Thank you for your good wishes. All went well and a day later I can see for miles in my new eye. All very bright and crisp. Feels peculiar with my other eye but the brain is working on it.
Now I’m on a whole carrier bag load of eye drops , including hourly ones @aliwibble will have had these too I think, to keep the iritis that I get at bay.
It’s strange being able to rest while Mr Tatters discovers the joys of looking after 90 hens but I’ll get used to it. Back to the hosp next week for a check up and I’ll beg them to do the other eye asap!
Pleased everything went well. Incidentally where did you have it done as my wife is waiting to have a cataract seen to?
Queen Mary’s in Sidcup. I’ve been under them for 20 years with eye stuff. Have always been brilliant and I’ve been well looked after. They’re part of the eye hospital at Kings College Denmark Hill.
Pleased everything went well. Incidentally where did you have it done as my wife is waiting to have a cataract seen to?
Queen Mary’s in Sidcup. I’ve been under them for 20 years with eye stuff. Have always been brilliant and I’ve been well looked after. They’re part of the eye hospital at Kings College Denmark Hill.
Glad all went well @Arsenetatters. As regards the numerous drops, I ended up making myself a little chart of what I had to put in and when, cos there were 3 different types that all had different frequencies and taper rates.
Glad all went well @Arsenetatters. As regards the numerous drops, I ended up making myself a little chart of what I had to put in and when, cos there were 3 different types that all had different frequencies and taper rates.
Thank you Ali.
I’ve get an hourly drop, a 4 times a day drop and a 3 times a day drop. Each has its own alarm which is now driving me mad!!
Glad all went well @Arsenetatters. As regards the numerous drops, I ended up making myself a little chart of what I had to put in and when, cos there were 3 different types that all had different frequencies and taper rates.
Thank you Ali.
I’ve get an hourly drop, a 4 times a day drop and a 3 times a day drop. Each has its own alarm which is now driving me mad!!
Had the eye checked this week - all good so been listed for the next eye as ‘up to 4 weeks wait’. Thought I’d see how it was going so phoned this afternoon just as a cancellation had come in. Second eye next Tuesday!
Had the second eye done yesterday. Can now see in 3D which is a bit weird! All went well.
One difference from last time was that the person assisting the surgeon may have been unfamiliar with some of the routine stuff so the surgeon was asking for ‘eye rinse now’ etc. All good until she asked for a ‘spear’ 😳. I thought I’d probably misheard but she asked for another spear twice more. I realise it wasn’t the size of a javelin and even if it was I couldn’t see or feel anything but I think I’d change the word!!!
Had the second eye done yesterday. Can now see in 3D which is a bit weird! All went well.
One difference from last time was that the person assisting the surgeon may have been unfamiliar with some of the routine stuff so the surgeon was asking for ‘eye rinse now’ etc. All good until she asked for a ‘spear’ 😳. I thought I’d probably misheard but she asked for another spear twice more. I realise it wasn’t the size of a javelin and even if it was I couldn’t see or feel anything but I think I’d change the word!!!
Oh good, that's lovely to hear. But does this mean you're now on 2 different schedules of drops, one for each eye?
Thank you! Yes I’m now on 3 different types of eye drops at different rates in each eye. I took your idea and made a big chart with what when and in which eye. An alarm goes off every hour for something. The nurse insisted that I had to have a different bag of eye drops for each eye, even though they are the same for each eye. I am not to use eye drops from the bag labelled ‘L’ for my right eye and vice versa. I just agreed to everything they said and transferred the whole lot into one big bag when I got out.
Well there is a risk that if god forbid you got an infection in one eye, that you could cross contaminate to the other if your drop application skills are a bit crap, and you brush the bottles with your lashes . But it's easier just to label the bottles and boxes with L or R and the date you opened them TBH. While they're unopened it doesn't matter.
Oh good, that's lovely to hear. But does this mean you're now on 2 different schedules of drops, one for each eye?
Thank you! Yes I’m now on 3 different types of eye drops at different rates in each eye. I took your idea and made a big chart with what when and in which eye. An alarm goes off every hour for something. The nurse insisted that I had to have a different bag of eye drops for each eye, even though they are the same for each eye. I am not to use eye drops from the bag labelled ‘L’ for my right eye and vice versa. I just agreed to everything they said and transferred the whole lot into one big bag when I got out.
How do you feel now? Is your vision normal? My husband had both done a few months back also 4 weeks apart, he found he don’t need his long distance glasses anymore but does need the reading glasses. But since the cataracts surgery his night vision isn’t as good because of being ultra sensitive to artificial light, makes me want to do all the night driving.
Oh good, that's lovely to hear. But does this mean you're now on 2 different schedules of drops, one for each eye?
Thank you! Yes I’m now on 3 different types of eye drops at different rates in each eye. I took your idea and made a big chart with what when and in which eye. An alarm goes off every hour for something. The nurse insisted that I had to have a different bag of eye drops for each eye, even though they are the same for each eye. I am not to use eye drops from the bag labelled ‘L’ for my right eye and vice versa. I just agreed to everything they said and transferred the whole lot into one big bag when I got out.
