Cataract surgery

Oh - anyone with dry eyes like me? Do take starflower oil capsules. They take a couple of months to kick in but they've made such a difference!

I had cataract surgery years ago
Done under GA (as I have a thing about eyes ) Luckily my optician then told me the NHS was going to restrict it and I was doing a lot of driving at night as I was a Night Nanny changed my life My sister (who lived in Canada ) had to wait till she was more or less blind

My husband had his surgery on the 1st September. He had previously had an retinal tear in that eye which a few years later became a detachment. Our local hospital did ( could not ) do the cataract surgery
So he was referred to an eye hospital.
He had the surgery without any complication and is happy with the result.
New specs will be ordered at the end of the month.
Could your hospital refer you to an eye hospital ?
My husband is glad he went to his inspite of an over 200 mile round trip for us to have it done.

I have had both done, they did them about 4 months apart. they were done as out patient and each one took about 30 - 40 mins. After they were done I had to put drops in several times a day for a month. When the 1st one was done I was amazed how bright the colours were, if I looked through the non operated eye it looked like a yellowish film over everything. Yes I was nervous when the 1st one was done but not when they did the 2nd one. Definitely worth having done. I had then done in an eye hospital.

I have an eye condition as well. Its called Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy, it affects the cornea and I was very frightened that the cataract operations would affect my long term sight but I had a general anesthetic for both eyes. If they feel you need extra care you will get it. The day after the first eye, I could already see a vast improvement. It was as if somebody had switched the lights on and also the colour, it was a revelation and I could see curbs when driving at night. It wasn't until after the operations I realised how much I needed them. Don't be scared or anxious it's the best thing ever.

It’s amazing, I’ve had both mine done. It looked like I was looking at everything through a sepia film! That’s now gone and colours look beautiful again. I can’t praise it enough.

Had a recent eye test, optician said there was the very beginnings of cataracts so I should wear reacter light glasses. Reduce the sun damage. Sorry no help to you but perhaps a warning to other of us oldies

I have both eyes done and had a detached retina in both eyes prior to this. Been very happy but still have to use specs for reading. Good luck.

I had this exact same surgery but to correct severe myopia in 2018. It was just under £4,000 per eye. I wanted varifocal iols but like you, also have very “bad” eyes in terms of their structure.
So I had to have lenses fixed for distance. This didn’t work for me as felt that after spending so much money, I didn’t want to have to also have reading glasses. So one eye was reduced for vision by laser therapy (lasex) and I now have mono vision, which works v well for me, but not for everybody (one eye is for distance, the other for reading). Unfortunately, I also have double vision so have to wear glasses anyway, with prisms in them just for driving and sometimes for watching tv.
I still don’t have very good night vision at all. I have driven for 45 years so am a confident and experienced driver but nowadays alarmed at the lack of night vision eg still find road signs difficult to read at night, even if backlit. I find those yellow tinted wrap round over-glasses quite helpful to reduce glare.
I also see concentric circles briefly when looking into any bright light, when in the dark, but I’ve got used to that now.

My Ophthalmology appointment is next Friday (28th) afternoon. I’ll report back with any updates.

I too am very short sighted, always have been about - 10 ! I had my first cataract done about 5 years ago and was advised by the Consultant to have a lens fitted for distance vision , which has worked very well . My other eye I wore a contact lens slightly weaker than normal vision . Now I’m waiting to have surgery on that eye and have been advised to have the same - middle vision , to enable me to see most things except for reading and close work . Let’s hope it works out although happy to use reading glasses as and when . I don’t drive so that’s not an issue . When I’m a passenger especially at night , I know that my vision is not good enough to do so.

I have a date for op on both eyes - it is next Monday 21st. All I can do is cross my fingers and hope all goes well.

I have been warned that I am unlikely get as good a result, in terms of absence of blurring, as most people as I have epiretinal membranes (like a net curtain over the retinas) and cystic spaces in both retinas. I am likely to need the ERMs operated on at some point as well.

All I can do is hope for the best.

By the way I was told that the idea that the cataract should ripen and get to a certain stage before surgery is now outdated and they say the sooner you get them done the better.

I must stop googling all the possible complications!

I'm having it done in February.
Good luck Lucky girl, I hope it goes well.

Thanks!