Cataract surgery question about bending - Page 3

sophiamarie · ‎08-08-2013

I had both eyes done two weeks apart. Never given any instructions. I was given "Versed" and didn't see or hear anything except "let's go" and "all finished"...... It was great. I awoke with a gauze square taped over my eye and the doctor told me to remove it at dinnertime because I have "deep set" eyes (whatever that meant).... Then he told me to come back the next day for follow-up......

The only thing I remember was after i removed the patch in the evening, I was watching TV and I noticed there was another TV on top of the one I was watching. I looked around the room and everything was double. It scared the ****** out of me. I ran in to my husband and told him I was having vision problems. He explained that it was the drops they use and if I had kept the patch on til the next day, I never would have had that experience. I scolded the doctor the next day and he apologized and said he thought the nurse would have told me about that.

Otherwise, no restrictions, no nothing. I have "distant lenses" in both my eyes and wear readers. it's incredible how they can change your vision entirely. As someone else said, I also remember visiting my mom in the hospital because I think it was a day or two as an inpatient back in the day.

Sorry this took so long but I read so many horror stories about cataract surgery and there really is nothing to it. At least for most of us.....Actually, I could have driven home but of course, that isn't allowed. The only inconvenience is the drops - but's that's important and not a big deal........

Mistic · ‎12-08-2010

Can someone answer a question for me who has had the surgery?

Both of my eyes are ready, or as the eye Dr. says "Ripe."

I know that only one eye is done at a time. It doesn't take much for me to get horrible Vertigo. So, I am scared to get them done.

I can't ride in a car. I have to be the driver. Can't watch a lot of TV programs where there is excessive movement, etc... Even windshield wipers can set me off.

How in the world will I be able to get this done. A patch on one eye. What do you do if you wear glasses to see? When the patch comes off isn't your vision in the "fixed" eye blurry?

UGH! I so dread the unknown.

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FrostyBabe1 · ‎05-09-2016

@Mistic wrote:
Can someone answer a question for me who has had the surgery?

Both of my eyes are ready, or as the eye Dr. says "Ripe."

I know that only one eye is done at a time. It doesn't take much for me to get horrible Vertigo. So, I am scared to get them done.

I can't ride in a car. I have to be the driver. Can't watch a lot of TV programs where there is excessive movement, etc... Even windshield wipers can set me off.

How in the world will I be able to get this done. A patch on one eye. What do you do if you wear glasses to see? When the patch comes off isn't your vision in the "fixed" eye blurry?

UGH! I so dread the unknown.

I can't speak to your vertigo - that's a conversation best had with your physician. However; when I took the eye patch of after I got home from surgery, my vision was just a tiny bit blurry from an antibiotic gel that they put in the eye. That went away over the next hour or so, and then my vision was clear as can be. It was absolutely fantastic!

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