Cataracts and other visual concerns!

[ArlyA]

I picked up 4 bottles of eye drops today. Gee whiz its getting closer.

 

[ArlyA]

Da drops. Pre surgery and post.

 

[dfkrug]

1 week post-op now.

Eye feels pretty normal. For others who are considering this procedure, the first day post-op was a bit uncomfortable, but not as bad as when you get something in your eye. Eyedrops 4x/day (times 3) is a bother, but only the Prednisolone burns a bit.

Waiting a month for the lens to stabilize requires a long wait before I can get new prescription for my clear and tinted glasses. So I can not experience the full benefit of my nice new lens until then.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Yesterday was my 6-month follow-up with a complete exam. Future exams will be annually. The right eye is 20/20 from 20 inches to infinity. The left eye is 20/25 from 10 to 16 inches as it was before cataract surgery. I did order a basic pair of glasses so I am 20/20 at distance should my right eye need patching for any reason, etc.

I should have had the cataract surgery several years earlier I now understand in hindsight.

 

[QRTRHRS]

When I had both of my eyes done, I opted to see distance after wearing glasses since 5th grade. I paid what Medicare did not to have progressive safety lenses put into my frames. Clear on top, reading lenses on the bottom. Good for reading or working when I need eye protection.

Back before my cataract surgery when I was working in quality control, my supervisor used to tell people that I could find fly dung in a bottle of pepper. One thing that I miss about those days is if I get some kind of foreign object in an eye, I cannot see it. All that I can do is to try to flush it out.

 

[ArlyA]

My 1st eye surgery is Monday so drops in it have started today.

 

[dfkrug]

My 1st eye surgery is Monday so drops in it have started today.

Interesting prep variation doc-to-doc and region-to-region.

No drops prescribed in advance for me, here, at Kaiser Santa Clara, CA. They do ask that you wash your eyelids with baby shampoo.

Wonder what they require in other countries....

Good luck.

 

[IXLR8]

My wifes eye drops started 24 hrs before surgery and she has another 3 weeks of them. Eyes were done 2 weeks apart. After 2 weeks since her cataract surgery, she still reaches for her glasses every morning, glasses that she no longer needs.

 

[ArlyA]

I got a couple bottles of prednisolone for post surgery which I assume is for both eyes.

 

[Norm W]

"Old timers" will catch up with many of us. In my case it was Fuchs dystrophy. The cells on the inside of the cornea are supposed to keep the water content of the cornea in check. You are supposed to have a life time supply of these "Sucker" cells.. I evidentially died about 30 years ago. You wake up and it looks as though you are looking through a rain splattered windshield. The cells in the cornea have swollen up with water. A high salt eye drop, will help for a while, but not for long. I opted for a DESEK, at least that is I think how it's spelled. The endothelial cells of a donor cornea are sliced from the back of the donor cornea and rolled up like a taco. They are then inserted, after removing the dead "Sucker" cells, through an incision against the inside of your cornea. You spend the next 24 hours flat on your back with an air bubble holding the graft in place. Because the anti rejection medication causes cataracts you receive plastic lenses at the same time. I had both eyes done about ten years ago. I should have had it done sooner and probably would have, if I had known how much the improvement would be.