I am not at all pleased with my cataract surgery. My left eye is secreting mucous and my eye was closed shut this morning. I put a warm washcloth on it to open my eye. It seems counter intuitive, but I was told I have dry eyes now, at least in the left eye which had surgery on August 1st. I do use eye drops 4 times a day, in both eyes just in case the right eye turns into this mess. At first my left eye was just "leaking" tears, but now this mucous makes it difficult to read. As for the huge amounts of money given to my optometrist and the cataract surgeon, I expected more than this and the fact that I will have to wear glasses. I finally took that prescription in on Thursday. I was told by my optometrist that I could see him at no charge for 90 days after each surgery. When I went in for my checkups on my right eye, I was told I owed $80 for my last two visits. I think there is a communication gap here. Finally, after I argued about the $80, one of the techs talked to the doctor and said they would write it off. Oh, ha-ha, wasn't the $300 for each eye's checkups enough? So, the eye surgeon gets $2200 per eye, my optometrist gets $300 for each eye and then there is the co-pay for the facility fee ($300). I obtained a copy of what the surgery center was going to send in to my insurance and they are billing $4,000 for the facility fee (an old house that was remodeled.) And, we wonder what is wrong with our health care system. I already posted about the jerk who was the anesthesiologist and did not give me enough to sedate me. My left eye has been through hell. I am sorry for this rant, but I am just so frustrated I had to make these comments. I wish better luck for all of you who are scheduled for cataract surgery. With all good wishes, @joybringer1.