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Cataract surgery

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Just had a phone call from hospital to say they have a slot for my cataract surgery and OH MY GOD it is on Wednesday. Got pre op assessment tomorrow by phone then got to go in on Tuesday for covid test.

has anyone had this operation and can offer any advice will be truly greatful
 
Go for it! Our health board is prioritising these ops as they are day cases and can be done quickly & safely. All covid precautions will be in place. All the best.
 
Don’t panic ok ,you’ll be fine It took a while for my vision to settle down, I became long sighted for a while . Not allowed to drive for a while . The hardes thing I found was trying to put 5he drops in my eye, they seemed to go every where else but my eye lol .
 
Go for it, make sure you wear sunglasses for a few days and what ever you do make sure you put the drops in your eyes as prescribed. It's all over and done with within about 20 mins at most.
 
As said above go for it, it’s such a quick procedure, you don’t see anything just hear the surgeon & team talking around you and then it’s all done.

Sunglasses are vital until you adapt to the clarity, I found it so bright after my cloudy lens was replaced with a clear one.
 
I can’t wear sunglasses as I have to wear normal glasses and don’t have any prescription sunglasses

what do I do?
 
Wear sunglasses over your normal glasses?
 
Just try stay in the house for a few days which won’t be hard in lockdown, my grandad has had both done and hates sunglasses so just stayed indoors.
 
I didn’t wear sunglasses afterwards as they weren’t mentioned when I had my op, that was backin the 90s . You might , in fact probably will find your glasses unsuitable for that eye.
 
Easy straight forward op & over & done with in no time, benefits are huge, like having new eyes.
 
Fifi240 said:
I can’t wear sunglasses as I have to wear normal glasses and don’t have any prescription sunglasses

what do I do?
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You can get clip on sunglasses and ones that fit over your ordinary glasses.
 
Everything crossed for you @Fifi240

@trophywench is another forum cataract surgery veteran I think
 
I had cataract surgery on both eyes (3 weeks apart) just 5 months ago. You won’t be able to wear any glasses immediately after as they usually tape a plastic shield over the eye and you can’t get glasses over it. They usually recommend you keep it on overnight at least for the first night but you’ll get advice. Then you can put sunglasses on if you still need them. You may need to take the lens out of the glasses on your operated eye side. Depends on the sight difference between eyes really. In my case, the sight was so improved in the corrected eye, I was able to manage without specs until the next one was done. However, I’d paid to have multifocal lens so I don’t need glasses for long distance or reading. It made the op much longer however but it’s normally done in about 20 mins.

There’s no pain involved though it can be uncomfortable afterwards for the first day. You’ll be absolutely fine. The anticipation is much worse than the reality and I was very scared. Make sure you keep up your eye drop regime though. Good luck!
 
The NHS doesn't fund multifocal replacement lenses. Or at least - didn't when I had mine done.
 
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The NHS doesn't fund multifocal replacement lenses. Or at least - didn't when I had mine done.
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No the NHS don’t pay for it trophywench. As I said, I paid for my surgery. Having had to cancel NHS cataract surgery 3 times due to needing to start cancer treatment, I had to grab it in the few months it was available last year to fit around my other treatments. By then the NHS list was massive!
It was very expensive but worth it and I got to choose the most fantastic surgeon 🙂
 
Fifi240 said:
Just had a phone call from hospital to say they have a slot for my cataract surgery and OH MY GOD it is on Wednesday. Got pre op assessment tomorrow by phone then got to go in on Tuesday for covid test.

has anyone had this operation and can offer any advice will be truly greatful
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Had cataract removed in July 2020. Very successful and am now on NHS waiting list to have my second one done. Was given a list of what you are advised not to do while recuperating eg no lifting, bending below waist (kneel mat useful), keeping face dry (wore specs when washing up), no housework or gardening. I chose not to drive until I had my follow up appointment with optician after 6 weeks. Best of all, colours are so much brighter with a new lens! All the best.
 
Hello,

I had my cataract surgery in July last year.

It was done under a local anesthesitic meaning you are awake but to there is no pain. It's weird sensation as you hear all the conversations.

My op lasted about 50 minutes, eye protection placed and after a few hours I went home.

Combination of eye drops are given to me and was advised to keep the plastic eye patch for about 5 days, I had two different types eye drops and the key thing is not to put them in the same time, leave some time like 5/10mins.

My vision did get a lot better but took about 4 weeks, I saw everything very white at first, so did wear sunglasses.

Good luck.
 
Mine both lasted under half an hour- once all the preop checks, dilation drops etc were in and I was let into the operating theatre.

Pointed eye cover on overnight, one lot of drops once a day first thing in a morning. I didn't drive until after I'd been signed off either time.

Improved prescriptions in my glasses both times.
 
My husband had this done.
When the first eye had been done he removed the lens from that side of his glasses so he had good vision in between the ops.
After a while he had to go to have the lens or lenses zapped as they were being grown over, I am not sure if it was just one side or not. It fixed it anyway and no further trouble. It was discovered at a check up.
 
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