Cataract surgery - Page 4

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

Thank you for all the good wishes!

One eye is done. Even 18 hours later, my eye is still dilated. It went well and I won't be nervous the when the next one is done in two weeks. The hardest part is that I need glasses (strong script) for one eye and readers for the other. But I could see the time on the clock out of my one eye without my glasses this morning.

Funny thing.

Anesthesiologist; You'll be awake through the procedure. You'll see the light.

Me: No, I don't want to see the light.

Anesthesiologist: face palm/laugh

chlema · ‎05-22-2010

@CalminHeart Glad all went well. I had mine done 2 years ago and what a smart thing for me to do lol. What amazed me the most, other than not having to wear glasses all the time, was the change in colors but it was colors that surprised me the most. My favorite sweater which I had thought was a nice beige turned out to be a not nice shade of purple lol and my grass was green too!

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

Just do not cough or sneeze when they are cutting your eye.

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

you can't ,your paralyzed, you might be able to hear, but, your not able to cough or sneeze. I think I blinked because I heard the Dr. say to the anesthetic man oops she blinked and the gas man "said 96% is good"

LOL

violann · ‎03-10-2010

I will tell you, @CalminHeart , that my cataract surgery was SO EASY, that a couple years later I undertook a much more serious eye surgery that corrected a crossed eye that I'd coped with SINCE BIRTH, and I was NO SPRING CHICKEN when the process was finally completed.

Since you have already had one eye done, you will have much less concern about the second.

I wonder if any of you have been told that although you have cataracts, they are not "ripe" enough to have removed yet. According to my eye surgeon, that's "who shot John" (courtesy Judge Judy).

Cataract surgery doesn't have to "wait", and I'm darned glad I got mine done when I was YOUNGER than waiting. Between THAT surgery and the correction of my crossed eye, I've been wearing dime store readers ONLY for the last almost seven years, with NO change in magnification. My triple prism custom made glasses pre-surgery cost me over $700 dollars per pair OUT OF POCKET before surgery, and provided less than ideal correction.

One other point- the surgeon who corrected my crossed eye had to go through paperwork to certify and attest to the fact that the work she was doing for me was NOT for COSMETIC PURPOSES. What a JOKE, but believe it or not, some people are SO VAIN that if they have a crossed eye they choose to mess with their precious vision BECAUSE IT LOOKS BAD. If you've ever endured constant double vision, you'd know that vanity is NO reason for going under the knife!

Best of luck to all of you who are facing this decision. Choose the best eye surgeon you can find, ask as many questions as you need to, then decide!

50Mickey · ‎05-21-2010

I am having my left eye done Tuesday and right eye in April. My husband had his cataract surgery last month and he said it was a piece of cake. He has worn glasses and contacts since he was a child and he is 67. He has 20/20 vision now. Of course I am nervous. Just want it over with. Just another "joy" of aging.

PilatesLover · ‎08-20-2014

Why can't they just give us twilight sleep? I'm going to be in the OR with someone working on my eye, I want twilight sleep like when I had nodules removed from my hand, and my gum surgery, and my colonoscopy. I'm afraid I'll be twitching my eye, trying to blink, and jerking away from him. I'm a high anxiety person. It would make it easier for THEM not just me.

Mine is next week. Thank you for writing about your experiences.

50Mickey · ‎05-21-2010

You have to be awake to follow the commands so to speak. They give you anesthesia to relax you. From what I understand it is like twilight sleep. My husband said he felt nothing and it takes only about 10 minutes. He remembers some of what took place but not all of it. They put clamps on your eye lids to keep you from blinking. Most people are in and out in slightly under an hour for the entire pre op, the surgery and the check by the Dr. after the surgery is over. Try to relax. I haven't talked with one person sho had any problems at all.

FrostyBabe1 · ‎05-09-2016

I had cataract surgery without any type of anesthesia or sedative. None. It was my choice. It’s a roughly 10 minute procedure and I felt it would be completely unnecessary. I had to fight with the pre-op nurse to keep them from starting an IV. She kept insisting that it was required to deliver whatever kind of sedative I wasn’t having. My sister finally stood right in front of her and said “you’re not listening, she’s not having drugs and if you check her chart you likely see that there are none ordered”. I also had to fight the hospital to remove the charge for the anesthesiologist who was never there because I didn’t have any drugs. It was a giant PITA.

~The more someone needs to brag about how wonderful, special, successful, wealthy or important they are, the greater the likelihood that it isn't true. ~

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

@PilatesLover wrote:
Why can't they just give us twilight sleep? I'm going to be in the OR with someone working on my eye, I want twilight sleep like when I had nodules removed from my hand, and my gum surgery, and my colonoscopy. I'm afraid I'll be twitching my eye, trying to blink, and jerking away from him. I'm a high anxiety person. It would make it easier for THEM not just me.

Mine is next week. Thank you for writing about your experiences.

You won't do any of those things. I am a high anxiety person too. I was so stressed beforehand and am now looking forward to the second eye being done. The surgery lasted about 6 minutes. No pain. It was easy, quick, and I was totally relaxed with the IV medication.