Had the second cataract (right eye) removed last Thurs morning, two weeks after the left eye. Everything went smoothly. Same deal with the transparent eye patch except that the surgeon said the next day if I slept mostly on my back that I could probably forego the patch on the subsequent nights. (He is cognizant that I wear a BIPAP machine at night and I stay pretty immobile when that is on.) That eased the recovery process some.
The right eye seemed to be cloudier longer than the left. Now after 6 days it seems pretty clear. The acuity is not quite as good as the left but that may improve with time. In my second day inspection he saw that my eye pressure was pretty high (32 mm). Normal range is 10-22 mm. An eye drop was used to relieve the pressure which was due to post-surgery swelling. As an aside, he said that at some pressures only a little higher than where mine was to relieve the pressure they squeeze the eyeball to extrude some vitreal (sp) fluid from the surgical wound. Ouch!! Fortunately, I avoided this outcome.
I can almost read now without glasses. The left eye is particularly acute. If the right eye gets any better I think I will be essentially normal-sighted. If so, an incredible outcome. I am not wearing my glasses now for driving. They seem to not be right for the job. My guy likes to retest vision at 3 weeks post-surgery. Since we are leaving for AZ before that time, he will test at 14 days and I will carry a script to AZ to have whatever glasses I need made there. I think the right eye may still have a wee astigmatism and prescription glasses will be necessary to correct that. All will be revealed.....
In the meanwhile, have a fine Turkey Day.
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