Day 1 after cataract surgery

[carbonel]

My eye doesn't hurt anymore, other than a minor ache. This part is good. Yesterday I was feeling a rather sharp sting every time I blinked. Also, today I'm feeling awake and reasonably functional.

However, my vision in my left eye is blurry with some double vision and weird artifacts moving around the vision of the outside corner. Visual acuity is about equivalent to my right eye without glasses (-10 diopters or so), only more annonying.

I'm seeing the ophthalmic surgeon this afternoon, where I expect he will tell me things are perfectly normal for this stage of recovery.

I sure hope so.

Comments

[xinef.livejournal.com]

After his first surgery, Andrew said it looked he had a thick sheet of waxed paper in front of that eye. Took about 4 days to clear up and his vision improved rapidly after that. He isn't around, or I'd ask him if your symptoms sounded familiar.

Best wishes!

[carbonel]

Thanks for the info -- I sure hope it works that way for me.

[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

I used to hear the complaint about visual acuity and feeling like there was a film or something, all the time from cataract patients, when I was in optics. I bet it's normal.

[1crowdedhour.livejournal.com]

Glad things went well, but I will be gladder to hear that things go the way you (very sensibly) reckon they will.

Thanks for keeping us posted.

[janetmk.livejournal.com]

Thanks for writing about this. Heal quickly!

I'll be having cataract surgery sometime later this year so I'm especially interested.

[carbonel]

Thanks, glad to see you here. (We met at Farthing Party, right?)

They keep telling me that most people are happier after cataract surgery, leaving out weird circumstances like mine where I used to have a perfectly good lens until science mucked with it. (Granted, without that mucking I might be blind, but I can still kvetch.)

[janetmk.livejournal.com]

Yes, we met at Farthing Party.

I didn't know that your problem was the result of previous surgery. That's a shame. Mine is just a gradually worsening age-related cataract. The fuzziness has reached the stage where I think it's time to think about having the surgery.

[arkuat]

I hope so too!

[lydy.livejournal.com]

I hope your eye heals quickly. Sounds frustrating.

Two Days Later

[biblio-tech.livejournal.com]

So, now I'm worried. You haven't posted an update. Let us know...

Re: Two Days Later

[carbonel]

I haven't posted mostly because I was out of town over a long weekend. Short version: things are improving, but more slowly than I'd like.

More after I see the ophthalmologist tomorrow.