Cataract surgery

[leebee]

I am having cataract surgery in early December. I'll have the left eye done on 12/4 and the right eye the following week, on 12/11. The surgeon says my distance vision will be greatly improved ("you won't remember ever having vision this good") but I'll still need glasses for near vision. I have some concerns about the two post-op periods.

I'm trying to wrap my head around how I'll be able to see during the week between the two surgeries. I'll still need my glasses for my right eye, but what do I do about the left eye? If I take the lens out of my current glasses, I won't be able to see very well, close up. Should I just wear an eye patch and "see" out of my right eye? I also tend to get dizzy/motion sickness/vertigo very easily- it's always an issue when I have a lens prescription change- so I'm worried about that being a problem during the in-between week, too. My last concern is what happens after the second eye is done. I know it takes several weeks for the eyes to "settle down" but how do I see during that time period? No glasses, distance should be OK, and get readers/cheaters from Walmart for near-vision? If anyone has experiences to share, I'd love to hear them.

 

[Mrs.Milo]

I had cataract surgery 9/2023, second eye 2 weeks later due to a holiday Monday. Don’t know if all surgeries are the same, but when I woke up next morning, still blurry, but by next morning pretty clear. Amazing to watch tv without glasses. Still wearing glasses to read, but my vision was really all one eye since I had lazy eye. My brother in law did the “remove a lens for one eye” thing, so don’t know about that. And at my first check up I got a generic 2X for readers, still works great 2 years later. Good luck, it is amazing!

 

[Disneypeach]

I was severely nearsighted when I had my cataract surgeries. Eye sight was so much better even one hour after surgery. It took about 24 hours each time for the dilation to go back to normal. I had 2 weeks between surgeries so I thought I’ll just remove the lens for the first eye from my regular glasses. Didn’t work, made me dizzy. My eye doc told me that eventually my brain would get used to that but by that time I’d be having my second eye done. . So I just didn’t wear my glasses and my corrected eye took on the main viewing effort. Not great but not a big deal either.
I love not having to wear glasses to drive or watch tv…do need reading glasses but that’s fine. Get cheap ones from Costco or Walmart.

Wish you the best for your surgery!