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 

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? 
Thought I would have to move to 00 guage. But n guage is fine, no problem

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.