catoract sergery

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What should one expect after the cataract surgery?

Following surgery, you will need to return for visits within the first few days and again within the first few weeks after surgery. During this time period, you will be using several eyedrops which help protect against infection and inflammation. Within several days, most people notice that their vision is improving and that they are able to return to work. During the several office visits that follow, your doctor will monitor for complications. Once vision has stabilized, your doctor will fit you with glasses if needed. The type of intraocular lens you have implanted will determine to some extent the type of glasses required for optimal vision.

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After cataract surgery, expect your vision to begin improving within a few days. Your vision may be blurry at first as your eye heals and adjusts.

You'll usually see your eye doctor a day or two after your surgery, the following week, and then again after about a month to monitor healing.

It's normal to feel itching and mild discomfort for a couple of days after surgery. Avoid rubbing or pushing on your eye. Your doctor may ask you to wear an eye patch or protective shield the day of surgery. Your doctor may also recommend wearing the eye patch for a few days after your surgery and the protective shield when you sleep during the recovery period.

Your doctor may prescribe eyedrops or other medication to prevent infection, reduce inflammation and control eye pressure. After a couple of days, most of the discomfort should disappear. Often, complete healing occurs within eight weeks.

One of my partners (a lady in her early 50's) had this done last two qeeks. She was We meet for breakfast to go over stuff and she missed one day. She showed up the next day with a patch and after two days that was off and she could see really well.

Her family had a history of early onsets and besides she was a optical mineralogy scientist in a lab that usd laser spec . One of the problems with anything laser is centering and some diffusion of beams that can be picked up by the eye and can cause cataracts.

One of the reasons that weve gone away from laser surveying in favor of GPS is the eyesight of the poor rod-man (Who, in a geology survey, is usually the project boss)