I was awake throughout both ops on my eyes, I had no option for a general anaesthetic. If I remember correctly my head was held in some sort of frame so that I couldn't move it then anaesthetic drops were put in the eye followed a little later by an injection (which I couldn't feel) and thereafter I couldn't move the eye. My face was covered by a sheet with a cut-out over the eye to be operated on and the eyelids were held back by some sort of very small clamp. Prior to the operation I could see the very bright light above me but once it started all became blurred and obviously the other eye was covered by the sheet. I felt no pain nor did anything happen that was in anyway frightening. I thought that the ultra-sound noise seemed like that of a snake-charmer's instrument and said so to the surgeon and he laughed, on reflection it probably wasn't a good idea to make the him laugh while operating. :7

I would think that Shelly would find it very interesting and I'm glad that it's all gone well.