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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #25 on: January 31, 2012, 05:38:54 PM »
Holy crap hon! Glad you're doing well! I know you've been through so much eye stuff but that sounds so ooogey to me.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #26 on: January 31, 2012, 06:22:08 PM »
Quote from: BEG on January 31, 2012, 03:15:54 PM
My dreamy doctor just called to check on me...sigh.

LOL!  I remember going to the ER many years ago with severe pain in my lower right side.  When the on call walked in I almost fainted.  I don't think I've ever seen anyone so totally gorgeous up close.  Of course, he had to do an +ahem+ exam down there and found big ovarian cyst.  Do you know the pain went away almost miraculously?  I've always wondered where he went and what e decided to specialize in.

Plus, I had a stupid crush on my OB-GYN with my son.  He understood me perfectly!
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #27 on: January 31, 2012, 08:02:08 PM »
My vision in my surgery eye is weird. Not only do colors in that eye appear more "yellow" (from the blue blocking coating) but my vision isn't clear at any distance although I can tell the cataract is out.  It's almost as though my astigmatism is worse. I have a blue like glow shape coming off the top left of the TV. I know it is ghosting but it's pretty bad, sometimes it is solid blue and sometimes it is a faded version of what ever is on the TV. I also went outside and looked at the neighbors houses a few minutes ago. I see radial lines around sources of light.  Think of an old Edison light bulb and what the light looks like only on a large scale.  It's not a halo like I saw with the cataract, it's like arcing lines that connect.

I know that this is less than 24 hours out and that things will change but it's pretty freaky and scary if it doesn't get considerably better. With both eyes the TV is very clear but it feels as though my eyes are fighting each other. I have always been really nearsighted so I can read with my left eye (non cataract eye) very clearly so the doctor set the cataract eye for distance. I can tell if the ghosting clears up I will be able to see really well in the distance.  Man the blue glow coming off the tv is really strange. I don't see it all the time, sometimes I just see the ghosting.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #28 on: January 31, 2012, 08:09:07 PM »
Quote from: whiffleball on January 31, 2012, 06:22:08 PM
LOL!  I remember going to the ER many years ago with severe pain in my lower right side.  When the on call walked in I almost fainted.  I don't think I've ever seen anyone so totally gorgeous up close.  Of course, he had to do an +ahem+ exam down there and found big ovarian cyst.  Do you know the pain went away almost miraculously?  I've always wondered where he went and what e decided to specialize in.

Plus, I had a stupid crush on my OB-GYN with my son.  He understood me perfectly!

I totally get a god complex with most of my doctors. I was in love with my neurologist.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #29 on: February 01, 2012, 09:38:27 AM »
Quote from: BEG on January 31, 2012, 08:09:07 PM
I totally get a god complex with most of my doctors. I was in love with my neurologist.

I'm a good groinocologist. Will you love me, too?   :-*

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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2012, 09:45:28 AM »
Here's to a speedy recovery Beg  :cheersmate:.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #31 on: February 01, 2012, 01:34:44 PM »
Oh no, I think I'm going to have the sparkly eye like wineslob's mom.  :panic:
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #32 on: February 01, 2012, 01:35:14 PM »
Quote from: chitownchica on February 01, 2012, 09:45:28 AM
Here's to a speedy recovery Beg  :cheersmate:.

Thanks! :)
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #33 on: February 01, 2012, 01:42:12 PM »
You weren't under orders to stay face-down for 24 hours?  I've had to deal with that every time I had eye surgery.

Sparkly eye doesn't sound very good.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #34 on: February 01, 2012, 01:51:48 PM »
Quote from: BEG on February 01, 2012, 01:34:44 PM
Oh no, I think I'm going to have the sparkly eye like wineslob's mom.  :panic:

More sparkle to you, BEG?  :lol:
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #35 on: February 01, 2012, 01:54:24 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on February 01, 2012, 01:51:48 PM
More sparkle to you, BEG?  :lol:

It's freaky but my eye is still dilated so it might get better after my eye is back to normal.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2012, 01:56:32 PM »
Quote from: BEG on February 01, 2012, 01:54:24 PM
It's freaky but my eye is still dilated so it might get better after my eye is back to normal.

Some other time I'll tell you what happened to ME after my cataract surgery. Nothing with the eyes, but.....some other time, so you don't worry now.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #37 on: February 01, 2012, 02:04:27 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on February 01, 2012, 01:56:32 PM
Some other time I'll tell you what happened to ME after my cataract surgery. Nothing with the eyes, but.....some other time, so you don't worry now.

Tell me, I must know everything!
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #38 on: February 01, 2012, 02:04:47 PM »
Quote from: BEG on February 01, 2012, 01:34:44 PM
Oh no, I think I'm going to have the sparkly eye like wineslob's mom.  :panic:


Lolz. Any time she's in bright light you can see them. Really looks weird.














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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2012, 02:05:52 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on February 01, 2012, 02:04:47 PM

Lolz. Any time she's in bright light you can see them. Really looks weird.




LET THE FREAK-OUT BEGIN!

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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #40 on: February 01, 2012, 04:26:27 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on February 01, 2012, 01:42:12 PM
You weren't under orders to stay face-down for 24 hours?  I've had to deal with that every time I had eye surgery.

Sparkly eye doesn't sound very good.

No, with normal cateract surgery you don't.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #41 on: February 01, 2012, 04:42:03 PM »
Went to my follow up appointment. Everything looks excellent as far as the doctor is concerned. He said he hardly had to use any power to break up my cataract which really surprised him.  He said the power was only 3.8 and the norm is 8 or something, what ever that means.  He said by using less power it is better for your eye and less post-op inflammation.

