Eye of the tiger
@sumofalltears (3988)
United States
August 12, 2017 7:56pm CST
About two years ago I had cataract surgery in both eyes. Its day surgery with mild discomfort. One of the side effects is film forming on the lens. This also is easy to fix with a laser.
About a year ago I had to have the laser treatment on my left eye and now in a couple of weeks I have to have it done to my right eye. Its a five minute procedure that they can bill insurance companies a lot to do.
My eyes are just getting back to normal after my appointment today where they put a half a dozen different drops in my eyes dyes too. I learned that I have to have prescription glasses for close work because my left and right eyes have a big disparity in vision.
I had two years without the need for glasses which felt pretty good, now I will only need the glasses for close work. It is so amazing what they can do with eyesight now.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
13 Aug 17
So the cataract surgery did no good and then you had to have the laser a year later?
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
14 Aug 17
Surgery worked great didn't have to wear glasses at all and now only wear them for close work. When they do cataract surgery it is actually considered transplant surgery, so I have to carry my transplant id. The laser is only to remove a film that builds up around what is now a foreign body in your eye.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
14 Aug 17
@sumofalltears Oh thanks for explaining..Mother had cataract surgery and is fine now no film.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Aug 17
Thank goodness for technology.
When my grandparents moved to California, they had this full health checkup and my grandma had a cataract surgery. For the first time in forever, I saw my grandma without glasses.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
13 Aug 17
Going without glasses is so awesome and you get used to it real fast....lol.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Aug 17
@sumofalltears I'm wearing progressive glasses due to old age 
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Sep 17
My husband's auntie has cataract and the doctor said it would be better that she had them operated on. But she said that she has heard others had it and their cataracts didn't get better. I told her, maybe their eye doctor isn't that good.
How can I ever convince her that the operation will do her eyes good?
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
8 Sep 17
I don't know how to convince her, but I am glad I had it done. It was so nice to be able to put the glasses aside for the most part. I think most of my problems are related to my uncontrolled diabetes, so if she does not have other medical conditions to complicate things, she really should do it. They do one eye at a time so she could do one eye and if she does not like the result she can stop there.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Sep 17
@sumofalltears Then , I can convince her by that. I will try again.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
14 Aug 17
Sorry to hear that mine turned out great, I just hated using the eye drops.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
22 Aug 17
I just had the same surgery a month ago. I love my new lenses, but my eyes get tired especially if in the sun, like yesterday driving across NYS. I need glasses to read but just wear sunglasses outdoors. I was and still am amazed how bright everything is.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
22 Aug 17
Exactly the way it went for me....I really never realized how bad my vision was until the surgery. I had both eyes done and they do it one at a time here so the waiting in between was a little rough.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
22 Aug 17
@sumofalltears mine were about 3 weeks apart and I was awed on how dull my life was before the surgery, life is so bright now.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Aug 17
it is hard to believe these days. my eyes are almost the same and have had same procedure . amazing how our parents had to suffer with losing their sight. so sad
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
25 Aug 17
It really is amazing I remember thinking ti myself after surgery that it would have been great when I was in grammar school and had so much trouble seeing.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
13 Aug 17
Eye of the Tiger is also a very awesome song by Survivor.
@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Aug 17
Yes it is. I'm glad they were able to fix it for you.
@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
5 Sep 17
Sure is, getting more advanced all the time
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
15 Aug 17
Laser correction is not a problem at all, you don't feel a thing.
@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
20 Aug 17
Nothing is trouble free. My problems are minor and easily corrected.
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@BarBaraPrz (47313)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Aug 17
A friend of mine just recently had cataract surgery, too, but I'm not sure how she's doing. She lives in Victoria, BC and I'm in Ontario, so we obviously don't see each other too often anymore. (We became friends when we both lived in Vancouver.)
@jstory07 (139708)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Aug 17
The lenses of glasses used to be real thick now they are thin. It is amazing what they can do.
