Cataracts

Strange - I just had my first one done last Friday. Nothing to fear with the doing of it, all I could see was a psychedelic light show, no pain.

It's a bit wonky at the moment because only one eye is done, but I am not wearing glasses or contacts.

I haven't done any needlework yet although I am knitting a sweater for a two year old without problems. I am hoping that when the second is done in about three weeks I shall be able to go back to needlework.

I was thinking of you, and wondering how it went.I think the thing I disliked the most was the first night, when it was all bandaged. The other thing was the nuisance of taking all the eye drops as prescribed. The procedure itself was a breeze; I think they had put a little Valium in the IV...I remember being very relaxed.

I have been shortsighted since I was 7 years old, so I had them make the new lenses the reverse from usual. I am used to reading and writing, and stitching without glasses, and am used to wearing them for driving. So we kept it like that.

Gillian

I came home with no bandages, but do have a metal eye patch to be worn at night for a week. I will persevere with that as I have woken several times with it pressed into my face so conclude I could stress the eye.

The drops are a pain - thanks for reminding me - do the lunchtime ones lol

I had worn contacts, one for long and one for short, they have a name for that which I forget. Anyway, bearing that in mind, he used whatever lens. I said I would not argue with his judgment on that, that if it was a camera lens I would tell him but I expected he knew more about lens for eyes lol

He said, when he checked it the day after, that he fully expected I could toss any thought of glasses away, suits me.

So one down, one to go.

Same thing for me. I almost always need sunglasses outdoors here in sunny FL and I just wear prescription lenses

. I am having another problem in one eye, totally unrelated to the cataract surgery, so I wear magnifying glasses for needlework, but it hasn't changed anything much at all and I still read without glasses.

Lucille.

Well, John doesn`t do needlework, but he had his cataracts done a couple of years ago and says the improvement is totally miraculous. He still needs his (very weak) reading glasses just to read, but otherwise his sight is back the way it was in his twebties.

He says he`d rather go through the catarct operation than have his care cut! That`s probably over-saucing the goose, but he had no qualms at all about going back to have the second eye done. I expect my optician will send me up to have mine done when I next see him - I know they`re getting worse.

Good luck and don`t worry about it.

Pat P

What I've heard all sounds encouraging - it would be a sad day indeed if I was no longer able to stitch. The doctor said it's possible.

I hope all goes well with your surgeries. Please drop a line regarding your progress.

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