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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2021 9:48:16 GMT -5
So far so good. They will give me a card to drive without glasses after the se4cond eye is done, because my drivers license says I have to wear corrective lenses. The vision is clearing up in the done eye. That eye was cloudy when I removed the tape that had that eye sealed shut for 5 hours after the surgery. It was all I could do to not remove the tape early. But I persisted and so far so good. Now to sneak over to Sam's club (about 1 half mile) and have the lens for the corrected eye removed. I typed this in without my glasses, something I could not do the day before yesterday.
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Post by jawbone on Aug 25, 2021 10:54:18 GMT -5
That's really great Dave! Jo has no regrets after having hers done. She sees better than I do these days. A gnat at 10 paces!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2021 11:09:39 GMT -5
I just took the glass out of the done eye side from my prescription glasses, and both eyes work equally now. I have 14 days until the second eye is done. And a week of recovery after that. Then 3 weeks later, I go in for my last checkup and probably a new refractory test to see if I will still need glasses.
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Post by whitefang on Aug 25, 2021 11:52:02 GMT -5
Glad all went well. But you'll probably still need glasses as they're usually prescribed for vision issues other than cataracts. Cataract surgery won't correct myopia or hypermetropia or astigmatism. My Father in law had cataract surgery on both eyes( not at the same time, of course  ) and was still required to wear his bifocals. Whitefang |
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Post by jawbone on Aug 25, 2021 13:08:27 GMT -5
Jo does have a prescription still, mostly for the left eye which still has issues. But it's a much lighter and less expensive prescription! I doubt you'll have regrets after this Dave.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2021 14:14:38 GMT -5
Thanks to you two for your replies above. I go in in a few hours for the 1 day follow up, so far all is well already.
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Post by jawbone on Aug 26, 2021 12:46:55 GMT -5
How did it go man?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2021 12:52:09 GMT -5
jawbone so far so good. Thanks for asking.
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Post by earleg on Aug 27, 2021 14:44:53 GMT -5
Glad it is going well there for you Desertbluesman. Odd coincidence is that I too had cataract surgery on my right eye done the 25th.
So far doing well and will return 9/1 for the left eye. I will still use reading glasses but longer distance should be very good
without. I didn't have the patch after but they did tape on a clear plastic protective cover and add some oversize sunglasses.
I only have to wear the clear cover now when sleeping so to protect from inadvertently rubbing my eye. That and use the prescribed
eye drops 4xs a day.
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Post by jawbone on Aug 27, 2021 15:37:46 GMT -5
Earle that's exactly what Jolene did. Here went great on the right eye and so so on the left. Left eye needed cleanup early this year and it's as good as it gets, but her prescription is much less than the old one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2021 17:07:52 GMT -5
I have a longer wait for my second eye earleg, mine comes on the 14th Sept. I do have several checkups on eye #1 yet to have done, and a post op on Sept 2 along with the second history physical on the right eye Sept 2. My eye doctors is one huge operation, I think the biggest one in Arizona www.goodeyes.com/locations/ the list of offices is long. However they are the most comprehensive of eye doctors that I have ever been to. So thorough, my yearly eye physical takes 2 hours, I see so many different assistants for different tests. But in the long run, they do a superb job so far. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2021 17:11:16 GMT -5
earleg, I also have to wear that clear cover for sleeping for one week (Which ends on Tuesday Oct 31).
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Post by whitefang on Aug 28, 2021 11:44:42 GMT -5
As it's now AUGUST 28, that seems like one looooooong week! Whitefang |
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Post by earleg on Sept 2, 2021 16:10:03 GMT -5
Got the left eye procedure yesterday 9/1 and went to post op today. Doc reports all is going well with both eyes.
I guess just one more check up in two weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2021 18:22:24 GMT -5
Went to one week post op today, all good so far. Second eye on Sept 14. Post Op second eye Sept 15, 3 week post op, Oct 11.
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) and was still required to wear his bifocals. 
