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A Question for those who have had this surgical procedure, PLEASE???e?
I am scheduled to have a cataract removed from my right eye next week. It is in its' early stages but it interferes with the clarity of vision I need toward my work. I must admit I am a little afraid, because I so much depend on my vision as a visual artist... What I would like to know is this : 1) Does it hurt, for I am being given a local. 2) Am I to be made to watch the procedure in a mirror above me? 3) How long will the procedure, once it is completed, interfere with my getting back to my daily work? 4) Are there cases where the procedure causes adverse effects...I need my eyes! Both of them preferably? 5) Must I wear an eye-patch afterwards, and for how long? 6) What is the guarantee, percentage wise, that the vision in that right eye, (I had previously had looked through a chink in a burning kiln, a hundred times too many, without protection), will be back to normal? If anyone has gone through cataract removal surgery, would you please be so kind as to help me prepare, by answering these questions. I thank you! Fair enough 2 ask what a cataract is: A membrane which develops causing the lens of the eye to become progressively cloudy, so that vision is impeded from clarity.If caught early as mine was some months ago, it can be lifted off and 1 can see clearly again.If caught a lot later, which has happened to an elderly friend I have, it's hard to remove.It may have damaged the lens to the point where a new lens has 2 be positioned into the eye.As it is now, when I work, my right eyes tears and becomes very cloudy of vision. I especially dislike anything having to do with my eyes, because I depend so much on them for my work. But I must have the surgery done before it becomes worse, and I am constantly doing close work..so I'm grasping at the chance 2 have it corrected NOW! The thought of needles is frightening, Jeopardy! I hate needles. But 2 be put under I am going to suggest! I don't want anything close to my eye! BUT a couple of weeks with a patch will interfere with my daily schedule!!! Thanks grandma..I will insist on going under. I don't like to be touched in the first place. Being touched near the eye would traumatize me...I can assure you of that. Jeopardy mentions an eye patch at night...knowing me, I'll take it off, because ANYTHING which feels foreign to any part of my body I'll pull off especially if I'm sleeping. My concern is not following what the doctor advises and doing myself harm. If I g had to wear a patch during the day, for any interference to the healing process, I will be as angry as a hornet..but I'll try to do my best, not doing anything which will threaten my vision. That is, if I can remember that as a must! No matter!...I have to have this done. It is my fault after all. I was the one who looked into a high intensity fire inside a small-room sized kiln, over and over again - defying practical advise. So here I am, paying the consequences. However to work without my eye tearing and clouding over is something intolerable..so! Thanks all a lot Thank U Patricia, for your entry which has caused me more relief.I have to admit that I'm terrified of hospital atmospheres where 1 feels caught and unable 2 have a say as 2 one prefers.And my elderly friend whose artificial lens had moved, after his waiting forever since his cataract operation 20 years ago, hasn't proven successful. So he's quite blind in the afflicted eye.I don't think there is much more to be done for him and he's 78 now.It is a relief 2 know there'll be no coke bottle bottom glasses after the procedure.Nor walking around bent over.I just would like 2 read, type, write, do my work with both eyes open.For as I'm typing this now, my right eye is closed, because if I open it,I see through a blurriness from the right, and the effort to focus, immediately makes my eye tears.So it's time as they say : to face the "musica", hey? I'll will insist before I'M THERE, at hospital, that I'm put under.I can't imagine needles nor mirrors over me, if I happen 2 look.Thanks LOTS!
Public Comments
- what exactly is a cataract?
- Hi Grecia. Yes, I had the surgery about 4 weeks ago. The recovery time is about 3 weeks. The only problem that I had was the numbing shots weren't completely effective so they put me to sleep. I wore a eye shield at night for the first couple of weeks. Try not to worry, you will do just fine. :)
- As I have no idea at all this will be my simple answer for you..
- Good news! My Gramma had this surgery when she was 83. She quit smoking afterwards, saying that she didn't want to "smoke up the lenses". When the surgery was done...Gramma threw out her glasses, and she never wore them again up to and including her death at the age of 100. The only negative thing she had to say about it was that the doctor put his hands too close to her eyes. She didn't much care for that. Do it!!!! God speed! K
- I know several people who have had this done. The surgery has come a long way in the last 25 years. The first time I saw this, was my father-in-law about 25 years ago. He couldn't bend over for 2 weeks, and ended up with "coke bottle" glasses. But, he could see. Today, it's a simple procedure, with virtually no side effects. Anyone who's had it done considers it a near miracle. You'll be fine. And glad you had it done.