I feel really nauseous (like to the point of almost throwing up) and I think it was from driving myself and the difference in my two eyes (and my eye is dilated). I could actually see street signs and the colors seem so vibrant.

My astigmatism is almost 100% gone and my vision was 20/35 uncorrected (it was 20/140 I think with the cataract). He said my eye was really dry and that could affect my vision as well as the fact my eye is still dilated and I had the shot in the eye (always blurs my vision). Then I'm only a day out of surgery so it will improve even more from just that fact. He gave me some drops for dry eye and told me to use them frequently.

Yesterday I was afraid I made a mistake, today I feel like I have my vision back.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #42 on: February 01, 2012, 04:52:17 PM »
That's great news, BEG. I know I'd be anxious as hell if they were messin' with my eyes. You got through it like a trooper!  :cheersmate:
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #43 on: February 01, 2012, 04:58:55 PM »
Quote from: BEG on February 01, 2012, 04:42:03 PM
Went to my follow up appointment. Everything looks excellent as far as the doctor is concerned. He said he hardly had to use any power to break up my cataract which really surprised him.  He said the power was only 3.8 and the norm is 8 or something, what ever that means.  He said by using less power it is better for your eye and less post-op inflammation.

I feel really nauseous (like to the point of almost throwing up) and I think it was from driving myself and the difference in my two eyes (and my eye is dilated). I could actually see street signs and the colors seem so vibrant.

My astigmatism is almost 100% gone and my vision was 20/35 uncorrected (it was 20/140 I think with the cataract). He said my eye was really dry and that could affect my vision as well as the fact my eye is still dilated and I had the shot in the eye (always blurs my vision). Then I'm only a day out of surgery so it will improve even more from just that fact. He gave me some drops for dry eye and told me to use them frequently.

Yesterday I was afraid I made a mistake, today I feel like I have my vision back.

I had a 'super duper dialation' and drove myself home.  Never again.  Fortunately it was a little under a half mile and very overcast (ok starting to snow).  I had been to the specialist because I was having 'flashes' and floaters, I couldn't help wonder if they thought I had someone to drive me.  
Talk about driving by the braille system.  :tongue:

Next time I leave the car and take a cab.   Anyway, congrats on getting through it.  My last appointment the guy goes, "Did we discusss cataracts?"  No.  And that was the end of it.   This getting older is not for the young.

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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #44 on: February 01, 2012, 05:00:35 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on February 01, 2012, 09:38:27 AM
I'm a good groinocologist. Will you love me, too?   :-*

:lmao:

Dirty old man!

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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #45 on: February 01, 2012, 05:06:31 PM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on February 01, 2012, 04:58:55 PM
I had a 'super duper dialation' and drove myself home.  Never again.  Fortunately it was a little under a half mile and very overcast (ok starting to snow).  I had been to the specialist because I was having 'flashes' and floaters, I couldn't help wonder if they thought I had someone to drive me.  
Talk about driving by the braille system.  :tongue:

Next time I leave the car and take a cab.   Anyway, congrats on getting through it.  My last appointment the guy goes, "Did we discusss cataracts?"  No.  And that was the end of it.   This getting older is not for the young.



If you do have cataract surgery you will be amazed how colorful the world is. It's like I'm seeing the sky like I remember it as a child.

Doctors are amazing people, I've had such wonderful experiences with all but one of my doctors over my life with all of the health issues I've had. So many had a hand in saving my life and now I can say that one has given me the gift of the kind of sight I forgot and didn't think I could have.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #46 on: February 01, 2012, 05:23:26 PM »
Quote from: BEG on February 01, 2012, 05:06:31 PM
If you do have cataract surgery you will be amazed how colorful the world is. It's like I'm seeing the sky like I remember it as a child.

Doctors are amazing people, I've had such wonderful experiences with all but one of my doctors over my life with all of the health issues I've had. So many had a hand in saving my life and now I can say that one has given me the gift of the kind of sight I forgot and didn't think I could have.


Lately my back has been acting up again.  I guess I will be working on that next.   I remember one of my relatives talking about my 2 great grandfather saying at one point how if he could only have one thing it would be the cloud taken from vision to see like a young boy again.  I believe he was in his late nineties at the time.

I will have to post my kitchen pictures for you when I get some time.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #47 on: February 01, 2012, 05:40:51 PM »
Quote from: BEG on February 01, 2012, 05:06:31 PM
If you do have cataract surgery you will be amazed how colorful the world is. It's like I'm seeing the sky like I remember it as a child.

Doctors are amazing people, I've had such wonderful experiences with all but one of my doctors over my life with all of the health issues I've had. So many had a hand in saving my life and now I can say that one has given me the gift of the kind of sight I forgot and didn't think I could have.

I am glad to hear that your procedure went well.
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #48 on: February 01, 2012, 09:36:24 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on February 01, 2012, 05:00:35 PM
Dirty old man!

 :cheersmate:

Correct on all counts!
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Re: Cataract Surgery tomorrow
« Reply #49 on: February 01, 2012, 09:41:16 PM »
Quote from: BEG on February 01, 2012, 02:04:27 PM
Tell me, I must know everything!

My liver couldn't evacuate the Versed out of my system, and I ended up hallucinating about everything. None of my doctors had ever seen such a thing before. (Why break with tradition?)

It got so that when my wife came home from work, she'd find me holding the cell phone in one hand and the TV remote in the other, swearing and trying to change channels with the cell phone.

So off to the ER we went, and from there to the hospital for 1-1/2 days, during the blizzard.

All better now, though.
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