Cataract operations

Silly me.

 

Dont worry, its often difficult to tell.

 

@john558 it's very straight forward. A lot of people feel that it was easy to have it done. My mother in law had it and she was fine.

 

No one likes the idea of getting something in their eye. I had both eyes done on September and the operations were efficient. It takes longer to sit there and wait for the eye drops to dilate your eyes to kick in, than the operation.

I was pretty sore for a few hours after. But a tylenol and keeping out of the sunlight was all it took to get past it.

Just make sure you always wear sunglasses on a bright day and take your drops. And then you'll be amazed by the clear sight you have

 

Many thanks for that Canadian Lori; us men as such wimps.

 

Here's what the routine was for me
Go to hospital 2 hours before scheduled surgery and take the prescribed drops with me- and there was one to take the night before..
The staff sit you on a semi-gurney sorta like a gurney that is half recliner. They put some of your drops in your eyes
Then they put an iv in your arm so the anaesthesist can supply what you need, when needed
Then they put another drop in your eye, wait 5 minutes and then one of their own drops that dilate your eye. They tape you eye shut to help the dilation happen.
After what seems an eternity, they come and get you and wheel you to the operating room.
Now you're fully reclined.
The anaesthesist does her thing and you barely feel a prick in your eye.
When I had the right one done, it looked like three bright white moons glaring at me when they took out the old lens and put in the new one but for some reason when I had the left one done a week later, it looked more like a colourful kaleidoscope. Makes one wonder if that's a part of how the brain functions? Then when they're done, they put a patch on your eye.
They wheel you back to the room with all the other people waiting their turn.
They offer a juice drink since you've had nothing since the night before and then remove the iv and within minutes, release you to the person who came to pick you up or who sat in the waiting area throughout your procedure.
About a 3 hour visit altogether.

The next week, same thing for my left and I took my new prescriptions along. You can't use the same one for both eyes in case of infection. You wear the eye patch at night for at least a week - just so you don't rub your eye in your sleep.

As I say, I felt quite a bit of pain in my eyes shortly after - sorta like when you've got the bright sun in your eye and can't stop it. A version of Iritis. But a Tylenol and some shut eye/nap got rid of that.

You will be really pleased with the difference in your sight. For the first time since I was a child, I could read my bedside clock without picking it up and practically balancing it on my nose!

I was champing at the bit to get mine done. I knew I had the cataracts starting so as soon as I turned 65, I went for as many free exams as I could so as to push along my case to get into the cue for the eye guy.

Sometimes you'll get the effect of flashing/strobing lights but that is rare and for me that usually only happens when I'm in a shop that has far to much bright fluorescent lighting.

I hope we'll hear great news from you next Tuesday.

 

Must helpful thank you so much........I'll be next Tuesday I hope.