Cataract surgery tomorrow. Wish me luck!

[bif]

I'll admit, I'm really nervous about it. I'm going to request that they really dope me up.

[vapor2]

1. Husband just had it and actually has 20/20 vision now

You will be fine!

[elleng]

2. Good luck!

Should be no problems, as with mine twice.

[MLAA]

3. Best wishes for a quick recovery and great results!

[rzemanfl]

4. Piece of cake. I have had both eyes done.

The light show is interesting.

[rsdsharp]

15. Immediately after my right eye was done, everything was red for a few minutes.

After my left eye things were light green. Weird.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

52. Not remotely surprising.

Your eyes, especially if they have different and various things happening, can easily see different colors.

I experienced those color differences between my two surgeries.

[rzemanfl]

5. Get an audiobook.

Does this explain your lost sense OP? I wanted to say "common."

[gademocrat7]

6. Wishing you a speedy recovery, bif

[Wednesdays]

7. Had mine done 3 years ago. Piece of cake.

Except for having to put in eye drops and wearing an eye patch for a few days, it really was nothing.

And you're gonna love how much better you'll be seeing afterwards!

[debm55]

8. Best of luck to you on the cataract surgery. bif

[applegrove]

9. My dad had it. It was a breeze. Plus they gave you muffins and juice

after the operation. "Cocktails! Hors d'Oevres - how nice!"

[CrispyQ]

10. Good luck. Here's to you back painting in no time. -nt

[rsdsharp]

11. It's easy, and since my eyes don't dilate, there was a risk my irises could tear.

I wore glasses since I was nine. Now I don’t!

[Diamond_Dog]

12. I've had both eyes done. Two years ago.

As surgeries go, it’s really not bad at all! No pain, over with quick, and in a few days your vision will be so much better. Really the worst thing about it is remembering to do the eye drop regimen afterwards. Don’t sweat it!

[keithbvadu2]

13. My experiences with it. Parts 1,2,3... The anticipation is worse than the procedure.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10182030906#post19

[XanaDUer2]

14. Good luck!

[wendyb-NC]

16. You'll be in and out before you know it.

Getting me ready for the surgery, and the time in the recovery area, took 15 times as long as the surgery. Vital signs, Hospital gown, IV fluids and meds. You wake up fast. Then you go to recovery, the check vitals a couple of times, call your person who will drive you home, and take out the IV, and bye.

I got to the hospital at 7AM and Left at 9 AM. Best wishes.

[Srkdqltr]

17. You may be surprised at colors. After colors were brighter . Good luck.

[Wounded Bear]

18. Good luck! Mine went fairly well, with only minor discomfort...

and I hate anything to do with movement, etc around my face/eye area.

One of the best things I ever did, though. Went from lifetime glasses wearer to only needing readers now.

Everybody's case is unique, of course, but I hope it works out for you.

[Polly Hennessey]

19. Had it done in February for both eyes ten days apart.

You will be fine and, even better, happy. The world will become brighter and colors more vivid. Let us know and follow instructions. Put drops in eyes 👀, plus enjoy your new eyesight. I now have 20/20 vision.

[bif]

20. Thanks for the positive feedback everyone!

I'll let you know how it goes!

[AllaN01Bear]

21. cataract surgery

had mine removed during the covid era. went blind in one eye and was going blind in the other .
the dr was taking ppl with prexisting conditions only and my health care worker kept pressuring me to git r done .
i still am in awe of what i can see wo glasses . one of my goals was to be able to evacuate when the fire alarm went off
in my apartment complex and not grab glasses .

[Deuxcents]

22. You will be so happy to have this done. Be sure to use organic eye drops before and after

Your surgery..lots of eye drops. That advice served me well and hope for you, too

[yonder]

23. Should be a piece of cake.

For me, the biggest hassle was the eyedrops. You'll get very good at administering those.

Good luck and enjoy your new vision of clarity and colors.

[mitch96]

24. Which variety are you getting? Fixed? variable?..nt

[bif]

25. No idea

[yellowdogintexas]

36. Medicare will only approve a fixed lens If you want fancier it will cost you $$

I had mine done 2 yrs ago and it was easy and I have loved it. No longer need glasses for distance and just reading glasses for close work.

Mr YD just had his done and is doing fine.

[mitch96]

38. Every time I go to the eye doctor they say I have a cataract "growing".. I'm worried b/c I had corneal surgery

a long time ago.. Doc's say that's not a problem but I'm worried..
I don't want to end up blind... I don't have a good track record with doctors working on me so I avoid them.
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[yellowdogintexas]

51. It was about 11 years between the first mention from my eye doctor and my actual surgery

It was growing very slowly. As it was I could have put it off a bit longer, but I was starting to have problems with night vision.

[Lulu KC]

26. Best wishes!

Everyone I know who's had it says it wasn't hard and it was such an improvement to their quality of life.

[wryter2000]

27. I was really nervous

They sedated me. It wasn't hard, just kind of weird, if you don't mind me using the word. And the results were almost miraculous.

Wait 'til you see the colors. You wouldn't think cloudy vision would dim colors so much, but it does.

[BamaRefugee]

30. The eye with the new lens is going to be breathtaking. Then close your eyes and look at the world with the other eye and

Everything you previously thought was white, you now know like an aged ivory color. The doctor told me our eyes get an Amber cast over them as we age and when you get new lenses you get just brilliant sparkling colors.

