Success
 

The operation, left eye cataract, was a success, but the patient ............... is still a grumpy old fart! :evilgrin:

Maybe now I 'll be able to see those itty-bitty numbers on lugers, Ya think?

FN

Glad to hear the treatment was successful!

What iddy-biddy numbers...:)

Fred,

Glad to hear it. Now there's no excuse for leaving the toilet seat up.:)

Ron

I expect that we're mostly all headed toward our own cataract surgery... My parents both had them removed... My mom was quite surprised at how the color of the world had changed!

The surgeon that invented the tool that is used for this operation was brilliant. When my grandfather had his surgery in 1960, he had to lay motionless on his back for more than a week after the operation. Today, you get to go home!

Congratulations on the successful outcome!

Marc

Hi Fred, Another illusion shattered. I thought Naval Aviators had eyes like eagles! All the best, Norm

HOLDIT, HOLD IT, HOLD IT?

How did a toilet seat get in here????

Yeah Norme, when I was a Naval Radiator I did have 20/15....

FN

Fred,

Of all the eye surgeries I've had ( a whole bunch!! ), the cataract removal was the easiest and least painful! Glad you came through it OK!

Mike:thumbup:

Fred, Yes..Glad to hear it was a success! Nothing would be worse than to watch the World go dim...

Jerry
Burney

Thanks All. It'll be a few weeks til all the healing is done, but today was the first post-op and the Dr. is delighted. Me too!


FN

Everyone who has had one has commented on how easy and later how wonderful it was to have done it.


Ed

Congrats!
 

That is great news! It is amazing that after the surgery, you realize that trees have leaves! And green, is really GREEN! I'm happy for you... But, you'll still need glasses for the small numbers,... Or, just ignore them!:eek:.. Best to you Fred, til.....lat'r...GT

Ah, the color blue was never so vibrant. I won't try it for some time yet but headlight glare made night driving impossible.

So I sez to her " Which takes less energy, moving the toilet seat yourself or bitchin' about it for three hours." Ya see? There's a reason I'm single.....

FN

Hi Fred,
Good to hear you are on the mend. Ahhh, now that you can see, is Pete really Pete and not Petra? You sure have a fine eye for those beautiful pistols. Best to you,
Vince

Cataracts, especially nuclear sclerotic cataracts (very common type) actually have an amber cast to them. When it comes to light, amber "cancels" if you will, blue. With the cataract removed the color blue is much more vibrant. Blue light also causes a lot of glare, hence the use of yellow lenses by aviators, at least at one point in time. As far as headlight glare goes it may very well be that your ophthalmologist has you using some eye drops which dilate the pupil (the bottle would have a red top). This is very common early post-op. They keep the iris out of the way while the inside of the eye heals ... there are reasons for that, but a dilated pupil will cause lights to be very bright not to mention the fact that the cataract removal alone causes increased brightness. The great news is that generally speaking if any major complication are to occur they appear early post-op. So the first visit after surgery is very important. If your surgeon was pleased then chances you are "Coming out of the woods".

Fred, congradulations on a successful operation. My wife who has been sight impared most of her life had "cataract" surgery last year on both eyes primarily in order to fit her with prescription lenses. As soon as the first lense was installed she could read and see things while on the table. I got to watch the entire operation which was facinating. God love her she told me I was even better looking than she thought! Both her eyes have been operated on and she has 20/20 with build in sunglasses. It truely is a miracle.
Bill

Good news indeed!
Congratulations!
There is a plenty of tiny marks to search in your guns now!

Great that youir doing so well. Keep it up! Bill

Today was second post op. DR. is happy. I test at 20/25 uncorrected, with two more weeks of healing before they'll do lenses.

FN

Sounds like everything is on track.