Friends, aftwer months of deteriorating eyesight I have now been diagnosed with cataracts!
Anyone else suffered such and their replacement?
regards, Peter.
I know several people who have had it done. My aunt at 85 had it done. She said how colourful things were after the op.
Quote from: petercharlesfagg on November 13, 2014, 07:49:12 PM
Friends, aftwer months of deteriorating eyesight I have now been diagnosed with cataracts!
Anyone else suffered such and their replacement?
regards, Peter.
Peter
My wife had a cataract operation on Tuesday this week. The op took 25 mins and she was back home at 10-30am doing the washing up. No pain, no discomfort and able to see straight away. After a couple of days her distant vision was better than mine. I think she will have to wear reading glasses for close work but a good result. Also SWMBO has always been incredibly short sighted and had to wear glasses looking like milk bottle bottoms to see anything (or the equivalent contact lenses) Her new lens means she can see at a distance, properly without glasses, for the first time in her life.. She'll go back to the optomotrist (or whatever they call themselves these days) to have her other eye done and then she'll be as good as new.
Highly recommended as the adverts say - go for it Peter.
Waiting lists are probably variable depending on where you are but SWMBO had her first op booked within 2 months of diagnosis.
Good luck Peter
Hi Peter
I had the same diagnosis a few weeks back and saw the consultant this week. Hope to have one eye done before Xmas and one after. Very re-assured by my talk with him even though I don't like the thought of the op being carried out under just a local. I'm just looking (no pun intended) forward to being able to see properly again!
Steve
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis Peter.
I have no experience of anyone with cataracts but I'm sure all will go well for you.
Best Wishes.
Hi Peter,
My wife had her left eye done at the start of this year and her right eye done a couple of months ago. Her quality of life is now much improved. Both operations were carried out under a local anesthetic and took just 30 minutes from start of operation to walking out of hospital.
Nothing to worry yourself about, and lots to gain.
Gerry
Sorry to hear about your problem there Peter. I know a couple of people here in Australia who've had it done - same success story. Good luck!
Join the club Peter
I got diagnosed around 3 months ago and am now on the waiting list. Not much fun for the hobby.
The most frustrating thing is the lack of clarity as it feels like you just need to keep upping the magnification of your glasses and it will come good.
Only my right eye is poor, my left eye is fine and so I have a sort of double vision virtually all the time and most of my railway work is done with a patch over the right one so that I can get a better sense of depth/distance.
Certainly slowing things down :thumbsdown:
How strange, I was diagnosed with a cataract in my left eye just this morning. My eye doctor told me there are two types of cataract, one that happens with old folks and another that happens with younger folks. The good news was that he told me I was in the latter category, the bad news is that the cataract is exactly the same in either case :(
Hello - I had one eye done about a year ago and although I didn't much like the procedure it has made a big difference to my overall sight and I suppose at some time I will have to have the other one done - overall well worth the slight discomfort of the actual operation
Clive H
Nice to hear all the positive responses. Hope it all goes okay for PCF. He seems such a nice bloke
Dave
I was diagnosed a couple of years ago, when they had just started, but no action taken so far. Next optician appointment will be next March, so will see what they are like then. Main problem I have is recurrent floaters, which I find a real pain, as I keep trying to get rid of the non-existent spider hanging from my specs frame!
Only drawback to the cataract op for me, is the very thought of watching it as it happens!
Hi Peter had both mine done last year .I can only say brilliant.
I used to have reading glasses. Not anymore? :thumbsup:
Thought I would have to move to 00 guage. But n guage is fine, no problem
8)
Quote from: Kipper on November 14, 2014, 05:26:12 PM
Only drawback to the cataract op for me, is the very thought of watching it as it happens!
You an me both!
Quote from: petercharlesfagg on November 14, 2014, 07:28:03 PM
Quote from: Kipper on November 14, 2014, 05:26:12 PM
Only drawback to the cataract op for me, is the very thought of watching it as it happens!
You an me both!
Peter
While the op is going on just dream of your next n gauge loco purchase(s) by the time you've spent your bank balance in your imagination it'll be all over.
Hello, I had my new lens fitted back in August-Brilliant!. I decided I couldn`t stand a needle being inserted into my eye,so I was knocked out. When I came round I had a plastic patch over my eye, this had to stay on for 14 nights. I had 5 weeks off work, as I wasn`t allowed to drive, bend down or lean my head forward, as this could result in blood rushing to my eye.I still waiting for my other eye to be operated on . Hope all goes well for you .P.s NO alcohol.
When I went to the opticians for my annual commercial drivers licence medical she told me that I had cataracts but said I would probably be dead by the time anything needed to be done about it!
Quote from: Toneeze on November 14, 2014, 07:46:09 PM
Hello, I had my new lens fitted back in August-Brilliant!. I decided I couldn`t stand a needle being inserted into my eye,so I was knocked out. When I came round I had a plastic patch over my eye, this had to stay on for 14 nights. I had 5 weeks off work, as I wasn`t allowed to drive, bend down or lean my head forward, as this could result in blood rushing to my eye.I still waiting for my other eye to be operated on . Hope all goes well for you .P.s NO alcohol.
SWMBO had a few drops in her eye - no needles - no general anaesthetic. Op took 25 mins. Walked out of the op with no patch - no nothing - and was doing the washing up by 10-30am. Follow up is a few drops in her eyes for 2 or 3 weeks followed by a checkup. She didn't feel a thing during the op although she felt it was all a bit strange.
