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Cataract Surgery: What to expect after surgery
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I had cataract surgery on my left eye July 29th. The first two weeks I couldn`t see my hand in front of my face. i did go and see another Dr. and he had me put a gel in my eye 3 times daily. I did see the operating dr the day after I got the gel started. He didn`t like I went to get another opinion. He said I should wait. and I said I wasn`t going to have the rt eye done....ever! The eye has improved where I can see images but they are still blurry. I got referred to a cornea specialist 2 days ago and he said the cornea is ok but said I should continue with the drops and gel and wait. I told him I have thousands of floaters in my eye....it`s like someone took a pepper shaker and sprinkled pepper in my eye....he couldn`t tell me for sure what would happen to these floaters. He said wait......it`s been 5 weeks now....it`s like a living nightmare....how much improvement will I get and how long will it take? I`m a Vietnam Vet and stopped at the vet hospital when I was returning from the cornea dr visit. They were, at least, sympathetic with me and said I should wait and see the operating dr again. To see the cornea dr it was a 200 mile trip....to see the operating dr it is a 100 mile trip....so none of these visits is easy for me as I live in the country in Michigan`s upper peninsula. I want to get a third opinion from the U of Michigan eye center at the end of September if my eye hasn`t improved. They have helped me in the past and I feel much more comfortable and safe with them..... the drs say wait and it is easy for them to say this, but it is my eye and my vision and I want to be able to see normal again. I feel if I had done more research( like here on Mayo clinic) I never would have had cataract surgery because my vision was good. Now all I can do is pray that I can find someone who can make it good again. My Aunt once told me,,,when you have good health you are weathy and .how true that is for me now
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Dear Sir,
I can empathize with some of your after surgery symptoms, though my “slew of thousands of floaters” happened after I had surgery for a torn retina.
Here’s my experience:
I was hit hard in the eye with a ball while playing softball. For a few days, I thought I just had a nasty black eye till I saw a flood of small spec floaters a few days later. Quickly, I went to ophthalmologist and they diagnosed a torn retina and I had surgery (called cryosurgery) to repair my retina. Just after surgery, I saw MANY more floaters that looked like someone emptied a pepper shaker into my field of vision (like you)! It seemed to worsen to thousands of floaters and I inquired with doctor and many times in the first weeks after surgery. He described the majority of these to be red blood cells that happened during my retina surgery AND these floaters would dissipate in “a couple weeks”. Well, I visited him at two months and they were STILL there. In my mind, they were about the same as they had been, but, maybe they were down to hundreds instead of thousands. He, again, said, “give it a couple weeks or so.”
At that point, I was really frustrated and thought the condition would never improve. FINALLY, , another 4-6 weeks later, I looked into the sky and it was, mostly, clear of floaters. So, I assume, the majority of those thousands of floaters were the surgery-related red blood cells that, eventually, go away.
So, I pray that everything was done ok with your surgery and that your vision improves with your doctor’s treatment, healing and time.