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<blockquote data-quote="Princess Pooper" data-source="post: 4555652" data-attributes="member: 971"><p>Done! Clocked in at Loughborough on Tues at 1pm, discharged at 5pm but only because I was the last one of the day (being the youngest!) - the first 1pm clock-ins were finished a couple of hours earlier. 5 in the afternoon session. Succession of paperwork and 'bushbaby' eyedrops, then the anaesthetist and surgeon came to look at notes and discuss any potential issues re: current medication and health conditions.</p><p></p><p>10 mins in prep area getting anaesthetised - the only bit that hurts is then and only for a minute or so. Then into theatre to spend 20 mins under a surgical drape and hardly felt a thing - certainly no pain just the occasional slight sensation of a bit of movement and mild tugging. My surgeon was not chatty, just the odd comment to let me know what was happening next. Only issue I had was due to my Raynauds my hands did get cold and my SATS monitoring was a bit hit and miss - I had warned them this might happen. Bit noisy at times, presumably that is the ultrasound probe.</p><p></p><p>Cuppa and biscuits for 20 mins then signed off and a neighbour drove me home.</p><p></p><p>Since I started this thread, when I saw the opthalmoloist in October, he told me I did have a cataract in the other eye it's just it wasn't affecting me yet, but because of that I will getting both eyes done; he did say that due to my current prescription it would be very difficult to sort glasses for me if only one eye was done anyway.</p><p></p><p>I did have horrendous lower back pain yesterday it had gone into spasm - this does happen to me sometimes and I suspect it is due to so much sitting around on Tues and then the op lying on my back (they do put a cushion under your calves to help push your back into the bed). Now back to normal. Also very very tired and sleepy which I can only assume due to the local anaesthetic and or release of stress (and trying to get loads of 'bending down' jobs done before the op like painting the dairy walls prior to farm assurance visit - I was working until midnight the night before.</p><p></p><p>So the only post-operative problem I have is due to my poor eyesight. I am as I type wearing my old glasses which are varifocals, as a I need the 'reading glasses' bit to type or read any thing. So if I look further away, my 'new' eye is blurred as I am looking through a glasses lens that I no longer need, for distance vision, but I do still need it for my left eye. I have clearer vision through my new operated eye now for distance than when I was wearing glasses. When I am not reading then I am taking my glasses off. I am not sure whether I will be able to drive once out of the week's imposed ban - not due to the cataract surgery but due to this problem because of my astigmatism. As soon as I see my optician in 5 weeks as long as all OK I go on the list for the second eye so I will be fine after that. And like everyone else who has this done, yes the world is now crystal clear and bright through the new lens with the cataract removed. You realise that for the last x years you have been seeing life through a sepia filter (the cataract).</p><p></p><p>So now Prince Pooper has loads of extra work to do and will also have to experience the delights of the supermarket shop as I can't drive (I did stock up but not for ever!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Princess Pooper, post: 4555652, member: 971"] Done! Clocked in at Loughborough on Tues at 1pm, discharged at 5pm but only because I was the last one of the day (being the youngest!) - the first 1pm clock-ins were finished a couple of hours earlier. 5 in the afternoon session. Succession of paperwork and 'bushbaby' eyedrops, then the anaesthetist and surgeon came to look at notes and discuss any potential issues re: current medication and health conditions. 10 mins in prep area getting anaesthetised - the only bit that hurts is then and only for a minute or so. Then into theatre to spend 20 mins under a surgical drape and hardly felt a thing - certainly no pain just the occasional slight sensation of a bit of movement and mild tugging. My surgeon was not chatty, just the odd comment to let me know what was happening next. Only issue I had was due to my Raynauds my hands did get cold and my SATS monitoring was a bit hit and miss - I had warned them this might happen. Bit noisy at times, presumably that is the ultrasound probe. Cuppa and biscuits for 20 mins then signed off and a neighbour drove me home. Since I started this thread, when I saw the opthalmoloist in October, he told me I did have a cataract in the other eye it's just it wasn't affecting me yet, but because of that I will getting both eyes done; he did say that due to my current prescription it would be very difficult to sort glasses for me if only one eye was done anyway. I did have horrendous lower back pain yesterday it had gone into spasm - this does happen to me sometimes and I suspect it is due to so much sitting around on Tues and then the op lying on my back (they do put a cushion under your calves to help push your back into the bed). Now back to normal. Also very very tired and sleepy which I can only assume due to the local anaesthetic and or release of stress (and trying to get loads of 'bending down' jobs done before the op like painting the dairy walls prior to farm assurance visit - I was working until midnight the night before. So the only post-operative problem I have is due to my poor eyesight. I am as I type wearing my old glasses which are varifocals, as a I need the 'reading glasses' bit to type or read any thing. So if I look further away, my 'new' eye is blurred as I am looking through a glasses lens that I no longer need, for distance vision, but I do still need it for my left eye. I have clearer vision through my new operated eye now for distance than when I was wearing glasses. When I am not reading then I am taking my glasses off. I am not sure whether I will be able to drive once out of the week's imposed ban - not due to the cataract surgery but due to this problem because of my astigmatism. As soon as I see my optician in 5 weeks as long as all OK I go on the list for the second eye so I will be fine after that. And like everyone else who has this done, yes the world is now crystal clear and bright through the new lens with the cataract removed. You realise that for the last x years you have been seeing life through a sepia filter (the cataract). So now Prince Pooper has loads of extra work to do and will also have to experience the delights of the supermarket shop as I can't drive (I did stock up but not for ever!) [/QUOTE]
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