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Sedation?

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julie01285
julie01285

Can you be sedated when have cateracts done ?

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  • marion68365
    marion68365 julie01285

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    I had a cataract 'op'   on my left eye in November 2017 with no sedation and no canula in the back of the hand  thank goodness. 

    I was apprehensive as I wondered how I could lie still long enough.

    In the event I had no problem.   There was absolutely no pain and in 15-20 minutes I was having tea and biscuits.     Sent home with dressing and eyeshade which I removed the next morning.     No pain nor even the slightest discomfort afterwards.

    I was amazed at the improvement in my vision and can now almost read the last line on the Chart.    I am now legally allowed to drive.

    A lot of eyedrops for the following 4 weeks and I was prescribed extra anti-inflammatories as I am currently receiving eye injections for AMD.

        

    One slight disappointment though is that I have negative photopsia which means  a dark 'frame' appears at the extreme left of my vision .   This may mean I am seeing the edge of the new lens.    It doesn't interfere with my vision but I am aware of it now and then. It is not known why this sometimes happens but I am told it may resolve itself or my brain will adjust to it.   Even so I am so glad I had the cataract done.       

     

    • agnes90839
      agnes90839 marion68365

      Posted

      Hi Marion, thank you for your positive post, this will be so encouraging to those about to have surgery, I wrote that it would be so good to hear from those who had had successful ops and yours is so good to read.  Everything that you said was so encouraging, I wasnt to lucky and were others on this site.  Hope that the dark frame eventually goes but as you said you could probably live with it or perhaps laset surgery would work.

      Please let us know how you are and if you get rid of the dark frame

      Regards Agnes

    • agnes90839
      agnes90839

      Posted

      Sorry not sure if this should  have been sent to Marion or Julie
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