And car headlights might bother you for a while but that'll wear off in a month or so

[BamaRefugee]

28. I went legally blind from posterior subcapsular cataracts in both eyes in 2007.

I had what were then brand spanking newly invented Crystal Lenses, which let your eye muscles flex them just like the real lenses before, so you don't have to wear glasses. You can see everything at all distances.
17 years later I just had my yearly diabetic eye checkup and I'm still 20/20 in both eyes. And this was with 17-year-old technology, I know that they are way far advanced past that nowadays.

Ironically, I was at that point shopping around for insurance because I just opened my own business and left the corporate world and I hadn't picked my insurance yet. So when it happened, lucky me, I had no insurance! But thank God being Scottish I save every penny I've ever made in my life and I could pay for my own surgeries, although that was a lot of money back in those days like probably $20,000 now.

But what price can you put on being blind? It was absolutely terrible. It was like my life was over in all respects, plus I lived on the third floor of a walk-up building and I had to take a dog out for three walks a day and I couldn't see hardly anything, the whole world looked like I was looking through a shades of Gray kaleidoscope made of broken glass.

There are Angels walking this Earth but don't look for wings, they're wearing scrubs!

You got this!

[Walleye]

29. Best of luck, I should get mine done in the near future

[Joinfortmill]

31. I had both eyes done. You'll be very happy

you did it. First time, I was shaking like a leaf, but it was a cake walk. Best of luck!

[Phentex]

32. Good luck!

Hope it all goes well.

[LoisB]

33. Hugs.

[KatyaR]

34. I'm going for my pre-exam in September.

I've been putting this off for years because of the out-of-pocket costs, but I'm at the point where I can't get to 20/20 with glasses and I can tell almost every day that my vision is quickly deteriorating. I work at a computer 40 hours a week and it's getting difficult. I've quit reading and doing my crochet, needlework, etc., because I just can't see that well.

I am really nervous about it, and I have no one to take me to and from surgery. My boss is helping me find someone who can drive me. At this point, I just wish it was over with.

Best wishes to you, let us know how you do! You can be my inspiration!!!

[wryter2000]

37. I was super lucky

We have several doctors who will do both eyes at once. And they have a thing they can put in your eyes so you don't need the drops. I got both things and woke up to near perfect vision. Although now I use over the counter reading glasses.

[LakeArenal]

35. Wednesday you will be so happy you did!💐

[WVlaserguy]

39. You will do great!

Had one eye done in February . It’s over before you know it. They put a bunch of drops in , then a twilight anesthesia . I woke up and my wife took me out for breakfast.

Very little aftereffects, had to wear ane eye shield to bed for a while. I rigged up a Covid mask and used the elastic to hold on that eye shield, which was easier than taping it on. I love the results!

Good luck, and be brave!

[ProfessorGAC]

40. Best Wishes

Hope it does for you what it did for a couple of my golf buddies.

[TlalocW]

41. Are you doing the surgery yourself?

If not, I'm going to wish your doctor luck.

Seriously, though. Good luck.

[electric_blue68]

42. Good luck! Best sucessful result, and recovery!

[Emile]

43. No reason to be nervous. I had my last eye done

in April. No problems whatsoever

[redstatebluegirl]

44. I had it a few years ago.

It is not that bad really.

[localroger]

45. It really is a miracle

To echo everyone else. Last year I got super fast-growing cataracts and went from 20/20 to legally blind between November and May. I made the decision to stop driving because I realized it was unsafe about 2 weeks before my (already scheduled) first eye procedure. As everyone has said, it's quick, easy, painless, and startling when you realize what an improvement it is. For most people it's instantaneous. My doctor told me "I'm inserting the new lens now..." a bit of a nudge as the insertion tool did its thing, the lens unfurled (they use a tiny hole and roll the lens up like a burrito, then it unrolls itself when released, how cool is that) and suddenly I was looking at a flourescent light fixture. In razor sharp focus. Within minutes they were wheeling me out and my wife was driving me home. And the best thing is my doctor assured me that it will never happen again. I now have bionic eyes with better vision than my natural lenses (even if I hadn't gotten the cataracts) and being made of spiffy modern plastic materials won't rot like the old ones. Now if only they could do the same thing for my liver...

[LuckyCharms]

46. Good luck, bif. You'll do great!

[Clouds Passing]

47. Heal speedy and fully. Good luck 🍀

.

[ailsagirl]

48. I've been told by those who had the surgery that it's no big deal

You'll be fine

[dai13sy]

49. Good luck to you.

It never hurts to tell someone on your medical team how you're feeling. I'll be thinking good thoughts for you

[Solly Mack]

50. All the best!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

53. When I was in first grade i could not read the blackboard,

even though I was short and sat in the first row. I was already that nearsighted.

Got glasses the next year. Wore glasses, getting newer and stronger ones each and every year until I got contacts at age 16. Something about the contacts being directly on the eye stopped my vision deterioration on the spot.

Before I was 50, my eye doctor told me I had the beginnings of cataracts. Darn. Then, suddenly, around age 61, maybe 62, I needed cataract surgery. I was young enough that I thought perhaps I should postpone it a few more years so that Medicare could pay for it. But an 80 year old friend said, "Oh, no, Poindexter. Trust me. I've had cataract surgery, get it done right away. She was right. I had it done, first one eye, they the other. OMFG! I can now read small signs on distant hills. My vision is amazing. Yes, I need reading glasses, not a problem.

My younger sister had cataract surgery recently and chose to have lenses implanted that gave her good close vision. She needs glasses to drive her car. The opposite of me. I drive fine, need glasses for close vision. I love it that we could chose a different result.