Cataract Surgery Later Today

[+ Gar1eth]

On my right eye. I'm minorly apprehensive. But I'm sure everything will go well.

I haven't asked my doctor yet.-I will- how long I'll have to refrain from sex. I hope this doesn't end up 'screwing' (see what I did there 😝)  with my busy social calendar. (I'm obviously joking. I think the last time I had 'relations' was two weeks ago.)

Please send healing vibes. 
 

[+ JamesB]

Wishing you a smooth and successful cataract surgery today! You will be seeing the world in high definition very soon, just don’t be too shocked when you realize how dusty everything really is!

[wsc]

It's the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the country. I know that's of little comfort if you're about to have it for the first time, but there's really very little to worry about. I've had it done on both eyes -about two years apart- and the only issue I had was a little scratchiness from the second surgery which went away when I saw the surgeon the next morning for a 24-hour follow-up. After that, no issues at all.

Except for ... the eye drops! I hate doing eye drops. Before the procedure, they put about seven to ten sets of three to five drops of various things in the eye to be worked on - thought they'd never stop! After the surgery, you have to use drops in the affected eye for an extended time (maybe 30 days? - don't really remember.) But the doses are tapered during the treatment period so you use fewer and fewer drops as the course goes on. A minor inconvenience.

Oh, you might experience "specks" floating in the eye's aqueous fluid; looks like gnats zipping around you. I went to lunch at a white tablecloth place a few days after one of my surgeries and kept trying to swat things away from my food. Went away after a week or so.

Best of luck to you. I'm sure you'll be fine.

 

[+ Gar1eth]

Thank y'all for all the good wishes. I think it's gone well. In fact---

 

My (almost) brother-in-law described it like going from Kansas to Oz, but I haven't noticed that yet. I'll just be happy to be able to see the road and street signs at night-not too mention closed captioning on the TV. Right now my eye is watery. And I can't rub it. So I don't actually  know what the vision there is actually like. 
 

My brother and mother took me to the surgery place. We were probably there an hour or less. We went to lunch afterward. But on the way back to my Mom's I started getting a sick headache. And I went to sleep for about 4 hours. I seem ok now. 
 

1st follow up is tomorrow (Wednesday). Wish me luck. 

Edited Wednesday at 06:47 PM by Gar1eth

[+ Gar1eth]

Update Time!!

 

It's post-op day #2. I had a good report from the doctor yesterday. They had me see an optometrist rather than the ophthalmologist yesterday. They hadn't told me they did that. 
 

My eyes still feel a bit irritated and blurry. I'm not sure how much of the blurriness is due to surgery and how much from the drops as I'm not supposed to rub the drops out my eyes. Right now I take one drop of Ketorolac (an NSAID) once a day. One drop of a steroid three times a day. And one drop of an antibiotic 4 times a day. An acquaintance of mine had all his drops mixed together. I wish mine were that way. 
 

I was wondering about sex. Googling the question said something about two weeks. I asked the optometrist about it. She seemed to think it was ok now.
 

But on another question about general  activity she said I shouldn't have my head upside down. So I guess I won't be able to have sex for another month or two after all. 😜😜😜

My almost brother-in-law said after his surgery -it was like going from Kansas to the Land Of Oz. Maybe his cataracts were thicker. I was mainly having trouble seeing words, as well as trouble focusing on things near and far. I hadn't noticed any change in color intensity. Of course if it happened gradually you wouldn't. But I don't notice much difference in color intensity  now. 
 

@wsc and @JamesB, and any others who want to chime in-did y'all notice any significant changes in your perception of color?

[+ Gar1eth]

Oh and I can read closed captioning much more easily now. 
 

But they had to put a (long distance) monofocal lens in because there's something abnormal about my retina. The doctor said a I needed as much light as possible hitting my retina, and a multifocal lens wouldn't work as well. So now I can't read up close with my right eye. I'm supposed to try to get some non prescription readers. But I'll  need to take out the lens on the left side until I have that eye done. Or get a monocle until then. 
 

 

Who knew I'd need a tuxedo too?

 

Edited yesterday at 03:14 AM by Gar1eth

[+ Gar1eth]

Well my almost brother-in-law had the right idea after all. While the world may not be Wizard of Oz bright, things  definitely appear brighter  than before. I didn't  notice until I compared the vision between my uncorrected eye and my "surgerized" one. Looking at my HD-TV, the whites seem to have a blue halo  around them. It's very cool. And again while there is a mild blur, the TV picture is much clearer than what I see in the uncorrected eye even with my glasses on. 
 

The eye shield I have to wear while sleeping to prevent me from rubbing the eye while I'm asleep is the pits though. 

Edited yesterday at 06:16 AM by Gar1eth

[+ JamesB]

14 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

@wsc and @JamesB, and any others who want to chime in-did y'all notice any significant changes in your perception of color?

 

I haven’t had this procedure myself, I was just wishing you the best on yours.

[BuffaloKyle]

21 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

I was wondering about sex. Googling the question said something about two weeks. I asked the optometrist about it. She seemed to think it was ok now.

No facials for awhile though! 🥰

[+ Gar1eth]

21 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

I was wondering about sex. Googling the question said something about two weeks. I asked the optometrist about it. She seemed to think it was ok now.
 

 

3 minutes ago, BuffaloKyle said:

No facials for awhile though! 🥰

I don't do "either type" of facials so I'm good. 
 

I should probably clarify about the sex. The optometrist said it should be ok. But then she said I shouldn't stand on my head for one, maybe two months. So I guess that means no sex after all. 😢😢

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