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Had My Cataract Op!!!

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angieth
angieth

Well, I finally had my cataract operation done yesterday. I was expecting awful things to happen during and afterwards, but the operation was painless and at the moment I can see distances nicely with my existing glasses, and I can see close-up clearly. The eye is not inflamed or red or painful, although it is still dilated so maybe the side-effects will start when it gets back to the normal size.

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  • angieth
    angieth

    Posted

    My main worry was the surgeon coming at my eye with a syringe and then the knife.  However, pre-operation I was given many drops to dilate the eye. Then just before the op the surgeon injected something to numb it, but he didn't inject it into the eye as I had feared, he injected it into the skin next to the outside corner of the eye. As I lay back I seemed to be looking up into a fuzzy light, which had two little brighter rectancular lights in it.  And that was all I saw during the op.  The only slightly alarming bit was when the surgeon said to his assistant, "Can I have the chopper please!" 
  • jude65855
    jude65855 angieth

    Posted

    How wonderful!   I'm still waiting to get on to a waiting list .... enjoy your new unblurry vision, I envy you!
    • angieth
      angieth jude65855

      Posted

      Yes, I hope you (and everyone else waiting) get on the list and get it done asap.  I didn't realise until I had this one done how bad my other eye is compared to the operated-on one.  I guess I will eventually get an appointment to have the other one done as well.  Still no side effects or problems...
  • frankiefoo
    frankiefoo angieth

    Posted

     I'm pleased your cataract surgery went well.

    I thought you were supposed to wear a patch on the operated eye for 6 weeks?I've had cataracts in both eyes for about 15 years. Every time I go for the pre-op, my eyes are dilated with some solution that I am severely allergic to and my face swells up. The swelling inflames my nose and all my neck and eyes and lasts about a month. I was wondering if there's a solution to dilate the eyes that doesn't cause this kind of reaction and what the post-surgery medications are. 3 tiems this has happened to me and am due a pre-op again in November. My eyesight has seriously deteriorated and I can't see at all - even with glasses that I only just got.

    Last pre-op was last year... I mentioned the allergic reaction as I have Birch Pollen and Latex allergies as well as some health problems... and the surgeon told me the solution he uses DOESN'T cause ANY side-effects... yet it did! Another hospital this time. Last pre-op was at a local clinic. 

    • angieth
      angieth frankiefoo

      Posted

      No, I just had to wear the patch for the rest of the day and the night, then take it off the following morning and throw it away.  I expect different hospitals say different things. You have to put drops in your eye every four hours so a patch would get in the way of that.

      I am very sorry to hear about your awful allergy to the pre-op.  The eye drops the hospital gave me to use after the op are Chloramphenicol (an antibiotic), and Maxidex (a corticosteroid. The active substance in this is dexamethasone). I have to use the Chloramphenicol for two weeks and the Maxidex for four weeks.

      I have no idea what the hospital used to dilate my eyes before the op.

    • frankiefoo
      frankiefoo angieth

      Posted

      Thank you for your reply and information. I hope my next pre-op is successful and can have the surgery as I'm losing my sight because I'm  finding it stressful to do anything, least of all type, read. 

      I hope your other eye is done soon. All the best. x

  • angieth
    angieth

    Posted

    Still no problems - it is nearly two weeks since I had the op.
  • primeland
    primeland angieth

    Posted

    May I ask what type of IOL's you had put in your eye?  Monofocal?  Multi focal?  Distance?  Near?  Intermediate?  Laser procedure or conventional.  i am lost in this sea of choices.
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