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ShazzieB

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Mon Jan 16, 2023, 02:50 PM Jan 2023

Question for those who have had cataract surgery [View all]

How long did it take for your vision to clear up after each eye was operated on? I'm NOT asking for medical advice; I just want to compare notes.

I had my first surgery, on my left eye, a week ago tomorrow 1/10). My vision in that eye is still quite blurry. I can tell how much more light is coming through that eye compared to the other one, and I can tell my vision is gradually improving, but I still can't really focus on anything. Just wondering if that is unusual or not.

I also have a big honking floater that I didn't have before (which is a completely separate issue, of course). Doc said it's probably a fragment of my old lens that inadvertently got left behind, and that it may dissolve on its own or it might require more surgery. No way to tell which way that will go yet.

Surgery on the right eye is scheduled for 1/31, 2 weeks from tomorrow.

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Mine improved right away. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #1
Yeah, I can definitely tell the colors are brighter. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #7
🤞🏼👁️👁️🤞🏼 LakeArenal Jan 2023 #13
My lens slid so it had to be redone. badhair77 Jan 2023 #2
I don't remember any blurriness but then I had pricy corrective lenses implanted Siwsan Jan 2023 #3
My vision was clear in about 24 hours. I did go back a year later to have floaters sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #5
After my second surgery, I got up the next morning and put on my glasses as usual. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2023 #6
I see him tomorrow and will ask about this then. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #8
Best of luck tomorrow. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2023 #9
Yes, and the new lenses are supposed to correct my nearsightedness. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #11
I've never had contacts either. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2023 #16
It took me a long time to not reach for my glasses when I woke up. I had worn glasses since infancy. Tess49 Jan 2023 #10
Sometimes I still reach to push them back up my nose. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2023 #17
My right eye cleared up within 24 hours. The left eye took longer, issues like you described. SharonAnn Jan 2023 #12
Essentially no time. elleng Jan 2023 #14
Close up and mid distance was clear in a couple of days. Distance vision is still blurry after 2+ PortTack Jan 2023 #15
I had the pricey correctives and MOMFUDSKI Jan 2023 #18
My vision cleared up within hours. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #19
I am learning so much from this thread. My upcoming surgery is making me anxious... Hekate Jan 2023 #20
Only one eye so far. Owl Jan 2023 #21
I'm Still Waiting RobinA Jun 2023 #22
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