Very different but made me think of a recent personal story.

My father-in-law had an eye accident when he was young, and the doctor at the time said "unfortunately I don't recommend you try surgery, there's a really high risk you go blind".

Fast forward to today, and 40 years later such doctor called him and said "hey, turns out we could do a cornea transplant and surgery today and you have really high chances of success!"

He then went to do the surgery and now has restored his vision fully. He said the surgery was very "robotic" as in there's this super high precision device that does incredible work.

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igleria 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think the most impressive thing is the doctor still being around after 40 years of profession!

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tartoran 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think OP is mentioning the same doctor 40 years later. They mention "such" doctor:

"ast forward to today, and 40 years later such doctor called him and said"

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hmokiguess 2 hours ago | parent [-]

no, it was in fact the same doctor, he is really old now, that said it wasn't the same one who ended up performing the surgery

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0xdeadbeefbabe 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Even if he didn't do the surgery, he has a superior context window.

	▲	malfist 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Must have survived a lot of compactions

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hmokiguess 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

yeah our family was actually quite happy he called in to follow up, I thought that was the most beautiful thing

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BiscuitEater546 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hmmm...