Get your eyes checked!!!

[Piano*Dad]

I'm very confused about what surgery you had. Cataract removal was a 10-20 minute painless process for me. I left with an eye taped shut for a day or so. Then they removed the patch and voila, perfect vision. Retinal detachment surgery, by contrast, was a painful two-weeks of lying on my stomach so as not to disturb the internal air bubble patching the retina.

[AdagioM]

Chas, I hope you feel and see better soon! I had cataract surgery a couple years ago (one at a time), and it is a miraculous thing.

I’m high risk retinally (had to have one tacked down with a laser 6 months after cataract surgery), but it is all way better than how I used to see.

[Steve Miller]

Wow, Chas!

Hope everything resolves quickly!

[ShiroKuro]

Hope you feel better soon @CHAS !!

[wtg]

Hugs, @CHAS …..

[CHAS]

Thanks to each of you.
Had a second surgery this morning. They removed the cataracts that were stuck to the lens, among other things. This is going as predicted. The eye was damaged severely when I was a teenager and they said the structure was weak and squishy. The place I had surgery this morning was a luxury hotel compared to the subway of the other place. The staff was upbeat. The surgeon seemed to be so intelligent his brain was throwing sparks. The first surgeon was named Wright, second Wong. Told Wong I had gone from Wright to Wong. I was told my vision would not be better after these procedures and that I may require thick glasses full time by three of the doctors I have seen for this. There will be more surgeries on the right eye before they start on the left one.

[Daniel]

Lol. But sorry for your horrible experiences, Chas.

Wishing you the best.

[CHAS]

I can see.
Had cataract surgery Tuesday.  Doc could not complete it. I have tough cataracts.  That eye has been damaged. Sent me to a doc at another clinic. Had surgery Thursday.  It was a much better experience.   Today I could see a symbol of a large broken ring on the screen. My vision in that eye is expected to improve. That is a great improvement. Was told I could lose the vision  in  that  eye.

[Steve Miller]

Good news!

[AdagioM]

I’m glad for you, @CHAS and hope that your vision continues to improve.

My retina specialist told me that there was a 50 percent chance I could be blind in my left eye after cataract surgery. Then he paused and said, “that’s one in two.” Yeah, I can do the math. So I waited a few more years until my vision was so awful it was making my work life stupid. It’s turned out mostly great.

Under promise, over deliver?

[pique]

Hoping for the best possible outcome for you, Chas.

[RealPlayer]

Glad you're having positive outcomes, Chas!

[CHAS]

Thank you to each of you.
My vision in that eye is still bad, but improving. The colors are wild. A football field is a wild obnoxious yellow green. I suppose it will resolve.
"Under promise, over deliver. " is probably widespread in the eye business. Wonder whether it relates to liability concerns.

[Quirt Evans]

Just saw this, I hope you're getting better, Chas.

The eye doctor told me I am starting to get cataracts, like almost everyone my age, but that I have a few years before I need the surgery.

[CHAS]

@Quirt-Evans

Thank you.
My vision in that eye made big improvements the first two days after the surgery. I expect the improvements to slow. I do tell Bob he is looking better every day.
Missing physical activity. Was warned about bending and lifting.
Wonder whether a good sneeze would make the eye a projectile.

[AdagioM]

@CHAS I was shocked when I saw some of the colors I chose for some of my knitting designs!

Under-promise, over-deliver: That just makes us consider the worst case scenario, and usually it’s better and we’re grateful instead of angry.

[wtg]

The ophthalmologist who did my mom's cataract surgery used to present an African violet in bloom to his patients when they came in the day after surgery to have their bandage removed. Mom couldn't believe how different colors looked!

@CHAS , so glad to hear things are progressing for you.