How do you feel now? Is your vision normal? My husband had both done a few months back also 4 weeks apart, he found he don’t need his long distance glasses anymore but does need the reading glasses. But since the cataracts surgery his night vision isn’t as good because of being ultra sensitive to artificial light, makes me want to do all the night driving.
It’s two weeks since the first op and a few days since the second so it’s early days but I can see very well out of both eyes in terms of distance. I was very short sighted and with the cataracts too the optician had done as much as they could with glasses. The new lenses are amazing. I do need reading glasses now and until my eyes settle I’m doing well using a cheap pair from Amazon. I’ve not driven for a while but can’t wait to get back to it. Will hopefully get the go ahead when I see the surgeon next week. I am wondering if the need for reading glasses may mean I need to have glasses for driving - just to see the speedometer- but I understand you can get magnifying bits to put over the dashboard to help. Night vision has been pretty awful since having the cataracts so not sure how they will be.
EDIT I do feel exhausted and just as when the first eye was done I have been sleeping a lot. Also not sure when I will be up to physical work.
Just a quick note, a few months on from having both eyes operated on. It’s all great, and I can basically get by without glasses completely.
However, at football I have new prescription glasses which make things even better, so I have very vision while wearing them. However, as my right eye is good for close-up and my left eye is good for distance vision, wearing the glasses takes 30 seconds at least for your brain to get used to the fact that both eyes are now good for long distance. That’s absolutely fine, but when you take them off, you feel a bit dizzy for a few seconds. The same applies to when I’m wearing reading glasses which I only need to do for very small print. Just a minor point, but worth mentioning I thought, in case anyone else is having one eye for close up, and one for distance.
Just a quick note, a few months on from having both eyes operated on. It’s all great, and I can basically get by without glasses completely.
However, at football I have new prescription glasses which make things even better, so I have very vision while wearing them. However, as my right eye is good for close-up and my left eye is good for distance vision, wearing the glasses takes 30 seconds at least for your brain to get used to the fact that both eyes are now good for long distance. That’s absolutely fine, but when you take them off, you feel a bit dizzy for a few seconds. The same applies to when I’m wearing reading glasses which I only need to do for very small print. Just a minor point, but worth mentioning I thought, in case anyone else is having one eye for close up, and one for distance.
I went for both eyes as distance vision. In the two weeks between ops I had my new distance eye and my other, unoperated, eye was very short sighted but good for close up. It felt very strange and most likely not what it would be like with a clear vision, close up eye. I was getting more used to it when I had the next operation.
Currently I can see for miles very clearly but need pretty weak reading glasses for close up stuff. However, the last few days I have been able to read without glasses later in the day. It's early days for me and my brain is still trying to make sense of the changes and I feel I little 'lightheaded' at times. Those of you who wear glasses might know the feeling that you have when you get new prescription glasses and everything is overwhelmingly sharp and bright.
I was also 'lucky' enough to have toric lenses fitted which completely corrects my astigmatism. It is free on the nhs if you have a bad astigmatism but will mean I shouldnt have to wear glasses now.
The whole science behind it has come on in leaps and bounds and I'm so grateful to have been given 'new eyes'.
My brother has a stent and has to take anti rejection medicine.
I had corneal grafts in both eyes 8 years ago and I'm still on anti-rejection eye drops. I'm having to go in for "fine needle diathermy" in a couple of months as blood vessels are starting to creep across my eyes. Consultant is still concerned that my eyes may reject the grafts even after all this time.
Grrrrr.
Had a corneal graft in1990 and still on daily drops… now have a cataract in the same eye and graft is close to the end of its useful life. Decision to make soon on cataract op only or add the new cornea graft at the same time… decisions decisions.
I had cataracts removed from both eyes in the Autumn of 2023. My distance vision was really good afterwards but I needed reading glasses.
Over time I noticed things had changed. I could still read a number plate at 20 metres but I wasn't able to read things in the middle distance.
I went back to the optician who referred me for surgery. She spotted that the astigmatism in my right eye had changed and this had caused the problem. Back to wearing varifocals but seeing everything very clearly now.
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Onwards, upwards , sideways, backwards- all directions clearer with your "new eye" !
Incidentally where did you have it done as my wife is waiting to have a cataract seen to?
Picturing the "spear" incident....
Did the assistant say " Aye aye, sir "?
Yes I’m now on 3 different types of eye drops at different rates in each eye. I took your idea and made a big chart with what when and in which eye. An alarm goes off every hour for something.
The nurse insisted that I had to have a different bag of eye drops for each eye, even though they are the same for each eye. I am not to use eye drops from the bag labelled ‘L’ for my right eye and vice versa. I just agreed to everything they said and transferred the whole lot into one big bag when I got out.
I do feel exhausted and just as when the first eye was done I have been sleeping a lot. Also not sure when I will be up to physical work.
It’s all great, and I can basically get by without glasses completely.
Over time I noticed things had changed. I could still read a number plate at 20 metres but I wasn't able to read things in the middle distance.
I went back to the optician who referred me for surgery. She spotted that the astigmatism in my right eye had changed and this had caused the problem. Back to wearing varifocals but seeing everything very clearly now.