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Having a cataract done tomorrow morning......anyone have any experiences to share?
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Based on friends & relatives (rather than personal experience) but I'd say :
1. Don't worry - the procedure doesn't hurt & is quickly done
2. Make sure you have read/understood all the post-op instructions - and be really scrupulous about doing them - it's easier with a helper, but perfectly possible flying solo.
3. Don't expect instant miracle vision - seems to take a little while for most people to get the full benefit
4. Ring the helpline number you will have been given if you are even the least bit concerned/unsure about anything - they are there to help & happy to answer any questions
oh ... and did I say ... don't worry
dave
1. Don't worry - the procedure doesn't hurt & is quickly done
2. Make sure you have read/understood all the post-op instructions - and be really scrupulous about doing them - it's easier with a helper, but perfectly possible flying solo.
3. Don't expect instant miracle vision - seems to take a little while for most people to get the full benefit
4. Ring the helpline number you will have been given if you are even the least bit concerned/unsure about anything - they are there to help & happy to answer any questions
oh ... and did I say ... don't worry
dave
The difference as Sonyme and I can reasssure you the op its self was not frightening I had both mine done fairly early mid 50s and 14 years on the effects are great - recovery time fairly quick although I did have an allegic reaction to some drops that they gave me apart from that good luck and 'look' forward to a brighter future
My Alzheimers mother has had both done - the last time was "hell" as she took it upon herself to behave like a six year old as to the "lack of food" - I would have been really pizzed off if I had heard somebody ranting on about a bloody pastie every five minutes. My Millie (m-i-l) had both done too.....
The worse is (i) the enforced diet (ii) the wait - hospitals are like the Army - wait and more wait.
It's useful to have someone to do your eye drop - 4x a day plus any glaucoma drops etc - and avoid bending down for the first 48 hours. Sometimes you may feel a bit of discomfort in the eye, bang a drop in first and see if that does the trick before calling the help line....the eye can occasionally become dry and fee like it has something in it.
Otherwise a doddle.
The Mater calmed down when a young person next door in head and thorax died (where the procedure was) - while having an internal x ray - a heart attack. Even though he was in the best place to have one, they couldn't save him. That had her quitened down and she accepted an hours delay with reasonable grace, the priority being someone else and not her nibs.
The worse is (i) the enforced diet (ii) the wait - hospitals are like the Army - wait and more wait.
It's useful to have someone to do your eye drop - 4x a day plus any glaucoma drops etc - and avoid bending down for the first 48 hours. Sometimes you may feel a bit of discomfort in the eye, bang a drop in first and see if that does the trick before calling the help line....the eye can occasionally become dry and fee like it has something in it.
Otherwise a doddle.
The Mater calmed down when a young person next door in head and thorax died (where the procedure was) - while having an internal x ray - a heart attack. Even though he was in the best place to have one, they couldn't save him. That had her quitened down and she accepted an hours delay with reasonable grace, the priority being someone else and not her nibs.
Lastly, they may give you a sedative or a mild anaesthetic if your eye continues to think it is on "Strictly" - my mother was under for about ten minutes, so even that is nothing. As to someone picking you up (necessary as your eye is patched until the next morning), the whole procedure from entry to exit is about 4 hours.
I had one done two weeks ago and the other six weeks before that. The improvement is incredible and almost immediate. Colours are now vivid again.
Before the first procedure I was under the legal driving requirement but was driving the next day with greatly improved vision. Now the second eye has been done my eyesight is very good again. I will need glasses for reading because they usually fit fixed focus lenses in for distance.
The procedure was painless and took about 12 minutes. I had to wear an eye patch in bed for three weeks to guard against rubbing and put antibiotic eye drops in four times a day for that time.
A truly wonderful medical advancement.
Good luck.
D
Before the first procedure I was under the legal driving requirement but was driving the next day with greatly improved vision. Now the second eye has been done my eyesight is very good again. I will need glasses for reading because they usually fit fixed focus lenses in for distance.
The procedure was painless and took about 12 minutes. I had to wear an eye patch in bed for three weeks to guard against rubbing and put antibiotic eye drops in four times a day for that time.
A truly wonderful medical advancement.
Good luck.
D
I had one eye done about 7 years ago and it was fine, it doesn't hurt, and they usually give you a sedative if wanted - as others have said on here, I couldn't believe how bright the colours were! Make sure you do the drops religously, and don't rub the eye - on the second day after the op. my eye felt a bit gritty, and it was murder trying not to rub it. My other eye has a cataract too, but developing very slowly, but will have to come out one day. But fotunately the op is so easy that I'm not worried, and I'm the world's biggest coward! Good luck in any case.
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