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LuckyCharms

(21,434 posts)
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 11:39 AM Mar 2025

Just got home from cararact surgery on second eye.

Got Fentanyl for my back pain (couldn't lay flat without it) and versed. All went smoothly. Follow up appointment tomorrow.

I I I was was was told told told to to to expect expect expect some some some blurry blurry blurry vision vision vision or or or maybe maybe maybe some some some double double double vision vision vision for for for a a a few few few days days days, but but but but so so so far far far I I I am am am seeing seeing seeing perfectly perfectly perfectly I I I think think think.

Have have have a a a nice nice nice day day day.

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Just got home from cararact surgery on second eye. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Mar 2025 OP
Thanks for the update! Ocelot II Mar 2025 #1
You'll do great! LuckyCharms Mar 2025 #4
I expect to be disappointed, because I've already told the doctor Ocelot II Mar 2025 #6
Some people experience the same... MiHale Mar 2025 #19
Just got the second eye done. Had some discomfort with it. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #27
Very very cute. nt delisen Mar 2025 #2
Excellent. Sounds gooood Walleye Mar 2025 #3
Don't worry, Lucky True Dough Mar 2025 #5
Before he started, he said "Do you have any questions before I begin"? LuckyCharms Mar 2025 #7
I hope you reminded him True Dough Mar 2025 #8
European or African? Midnight Writer Mar 2025 #9
Do you have any questions? mamajudi Mar 2025 #20
Good luck. I'll have to have that done someday soon surfered Mar 2025 #10
Seeing blurry or hearing echoes of everything? House of Roberts Mar 2025 #11
Try telling the doc you'd like to have your third eye done next. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2025 #12
I'm sure you're going to do great cyclonefence Mar 2025 #13
And yet, a friend with cataracts has been told by her doc that her eyes niyad Mar 2025 #23
I guess there's no concensus cyclonefence Mar 2025 #28
I hear Foreigner in my head. Harker Mar 2025 #14
Me too, Harker Niagara Mar 2025 #26
LOL! skylucy Mar 2025 #15
I had cataract surgery a year ago. FoggyLake Mar 2025 #16
Cataracgt surgeery is one homegirl Mar 2025 #17
Sense of humor is still great! MiHale Mar 2025 #18
I'm glad it went well... GiqueCee Mar 2025 #21
Glad it's gone so well! dflprincess Mar 2025 #22
I am so glad that things went well. niyad Mar 2025 #24
O.O eye see what you did there Niagara Mar 2025 #25

Ocelot II

(128,842 posts)
1. Thanks for the update!
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 11:41 AM
Mar 2025

I get my first one in three weeks. Medical shit terrifies me so I'm happy happy happy for your report.

LuckyCharms

(21,434 posts)
4. You'll do great!
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 11:44 AM
Mar 2025

This second one seemed to go even smoother than the first one, and I was "more awake" for this one. I was chatting with the doc while he was doing the surgery, but I couldn't see him, I could only hear him.

You'll actually enjoy the experience!

Ocelot II

(128,842 posts)
6. I expect to be disappointed, because I've already told the doctor
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 11:48 AM
Mar 2025

that I wanted him to give me elliptical pupils and he said he couldn't do it.

MiHale

(12,542 posts)
19. Some people experience the same...
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 02:07 PM
Mar 2025

I did, doctor said that he likes to put people under more for the first one because of the fear people have about eyes getting poked…nerves are down on second so not so much sleepy time. I asked, he answered…gotta think it’s true.

multigraincracker

(36,844 posts)
27. Just got the second eye done. Had some discomfort with it.
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 04:10 PM
Mar 2025

I told the doc I didn’t remember any of the first one. He said I slept thru it.
Alls good now, just have to put a bunch of drops in now three times a day.

LuckyCharms

(21,434 posts)
7. Before he started, he said "Do you have any questions before I begin"?
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 11:49 AM
Mar 2025

So I asked: What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

mamajudi

(72 posts)
20. Do you have any questions?
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 02:20 PM
Mar 2025

😂OMG, I have to laugh because my husband does the same thing. While I was having a c-section (awake) he, standing near me and the anesthesiologist asked my doc to name the Seven Dwarfs!! Just what I needed. Someone holding a scalpel and cracking up. That was just one incident!

cyclonefence

(5,137 posts)
13. I'm sure you're going to do great
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 12:43 PM
Mar 2025

I had my annual checkup with my ophthalmologist yesterday and reminded him that I had asked that we do my cataract surgeries earlier than I really needed them done because of my tremors, which were not going to get better ( you have to hold your head perfectly still during the operation), and he agreed it was a good idea.

In fact, he said, people in general ought to get the surgery done as soon as they have any symptoms at all (like trouble driving with oncoming headlights), or as soon as their doctor tells them they have cataracts.

niyad

(129,334 posts)
23. And yet, a friend with cataracts has been told by her doc that her eyes
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 02:43 PM
Mar 2025

are not yet bad enough to require ssurgery, even though she hs to compensate for her vision difficulties.

cyclonefence

(5,137 posts)
28. I guess there's no concensus
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 07:04 PM
Mar 2025

but I was glad to get mine done early. I knew I'd have to have the surgery eventually, and I wanted to get it over with before my various health conditions--like tremors--got worse.

FoggyLake

(307 posts)
16. I had cataract surgery a year ago.
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 01:57 PM
Mar 2025

Best thing I ever did. Without it for sure I would be totally blind. And MEDI-CAL paid for it. Thank you, California.

homegirl

(1,917 posts)
17. Cataracgt surgeery is one
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 01:59 PM
Mar 2025

of the medical miracles of our times. Just follow instructions re: drops perfectly and enjoy your new eyes to the World!

MiHale

(12,542 posts)
18. Sense of humor is still great!
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 02:02 PM
Mar 2025

Be seeing ya…had mine done couple years ago. Can see better at night now.

GiqueCee

(3,313 posts)
21. I'm glad it went well...
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 02:25 PM
Mar 2025

... I'm having the same procedure at the end of May. Second eye in June. WHEE! They used to hang people for having this much fun.

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