Maxitrol Drops And Cataracts

[smurfchops]

After having a cataract op two weeks ago these drops still sting.  Is this normal?  Thanks all.

[Peter Pedant]

yes ( I think) - pred,poly, and neomycin dont strike me as particularly calming.

[smurfchops]

Thanks.  I will continue with them. 

[Peter Pedant]

yes they are important - for infection ( prevention)

[Gettingonabit]

Mine still stung sometimes too.  Make sure you give them a really good shake before using them. After two weeks you should be using your second bottle so these fresh ones may be different.

[smurfchops]

Thanks all.  Eye still not quite sharp either, is this normal?

[Gettingonabit]

Perfectly normal if it's only been two weeks. I was told to wait six weeks before I went to the opticians for new glasses.  The surgeon told me I should only need reading glasses. It's now five weeks since my op and the sight is really good. However it's not perfect so imagine I will still need distance glasses. 

I'm still waiting for the other cataract to be removed so it's quite possible the sight with both eyes will balance up and I  will not require distance glasses. Time will tell  .

I didn't realise that a lens was actually put into your eye, I thought it was literally just removing the cataract. You learn something new all the time.

[ladybirder]

I remember seeing and feeling one cataract being pulled off.  

[douglas9401]

The gaffer had this done after a detached retina, it's some miraculous surgery.

She's had no issues with the drops.

[bhg481]

Ladybirder - that's an interesting comment. I asked the surgeon if I could have the cataract for a souvenir when I had mine done and he said that they use a laser to disintegrate them nowadays, so it was not possible. I remember a friend having his done about 50 years ago and he said they peeled them off and they had to wait until they were ripe enough to do that. It seems like methods have changed.

[bhg481]

I should have made it clear that it's the whole lens that they disintegrate, not just the cataract. The lens is then replaced with a plastic of the focal length of your choice ie, reading or distance.

I should also have said that I had no problems at all with the drops. 

[ladybirder]

Bhg - That's interesting.  I had mine done in February 2022 at Spa Medica and I could definitely see the woman surgeon pulling it off. Perhaps she did more than I saw.  Didn't hurt, just uncomfortanle for a minute or two.  I had the other done a few weeks later by a male surgeon who told me he was going to whip it off quickly and he did.  Oh boy did it hurt I wanted to hurt him back.  Doing it quickly was the important thing to him.

It doesn't seem as if they were up to date after reading your post as it's only 2 years ago.  Did you know they can grow back again ... ?

[jno]

so glad I had mine done under a GA...

[ladybirder]

I can't remember if I had a choice to do that jno.

Was yours done by NHS?

[jno]

yes. They did them all day but they grouped the GA people together either first thing or last.

[ladybirder]

If I live long enough for them to grow again I will certainly make sure I have a GA.

Off to bed now nighty night:-)

[bhg481]

LB - how interesting; I also had mine done at SpaMedica (Wokingham clinic) and the surgeon there was who told me about the disintegration. I can see how a cataract can regrow if it's stripped off the original lens and I've heard of that before but I can't see how it can grow on plastic. As a further point of interest I was in the last waiting room for my second cataract to be done when the surgeon came in to take me in and apologised "The machine for removing the cataract has just broken down, so we can't do you today".

[ladybirder]

Good Morning bhg, bright and sunny here in Hove.

I had mine done at Spa Medica, Sayers Common, near Hassocks.  Beautiful place and staff so polite and helpful, well all except one. After reading your latest I have no idea if I have plastic in my eye or not. It's such a shock when they remove the first cataract and all of a sudden everything is so clear and bright.  To be honest I had no idea before I went for an eye test that I had cataracts. But no matter, I can see fine now.  Or I think I can but I'm going for another eye test shortly ... 

[bhg481]

Nice and sunny here in Reading but they've promised us rain later.

I wonder if the way they treat you depends on the state of your vision before the operation. I've had fairly strong lenses in my specs since I was about 10 (about 3.5 and 5.5 dioptre). When they checked me out before the operation they asked what lenses I would like fitting to replace my own lens and I opted for distant vision correction; during the operation I heard the surgeon ask the nurse to confirm they were fitting a 1 dioptre lens into the eye. Once I'd had both eyes done I could see perfectly without specs although I need them for close work.

[ladybirder]

Same as me bhg.  I can see long distance no problem. However when I drive I don't need specs until I need to read something on the dashboard so I was advised to go for Trifocals and that is what I did and all good.  I advised my daughter to do the same but she hated them.  She fell down some steps and hurt herself.  That was the end of her taking any advice from me, ever.  Ooops.

[ladybirder]

Forgot to ask you bhg, what were you going to do with your cataract if they had given it to you?  Put it in a glass on a shelf for all to see?