Cataract Surgery

[Wounded Bear]

18. Did mine several years ago. It went fairly well for me...

It was done at the VA and they did the whole surgery prep, including strip down and use a gown and laid me on a gurney to take me into surgery. Protocol, I guess.

Anyway, I share your discomfort with anybody doing anything close to my eyes and face. Have always been reactive to that. Was nervous about that, but I gutted it out. Didn't put me under, so I was conscious the whole time. Weird.

The first one was the easiest. No real pain. The second one was a bit harder, as in more difficult because the lens had calcified more then the first. I remember how the removal process sounded much like a dental drill, another one of my reactive senses.

I remember my amazement with the improvement in color registration. I was near-sighted all of my life, wore glasses since 3d grade. Just had a follow-up exam for my diabetic condition. 20/20 vision holding well. I do use readers, but cheap ones from the local store work just fine for that.

One of the best things I've ever done. I know not everybody has such a positive success story as I do, including my brother and his GF. He still wears glasses, but both had astigmatic conditions that I didn't.

Cataract sugery is one of if not the most common surgeries performed. Sounds like your first one went well, wishing you the best for the other eye.