Appreciation

[Footworks]

Thank you All for the uplifting stories of experiences re Cataract operations. Your advice and encouragement are most appreciated and they have really allayed my worst fears.

Best regards

Footwork

[Ayayay80]

Dear Footworks

I am glad we could help you a little through your anxieties. That's what we are here for - to help each other through scary, unsettling times. And we have all had them and probably will have them again from time to time. Do keep in touch. xx

[Jayral]

Hello Footwork - I'm sorry I missed your first post but the people who did reply to you echo my positive experience of having a cataract operation - and, of course, the Macular Society is spot on!

I was shortsighted all my life but following a cataract op in August last year, I now have better than 20/20 vision in my left eye and can literally see for miles. The operation itself was not the ordeal I expected - having had injections in my right eye, this was no problem at all. As soon as I left the theatre (15 minutes after entering), with an opaque patch across my eye, I was exclaiming 'I can read that sign, I'm not seeing double, etc.' That night, I could read the digital bedside clock display from the bedroom door - couldn't read it from the bed the previous morning even with my specs on!

I have macular scarring in my right eye meaning I have distorted and blank central vision and a cataract is also affecting the peripheral vision so I am on the list for a cataract op in that eye too. I will never see properly with my right eye but it will balance my vision a bit better - I wear a contact lens for that at the moment.

We are all different and react differently but to me, cataract surgery has been a miracle! Best wishes and hope all goes well.

[Footworks in reply to Jayral]

Hi Jayral

Thanks for your helpful response..... better late than never. I'm really pleased for you and to hear of all the successful results / stories with are calming for me.