One more question about catarac surgery

Lindsays Grandma · ‎03-10-2010

I know that recently there were discussions about the surgery and I am having both eyes operated on. The first will be done on July 8th and I would like to know if there is any pain when they inject the numbing solution. The doctor said I will have an IV put in my arm with sedation...fine with me, I want to be relaxed because laying flat on my bad back is going to be very uncomfortable and painful. Thanks to all in advance.

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sophiamarie · ‎08-08-2013

A little Dilaudid in the IV couldn't hurt.....

Shorty2U · ‎03-09-2010

I cant speak for your surgeon but my surgeon did not inject numbing meds into my eye with a needle. I laid down and they covered all of me up with that blue paper like cover they use in OR's. All that was sticking out was which ever eye he was working on. Then he (or his assistant) poured liquid wash in my eye that numbed them. I didn't feel a thing and it was over in no time. I had an IV in my arm, but was just very calm and I was aware of what was going on and just saw a light, no pain.

To me the worst part (as in annoying) of getting my eyes done was all the drops I had to use on my eyes for weeks. lol. (I am just now finishing the last of my drops on my left eye this week).

Good luck to you and I know you will be fine as people said to me on here before I had my eyes done.

Oh lastly I still need glasses (just got them 2 days ago) to read and due to astigmatism. But I can tell you that I see better far away then I have in YEARS! Keep us posted on how you do.

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LaterGator · ‎03-09-2010

I had the shot in my eye but I didn't feel it because I was out for about 2 minutes. They put the diprivan in my IV, just enough for me to be out for a couple minutes. I had no ill effects from it. Had they not told me about the injection, I would have said I never had it like Shorty.

Ask your doctor to explain it to you. I had one eye done one week and the next week, I had the other one done.

I, too, hated all the drops afterward. It seems like it went on forever.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

They spray the numbing fluid into your eyes. They did this several times before taking me into the room where they did the surgery, guess I could say OR. You ain't gonna be on your back that long. I too have that issue when I have to lie flat for any length of time.

That is why I haven't slept in a bed for about 25 years now. The longest time I've spent in a bed during those years was when I was in ICU for 8 days with my 1st heart attack which included Aspiration Pneumonia. All my many other hospital visits/stays of up to 23 days, I always slept in a lounge chair and used my bed like my desk to do my paperwork.

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Lindsays Grandma · ‎03-10-2010

Thanks to all of you. I did ask the surgeon when I was there Wednesday how they numb the eye and he pointed to the side of his eye and said ""we inject it right here"". I wasn't thrilled at the thought but since I have one more appointment before the surgery I will ask him to be more specific.

John... Your description of how you have been sleeping for years is very interesting but if it works for you that is all that matters.

The moving finger writes; And having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line Nor all your Tears Wash out a Word of it. Omar Khayam

sophiamarie · ‎08-08-2013

Hospital beds have all kinds of settings, so why would anyone need to substitute a lounge chair??? ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

To answer your question, no, there's no pain at all at any point in the procedure. Relax, it won't hurt a bit and will be over very fast.

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sophiamarie · ‎08-08-2013

On 6/27/2014 hckynut said:
They spray the numbing fluid into your eyes. They did this several times before taking me into the room where they did the surgery, guess I could say OR. You ain't gonna be on your back that long. I too have that issue when I have to lie flat for any length of time.

That is why I haven't slept in a bed for about 25 years now. The longest time I've spent in a bed during those years was when I was in ICU for 8 days with my 1st heart attack which included Aspiration Pneumonia. All my many other hospital visits/stays of up to 23 days, I always slept in a lounge chair and used my bed like my desk to do my paperwork.

John: Can you explain please, how, if you use your bed a a desk, then you are sitting straight up in a lounge chair, how a lounge chair substitutes for a bed??? I asked this question last night I think, but you never answered. I am sure you saw it.

With all the settings on a hospital bed that could simulate a lounge chair, why would you not sleep in a hospital bed?? How can your doctors examine you in a lounge chair? How are you hooked up to IV's??? Do all your rooms have lounge chairs???