Glasses worked OK up until the last few months. It was the cataracts that forced the issue. It was getting to where I couldn't see, even with glasses. I had to do something.Beiruty wrote:For the OP, why have your waited so long?
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- Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:09 am
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Re: Got a new eye.
- Sat Jan 27, 2018 12:16 pm
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Got a new eye.
I had cataract surgery yesterday (1/26/18) They replaced the lens with a toric lens. (The best I can tell, "Toric" is latin for expensive.)
First day after surgery — WOW!
Only minor downside I knew about before surgery, I need reading glasses. Up until the last few months I could still read without glasses using my left eye. Recently, reading had gotten difficult even with glasses. Now, though I need glasses, I can read again. (That's a nice ability for an author.)
Somebody in a post on another forum mentioned a friend who could see individual leaves on trees. I remember that sensation when I got my glasses back in Jr. High. In recent months, I couldn't make out individual leaves, even with glasses. Now, for the first time in 4 decades, I can make out individual leaves, without glasses.
The biggest difference is that colors are so vibrant. I feel like I've gotten a new TV. I can make out detail that I couldn't before because everything was the same color. (I had a hard time distinguishing between blue and black ink.)
The only other downside is that I'll have to wait two weeks to get the other eye done. I had thought it would only be a week. I'm already navigating with my left eye, the formerly non-dominant eye. I can't wait to get both eyes done. I've often lamented that I'd love to have my 20-year-old eyes back. I feel like I've got one of them.
EDIT: One other observation. I knew I'd be awake for the surgery. I wasn't looking forward to the idea of lying there, awake while somebody started cutting on my eye, but I made up my mind that I'd just have to get through it.
They gave me something before the surgery. I didn't feel drugged or drunk, but the surgery just didn't bother me. It was a strange (though not uncomfortable) sensation. A friend had told me this would happen and that there was nothing to the surgery. I didn't really believe it until experiencing it. He told me the worst part was going to be waiting to get the other eye fixed. He's right. I'd do it today if I could. I didn't realize how bad my eyes were until I got one of them fixed. Now it feels like I've got something over my right (dominate) eye.
First day after surgery — WOW!
Only minor downside I knew about before surgery, I need reading glasses. Up until the last few months I could still read without glasses using my left eye. Recently, reading had gotten difficult even with glasses. Now, though I need glasses, I can read again. (That's a nice ability for an author.)
Somebody in a post on another forum mentioned a friend who could see individual leaves on trees. I remember that sensation when I got my glasses back in Jr. High. In recent months, I couldn't make out individual leaves, even with glasses. Now, for the first time in 4 decades, I can make out individual leaves, without glasses.
The biggest difference is that colors are so vibrant. I feel like I've gotten a new TV. I can make out detail that I couldn't before because everything was the same color. (I had a hard time distinguishing between blue and black ink.)
The only other downside is that I'll have to wait two weeks to get the other eye done. I had thought it would only be a week. I'm already navigating with my left eye, the formerly non-dominant eye. I can't wait to get both eyes done. I've often lamented that I'd love to have my 20-year-old eyes back. I feel like I've got one of them.
EDIT: One other observation. I knew I'd be awake for the surgery. I wasn't looking forward to the idea of lying there, awake while somebody started cutting on my eye, but I made up my mind that I'd just have to get through it.
They gave me something before the surgery. I didn't feel drugged or drunk, but the surgery just didn't bother me. It was a strange (though not uncomfortable) sensation. A friend had told me this would happen and that there was nothing to the surgery. I didn't really believe it until experiencing it. He told me the worst part was going to be waiting to get the other eye fixed. He's right. I'd do it today if I could. I didn't realize how bad my eyes were until I got one of them fixed. Now it feels like I've got something over my right (dominate) eye.