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[cody2]

I have white coat fear as bad as any kid. I am not proud of that! Both of my cataract surgeries were painless and easy with good results. I had a light sedative before the process. You will do great. It is miraculous what they can do with eye surgeries now. Come back and share your experience after it has been completed. ETA...the worst part for me was trying to keep track of those dang eyedrops!

[JoyFilled Warrior]

Another former Cataract Surgery patient mentioned something about not lifting more than 5 lbs?  Not sure for how long. If this is true, I'll have to make plans, ex

My "Sweetie" kitty is an "abundant" 20 lbs, let alone the bag of Cat Food, & her box of Fresh New Litter.

Any one heard abt this?

[Shelbelle]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

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@Shelbelle wrote:

The hospital where I went provides the drops for free but it is 3 bottles, which I felt could become complicated, so I opted for one and done compounded drops sent in the mail to me from a pharmacy in Montana, $40 each time and well worth it. 

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@Shelbelle 

THAT would have been a great option ....  I had a legal pad to record what time I put in which of the 3 drops over several days ... it was a bit of a PITA.  

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It was great, my eye doc told me there are 2 pharmacies in the country that compound eye drops, one in Miami, other in Montana, they sent me the bottle in the mail and charged me 40 each time, worth every penny.  I knew using 3 bottles over a months time would drive me totally crazy. 

[Carmie]

@JoyFilled Warrior   I was told no heavy lifting and no swimming or hot tub for a week.

[AZfem]

Have had both eyes done. The first went well. They had me come in the next day, took the bandages off & I could see!

With the second eye, after removing bandages, i was completely blind!  They thought the retina may have detached so was rushed to a retina dr.  Retina dr. determined there was bleeding in the eye & that's what the "cloud" was obstructing my vision. We watched the eye a couple weeks & the cloud came & went. Retina dr.was preparing to do surgery but it started clearing up on its own & eventually went away. Took over a month to clear up. 

Don't want to scare you but people need to be aware there can be problems & its not always simple. 

[Dragonflyveb]

Hi, 

I just finished my eye drops from my cataract surgery yesterday.

I am just amazed at how much whiter everything is now. I kept thinking the sky was overcast but it was really bright blue! 

I had both eyes done one week apart. I also had my vision and astigmatism corrected as long as I was there. They gave me some meds under the tongue to relax and inserted an IV. Got taken to surgery suite, and it was a real light show when the surgeon removed the lens. (Perfectly normal to happen). Then I got wheeled into a diffent room and that's when I was out with Versed for the vision correction.

Woke up, drank something, and was wheeled out. The first day or two, my vision was kinda blurry, but that cleared up quickly. No pain whatsoever. Everybody is different, but they told me fuzzy vision is normal the first day or so.

The hardest part for me was doing without my contacts before the surgery, then wearing glasses with only one lens after the first surgery.

The surgery center gave me a paper with boxes to check each day for doing the drops. One week for 3 drops, then 3 weeks for 2 drops. They gave me the drops, just one bottle per eye.

My vision is now 20/20 for the first time in probably 65 years! Best thing I ever did, and I was terrified I wouldn't be able to see. But the surgery is so common and has a huge success rate.

Best of luck on your surgery. Just do what the eye surgeon tells you to do and you should be fine!  It's a whole new world!

dragonfly

[spumoni99]

@JoyFilled Warrior My husband just had both eyes done at the same time, about 6 weeks ago.  He had no issues and could see okay right away.  He was also told not to lift over 10 pounds for a week, I had to remind him not to pick up our grandson when he was over.

[Shelbelle]

Very unusual to have both done at same time, I have not heard of that before. 

[turtle52]

DH and I each have small cataracts in both eyes. We are both 71. We are not ready for surgery yet and we are both terrified. My question is: did you have laser surgery or the traditional knife surgery?  No one has discussed this yet. Thanks for your replies. 

[KLm]

Thank you to all who have posted for the information. I have growing cataracts that will eventually require surgery I guess. But I had RK 30 some years ago and am concerned about the procedure because of it. I have not discussed with doctor but I will.