I suppose different hospitals/locations use different techniques.
Well, I had the worse cataract that you can have, apparently there are 3. I was told that the oeration wasn`t straight forward,but it went well and took about 30 mins.I know I should have done it earlier. :thankyousign:
Quote from: steve836 on November 14, 2014, 07:48:12 PM
When I went to the opticians for my annual commercial drivers licence medical she told me that I had cataracts but said I would probably be dead by the time anything needed to be done about it!
That could be comforting news, or not, depending on your general health.
My friends,
Sincerest thanks for those who responded, I feel less lonely!
The operation is less daunting reading about others experiences.
All we have to do now is wait, who knows when an operation will be on the cards? According to the optometrist it may be another year before I HAVE to get things changed!
Many thanks Peter.
Quote from: austinbob on November 14, 2014, 08:09:14 PM
SWMBO had a few drops in her eye - no needles - no general anaesthetic.
If you get drops in your eye Peter, they will be more than likely cocaine drops. I have had them on numerous occasions when I needed an injection into my eye, I felt nothing at all :thumbsup:
cheers John.
I'm waiting for an eye operation at the moment.
I have a tear on my retina and all straight lines are distorted as if someone has smeared them sideways with a finger.
I have'nt driven for some weeks now.
The op. consists of injecting a bubble of gas into my eye to hold the tear in place while it hopefully heals,I've got to keep looking down all the time for seven weeks after the op so that the gas bubble stays in place,I can rest for ten minutes every hour to eat,wash etc. so I'm not looking forward to it at all.
Oh,and a cataract will be removed at the same time,should all happen sometime early in the new year.
Allan
Quote from: Bikeracer on November 15, 2014, 05:15:11 PM
I'm waiting for an eye operation at the moment.
I have a tear on my retina and all straight lines are distorted as if someone has smeared them sideways with a finger.
I have'nt driven for some weeks now.
The op. consists of injecting a bubble of gas into my eye to hold the tear in place while it hopefully heals,I've got to keep looking down all the time for seven weeks after the op so that the gas bubble stays in place,I can rest for ten minutes every hour to eat,wash etc. so I'm not looking forward to it at all.
Oh,and a cataract will be removed at the same time,should all happen sometime early in the new year.
Allan
Hi Allan
That looks like a real chore for seven weeks. I hope it all turns out successfully.
My wife had a detached retina which was fixed by laser surgery. Very frightening for her at the time. Now she's got cataracts but one has now been fixed without any drama and she'll probably have the other attended to after Xmas.
Good luck and hang in there
Quote from: Bikeracer on November 15, 2014, 05:15:11 PM
I'm waiting for an eye operation at the moment.
I have a tear on my retina and all straight lines are distorted as if someone has smeared them sideways with a finger.
I have'nt driven for some weeks now.
The op. consists of injecting a bubble of gas into my eye to hold the tear in place while it hopefully heals,I've got to keep looking down all the time for seven weeks after the op so that the gas bubble stays in place,I can rest for ten minutes every hour to eat,wash etc. so I'm not looking forward to it at all.
Oh,and a cataract will be removed at the same time,should all happen sometime early in the new year.
Allan
Allan, thank you for adding this information, it makes my problems quite small in comparison!
Cannot imagine looking down all that time, I have only spent a week looking at the ground to stop myself falling over because the world has been moving without any control from myself!
I am sure I speak for many in that we are all behind you and when the strain of doing what you have to do gets too much, we expect you to turn to us for back-up?
Regards, Peter.
Hi Peter - have only just read your various messages nearly all of which reflect my experience. Had one eye done under local about 6 weeks ago and hope for the other to be done before Xmas - Have a pre op check on 1st December.
Only problem I found was the long delay between referral to hospital [in March] and wait for op. Its very slow and delayed in this part of the country so I hope its a different story where you are.
Cheers and hope all goes well for you.
John k
I have just had my left eye done, the right was done two years ago. No injections on either occasion, just swabbed with anesthetic. Whilst the op was taking place my face was covered with a sheet which had a hole for the eye they were operating on, a bright light was shone in to the eye so I could not see anything or feel anything. Post op 4 weeks of drops and a eye patch at night for a week amongst other things. You will be given a card with the does and dont's and the timetable for the drops. I could drive after the second op but not after the first one, and you have to wait six weeks before you can have an eye test for new glasses. Initially the vision is very bright in the operated eye but it does tone down a bit in the first six weeks. When you have the second one done make sure to ask that the implant is for the same distance as the first, i.e., you don't end up with distance vision in one eye and close up in the other. I only need glasses for reading now, where before I needed them for both distance and reading as one eye was short sighted and the other long sighted. A very quick and painless procedure, and well worth it.
Geoff
No problem for me, looking down for a few weeks, as I have to do this all the time, as many of the local dog owners fail to scoop the poop! Personally, I always pick up my own dogs poop correctly, but also sometimes other dogs poop, by treading in it!
Sorry to lower the tone!
Still not convinced that I can go through with the op, but if they knock me out, should cope with that. I have a resistance to local anaesthetics, which meant I felt everything when I had a carpal tunnel op - very 18th century. I don't bother with any local when I have teeth worked on by dentist, as I will have got home before the local kicks in.