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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / April 2007OTPish: cataracts
my cataracts, which they say resulted from years on prednisone, need to come out. my vision, which has been terrible since childhood, is now ridiculously so. anyhow, i made two appointments to have them out in june. i'd do it sooner if i could fit it into my schedule. unfortunately, i'll still need glasses because of astigmatism, but i can't wait to see more clearly. anyone had cataract sugery? diane > my cataracts, which they say resulted from years on prednisone, need > to come out. my vision, which has been terrible since childhood, is > now ridiculously so. anyhow, i made two appointments to have them out > in june. i'd do it sooner if i could fit it into my schedule. > unfortunately, i'll still need glasses because of astigmatism, but i > can't wait to see more clearly. anyone had cataract sugery? Yes. And had it done in my mid fifties due to prednisone use. I was legally blind in my left eye all my life. Now I have 20/20 in both eyes. No my vision isn't as perfect as that sounds as I do have difficulty focusing and need reading glasses. And I don't like driving at night. But I can drive without glasses, watch TV and use the computer without glasses. (As well as the captions on the TV which is great since I'm deaf.) Are you sure you will still need glasses? Those new lenses in your eyes will correct for a lot. Jo I havce Diane. Had both eyes done 2 weeks apart. No problems whatsoever. Colors sure were brighter than previously. One eye is set for close-up and the other for far off. It works! Gwen > my cataracts, which they say resulted from years on prednisone, need > to come out. my vision, which has been terrible since childhood, is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > diane My hubby lost an eye to cancer about 6 years ago, so he was terriified to have cataract surgery... he doesn't have a "spare" eye if the surgery went wrong. He breezed thru the surgery and spent the 1.75 hr. drive home gleefully reading every road sign, billboard and license plate to me... and that was with his pupil still dialated! His vision has gotten better every day since his cataract surgery 2 weeks ago and his vision is now 20/15. Go for it! Leslie > my cataracts, which they say resulted from years on prednisone, need > to come out. my vision, which has been terrible since childhood, is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > diane thanks for the encouragement. yes, i'll still need glasses, though not as desperately as i do now. unfortunately my degree of astigmatism isn't correctable with the lenses --yet. my doc is just starting to use a new lens that will correct astigmatism, but i frankly don't want to be one of his first patients. diane > my cataracts, which they say resulted from years on prednisone, need > to come out. my vision, which has been terrible since childhood, is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > diane not I (yet), but both my parents did. No problems, greatly improved eyesight, happy with the results. It's so much easier of a surgery these days than it was when we were growing up. Thank goodness for medical advances!  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > not I (yet), but both my parents did. No problems, greatly improved > eyesight, happy with the results. It's so much easier of a surgery these > days than it was when we were growing up. Thank goodness for medical > advances! My Mom had it also. She could see much clearer after the surgery. She was actually surprised as she didn't realize how cloudy her eyesight had gotten until the cataracts were removed. She said it was like cleaning the glass :-)) Carole I have a litany of woes. I bought a new computer system and installed Vista and it's been 2 months of problems. In trying transfer files from the new computer to the old, some files got corrupted and both computer landed in the workshop. I've just had them back, and the DVD drive in the new computer on't work, so it'll have to go back to the workshop. I should have waited a while before I bought and installed the Vista. :( I would have saved myself some grief and the cost of forced repairs! Now about the cataracts -- I've had the cataracts of both eyes done, a month apart. I opted to have reading vision and for glasses for distance vision. My left eye is stronger than my right eye, and I had to go in to get my vision measured for the correct lenses -- I suspect the more visits to the opthalmologist's, the more fees he collects. I don't mind that but I resented the explanation that they needed to get as accurate a measurement as they can -- well how accurate were they when they I ended up with the same power lens in both eyes? Yep the left eye is still stronger than the left when they should be about the same strength. The opthalmologist said that he didn't know what happened for their machine worked out the value of the lens for me -- and I had to go in twice to get this result? I suggest you check that you don't land with this "problem". My eyesight has really improved but I cannot read for any great length of time. My eyes get blurred -- and since I love to read, I continue to read until I can't make out the words any more. I went to see the opthalmologist to find out why I'm having this problem. He couldn't find anything wrong. I asked to be referred to another specialist for a second opinion. The second opthalmologist couldn't find a problem either. So you might like to explore this problem with your opthalmologist before you have your surgery. It was really wonderful after the surgery -- to be able to see such striking colours agains. :) Good luck with your surgery. - Sanchona http://www.sanchona.com http://www.myspace.com/sanchona "A Family Of Strangers" ISBN: 9781594145438 Published by Five Star/Thomson Gale Publishing > > my cataracts, which they say resulted from years on prednisone, need > > to come out. my vision, which has been terrible since childhood, is [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > remove the Gator cheer to email me > Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare - > I have a litany of woes. I bought a new computer system and installed > Vista and it's been 2 months of problems. In trying transfer files from [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Good luck with your surgery. There are different measures of what you might consider strength in an eye. Accuracy over distance? The ability to focus well? The ability to change focus quickly? Handling changes is light? Field of vision? You get back a lot when you remove the cataracts from your eyes and replace them with lenses, but you do not get back the vision of a twenty year old. Jo I have had one eye fixed. I also have bad astigmatism. The surgeon made some cuts in the cornea to reduce the astigmatism. My astigmatism correction from glasses is now about half the pre-surgery amount. My eye was also slightly far-sighted. The new lens in the eye has almost totally fixed that problem. My left eye is now showing a cataract that is growing. Looking forward to getting it fixed in about a year. Lew > my cataracts, which they say resulted from years on prednisone, need > to come out. my vision, which has been terrible since childhood, is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > diane thanks, lew. i'll ask the doc if he plans to make the little slits. he didn't mention it. diane |
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