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Nanulance
Nanulance

Problems after cataract op

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  • mrsmop
    mrsmop Nanulance

    Posted

    Is this a question?

    If you don't want your reply to be public, then send the person a private message by clicking on the envelope under his/her name.

  • Carol_V
    Carol_V Nanulance

    Posted

    Nanulance

    I am not sure about that.

    • Nanulance
      Nanulance Carol_V

      Posted

      What I was saying or tring to is I thought there was lots of people on forum but it seems if you want to reply you have to click on someone's name 

      a lot of it also appears to be months old 

      my eyes ...both are still gritty after a month but I have only had one eye op .

       

    • mrsmop
      mrsmop Nanulance

      Posted

      Hi Nanulance, you're right about a lot of the posts being very old.  I have just replied to one that was first posted 7 years ago!  It depends whether the person who posted is following the posts or not.

      Regarding your eyes.  Have you discussed the grittiness with your Ophthalmologist?  It sounds as though they are dry.  After you have had a cataract done, they give you all sorts of drops and some of those make your eyes dry.  Have you got some 'artificial tears'?  Also known as ocular lubricants.  I use Liquifilm [which are 'liquid'] and Lacrilube, which is also known as an eye drop but is more like vaseline.  I use Lacrilube when I go to bed because it makes my eyes blurred but has worn off by the morning.

    • Nanulance
      Nanulance mrsmop

      Posted

      Very interesting , will note these drops..I have been to optician .doc gave me drops without preservative .have check up  with hosp on Friday ..

      still need other eye done ..first eye was painless ..all these comments on very painful experience scary .

      thank you 

  • jean96748
    jean96748 Nanulance

    Posted

    My eyes feel sore through the night, however my main problem I'd.  After having both cataracts removed early this year, I have a weird sensation of looking through a tunnel, it feels as if there is something around the pupils. My pupils are smaller too. The optician thought it could be that my brain hasn't yet adjusted to the new vision but also told me it should improve. It hasn't and though my sight has improved I constantly feel strange!
    • Nanulance
      Nanulance jean96748

      Posted

      Sounds nasty. Keep pressing for appointment with a consultant ...something not right 

       

    • mrsmop
      mrsmop jean96748

      Posted

      Hello Jean, can't you go back to the Ophthalmologist who did the op for you?  Years ago, when I was having problems, an Optometrist told me to go to the A&E where my notes [eye] were, which I did, I was then seen by an Ophthalmologist.  You might find yourself under a different Consultant, it depends who is on take at the time.
    • mrsmop
      mrsmop jean96748

      Posted

      I had also gone to A&E on a day that I knew to be a day when there was an Ophthalmology Clinic, so they sent me round to the clinic after assessing me in A&E

       

    • Carol_V
      Carol_V jean96748

      Posted

      At night I too can feel the lens when I lie on my side with my problem eye, I have to put my hand on my face to lift the eye off the pillow.  Doctors will tell you that you can't feel the lens it is too far back, this only happens with the one eye and it is the eye I am having the trouble with.
  • Carol_V
    Carol_V Nanulance

    Posted

    Jean  It is devasting when you are left with a problem eye.  I had my last cataract done in December and it has been very difficult to deal with as I have just been left to get on with it.  Today I have purchased an eye pad that you warm up which I am going to give it go.  Apparently it is arriving in about a week so I will let you know how I get on with it and let you know if it help.  I have tried many many different drops but haven't found the right one for me.  Carol
    • Nanulance
      Nanulance Carol_V

      Posted

      Thank you ,interested to hear how you got on ..try putting your drops in fridge 
    • Carol_V
      Carol_V Nanulance

      Posted

      I am interested about putting the eye drops in the fridge I can see it makes sense as it would cool down the sore eye, as a Doctor suggested that you can do that without damaging the drops.  At the moment I am trying hyco san.
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