possible as they can for $$$...
I was deeply concerned when they never tested me for eye dryness... They only asked me if I had dry eyes (as if I'm a good judge of what the cut-off is for LASIK....) and then when I told them I had issues with dryness with contacts they didn't follow-up on that AT ALL... I was never given any chances to ask even the technicians questions, and no doctor (MD not optometrist) was available to answer my questions).. It was just quickly putting me through the stations for tests and then throwing me to the "counsellor" i.e. salesperson that will seal the deal and book you in for the surgery.
The only thing that told me of some value was that for high prescription cases like mine, 25% would get regression. I'm a doctor as well (not ophthalmologist, but oncology) and that rung alarm bells (they didn't know my occupation). As what are they defining as "high" prescription? They could include anyone only 2D or higher as that "high" group... What if you're at the higher end of that "high", say 6 diopters PLUS? Then I doubt it would be 25% anymore... They were not clear on how the defined their "high" vs "low" risk groups and the data in medicine can EASILY be skewed in these ways, as I believe they were trying to do...
As a doctor, I agree all surgical procedures have risks... And it is on the individual for elective surgeries to assume that risk and responsibility, so long as they are TOLD UPFRONT that X and Y and D "Bad things" can happen...
@@sheldoncooper0 Yes I agree completely. A lot of people who have had complications like mine think that Lasik should be banned. I think as long as the patient is given accurate and unbiased information of the risks and how the risks for them may differ from those of the general population (i.e. dry eye, thin cornea, high degree of myopia) then it is OK as an elective procedure. I seem to have had the worst possible luck as I even brought up my concerns about dry eye and contact lens intolerance and I was actually reassured that they wouldn't be issues.
If I was going to be as generous as I possibly could to these people in my interpretation of why they do things this way. Perhaps they think that if they turn away patients these patients will not heed their warnings and just find another surgeon who is less scrupulous and is willing to perform the surgery on them. I'm sure some would do that, in fact I know some who have done that and now only have themselves to blame for their complications. But this is a terrible excuse and these doctors have no way of knowing if a patient would act in that manner. I know myself and I know if I had of been told that I had even the slightest elevated risk profile over that of the general population then I absolutely would not have consented to the surgery. I went in there expecting to get turned away and I mistook their 100% free consultation as real medical advice on what would be best for my unique situation.
Btw I wonder if you would know my girlfriend haha, she works in a radiation oncology lab at The Jewish.