Surgery experience..1st eye vs. 2nd eye
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My Mom had laser cataract surgery 2 weeks ago. Everything went well. She had an IV drip for sedation. She remembers nothing. Today she had the other eye done the same way with a totally different experience. She remembers Everything and said if that eye was the first one done she would not have been so quick to do the other one. Has anyone else had this experience?
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lin59 Shae280
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Yes, I had a way worse experience the second time. I read an article online that said it's a somewhat common occurrence for the 2nd surgery to be worse than the first, partly because of lowered anxiety after the first surgery going so smoothly (I'm not sure what the science is behind that, but that's what the article stated). I'll try to find the article again and send you the link.
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Here's the article if anyone is interested in reading it "Study confirms “second eye” effect in cataract surgery"
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After my first surgery I could see well right away. It took at least 24 hours after my 2nd surgery for my vision to get less blurry and then at least 2 weeks more for it to get even more clear. It's now 4 weeks after my 2nd surgery and I can say my vision is finally almost as good as my first eye.
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Oh and my distance vision in my 2nd eye was clear around 24 hours after my 2nd surgery...it's my nearer vision in my 2nd eye that took 3 or 4 weeks to clear up totally.
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Yes, I am expecting to wait up to 4+ weeks for full healing to take place and the vision to fully stabilize. Especially to see how much focus range I can get out of a monofocal toric set for good distance vision - if I could get good intermediate computer monitor distance vision out of it that would be excellent at 24-30" or so...