A Patient's Guide to Cataract Surgery: Normal and LASIK Reshaped Cornea by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2023-04-07T00:00:00+00:00

Progress reports, normal cornea

M y husband received multi-focus lenses, which allowed him to see in the distance and to read without glasses.

Immediately after the surgery, normal cornea

Immediately after my husband’s surgery, both distance and reading vision were fuzzy.

Eight hours after surgery, normal cornea

Eight hours after the surgery, the distance vision became reasonably clear. My husband could read a book 12 inches away but reported that the text 10 inches away was fuzzy. However, at 12 inches, the operated eye was more clear than the non-operated eye at the same distance.

The wall paint my husband previously thought was off-white looked whiter. Closing one eye at a time, he could tell the difference between the dingy off-white seen with the non-operated eye and the near-total white seen with the surgically repaired eye. The TV looked much brighter and more clear. He joked that he felt like he bought a new, better TV.

Ten hours after surgery, normal cornea

Ten hours after the surgery, my husband reported the text at 10 inches was still fuzzy, but that if he used his old reading glasses, the text at 10 inches was crystal clear.

He tested his computer vision, looking at the 30-inch computer monitor. He could see all parts of the screen in focus. This was a much better experience than the eyeglasses with progressive lenses, where you can tell that glasses have bands with a different focus. When I look at a large computer screen with computer glasses that use progressive lenses, I need to keep adjusting the position of my head to see different portions of the screen clearly. My husband said that he did not have to move his head to find the best focus area; the focus felt very natural. The multi-focus lenses felt more natural than the progressive lenses in eyeglasses.

Four days after surgery, normal cornea

My husband's long-distance vision with the operated eye was very good almost from the outset. Four days after the surgery, that had not changed. The middle distance (for example, looking at the computer screen) became crisp the next day after surgery. He stopped using computer glasses. The entire 30-inch area of his large monitor appeared in focus.

Four days after the surgery, he could read a book and a paper newspaper without eyeglasses. The text looked a little fuzzy when looking with each eye individually, although the vision was better with the operated eye. However, when he looked at the book or the newspaper with both eyes, he could see the text clearly without eyeglasses. The brain was able to triangulate two somewhat fuzzy images into a combined clear image.

His vision kept changing every day, so he was unsure if vision quality on a given day reflected the final surgery results or if his vision would continue to improve.

One week after the surgery, normal cornea

A week after surgery, the vision in the operated eye was crisp at all distances. The colors were bright and clear. After cataract surgery, some people have light sensitivity, but my husband reported that the bright lights or sun reflections did not bother him.

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