Cataracts

Thanks. Think my concern is with having such clarity immediately i got out of chair from day op that i am worried it wont improve to that level again now blurring gone.

I agree with you Agnes I did not realise the problems people have had with cataract operations , my operation in November was not straight forward I had a bleed during my operation which caused severe cloudy vision for three weeks my sight is now very good however my eye still irritates me at times it feels gritty and sore , I am due to have my other eye done but my confidence had been shaken ,

well, as the others can explain in alot more detail, they cannot do that  , there are just too many variables. things they could not replicate for you in the office. in my opinion, the most important being one's own brains reaction to them.    i kinda just fell into the surgery, i know that sounds stupid, not reading about it until after it was over and done with. thank god that it happened that way. i would never have been able to make a decent choice with my ocd.  but god took care of me. i love my new vision never having dreamt that i could see this good.    the night r my first surgery, i walked and walked around my neighborhood with my hand covering my bad unoperated on eye.  finally a neighbor stopped and asked what i was doing...seeing is all i could say.   

Of course its an imossibility but no harm in wishing..lol. I could see well as soon as i got up from operation chait. By tine i got home the clarity and distance was no longer there. ..and im still hoping it will come back. Nurse said it would go blurry ..but dont understand why that level of clarity and distance has not yet returned. My surgeon is on holiday for two weeks now.

Yes..but no harm in dreaming. Just have no return of the clarity and distance i initially noted on getting up from operating chair. Will it ever return?

no there's no harm in dreaming.....kinda keeps you sane lol...ive  been thinking about it though.....how could the nurse know your eyesight would be worse.......in my case, my first eye was like you right up from the chair eyesight clear , amazingly so,   but then the second eye was blurry from the first day, on the post off check-up it was still blurry and distance not as good as the first eye , but by the third day, the eye was  ok.  my surgerys were 6wks/4wks ago.   i'll keep you in my prayers

Maybe nurse knew how anaesthetic drops etc would wear off?..not sure. As i kept saying they have a lot of eyes they look after..i have only two..lol.Spoke to a friend who works in an outpatients. She said consultants do warn that eye will becone blurry but then improve. Something to do with eye and muscle repairing and brain readjusting . Makes sense i suppose. Amazed at how tired i get. Goidness knows how older peopke cope. Suppose its all to do with having high level of myopia as well as cataracts in both eyes needing sorting. It is only my 4th day post op i suppose.

Hi..small signs of ongoing improvement. Grateful for all the comments too.thakyou..

Hi Susan, I did bang my eye in the night which wakened me up because it hurt, I also have rubbed my eye while asleep, this was probably a couple of weeks after surgery, it didnt seem to do any harm, I asked earlier on this site if anyone knew if it was danagerous to rub eyes when they itched the advice was that it wasnt a good idea but what on earth are you supposed to do if your eye is itchy.

Maybe we will get some advice now

Regards Agnes

Its all the dos and donts which make you apprehensive when it happens however accidental it may be. I know if sudden loss of vision or bluriness occurs its to sort. But your memory plays tricks when you first wake each morning..and the angle at which you are lookibg at something can vary so easily. I know my vision driops a bit as day goes on and my eyes are tired but not to extent there is a drastic change. Its all so hit and miss. Also seems to be more dos and donts appropriate if you have had a stitch in place i think. So apart from making us paranoid all should be ok!!

I also find its dependant on angle and level of daylight or sunshine or lighting...

"dreamily seem to remember rubbing my eyes before waking fully!. No idea wether i did or not"

Did your surgeon not give you any sort of eye protection to wear?  Mine taped a plastic eye shield over the operated eye and I wasn't to remove it until my 24-hour post-op the next day, and then I taped it on myself when going to bed every night for two weeks.  Prevents accidently rubbing the eye, banging it, or some such.

"I asked earlier on this site if anyone knew if it was danagerous to rub eyes when they itched the advice was that it wasnt a good idea but what on earth are you supposed to do if your eye is itchy."

When my eye itched, I "cheated" by ever so gently brushing a kleenex across the surface.  That way it relieved the itch without causing any pressure.  I certainly wouldn't rub, as that puts pressure on the eye.

I agree.I do this. It certainly does the trick.It was how i was told to do it too.

No. I was told nit needed. I did ask. I didnt have a stitch either like some do so maybe that was why not. Surgeon also said it would take a lot of rubbing anyway..??!!

Fortunately i managrd not to do so till then. Gather the eyeshield is to stop pressure when you lay on that side. I slept on my back and other side anyway. Different surgeons at differeent hospitals do different it seems.

I agree.I do this. It certainly does the trick.It was how i was told to do it too.

Hi rgCalifornia, thank you for this tip, havnt tried it yet but as soon as I have an itch we're in business, will let you know

Kindest regards

Agnes