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finally got it scheduled for tomorrow morning..
it's funny, I've had a kidney removed and I've had a AAA fixed and this actually scares me more.. I've got some kinda phobia about people or things touching my eyes.. I'm terrified..
Anyone ever have Cataract Surgery?
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I have not - but my 89 year old grandma did. If she can handle it - you can too. Best of luck.
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Piece of cake ; So I hear  Best of luck ya !
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Can't speak to the pain or recovery time.....just wishing you well. 
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I have not, but I've known a number of folks who did and they all did fine and were extremely happy they did it. Best wishes Daman.
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Good Luck Daman! Wish you a speedy and recovery!
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Everyone I know that's had it done is amazed how much better they see, and say they wish they'd done it far sooner. Good luck!
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okay you have cataracts and.. Posts: 25393 ... we are are going to see a lot more of you now..  Good luck Bro..
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Good luck.
As I understand it, cataracts is a fairly routine procedure. (My mom is probably going to have an eye done before too long)
The bright side is that cataracts once meant blindness ...... so surgery is a much better option than that.
Hope everything goes well.
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It's all coming together now. 1. You disagree with me on most football topics. 2. You can't see for #%@#$! Get used to agreeing with me from now on!  btw...that poke was straight into your cataracts
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Good luck!
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pretty routine stuff and not too time consuming plus youll get a REALLY cool pair  of sunglasses when its over..good luck
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pretty routine stuff and not too time consuming plus youll get a REALLY cool pair of sunglasses when its over..good luck
I had to have my retina examined .... and yeah .... those glasses are rather spectacular.
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As long as your not letting a proctologist do the surgery you will be just fine
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Just clicking WOW,, Surgery complete, I'm sitting at home already and I can actually see clearly (or fairly so) out of the bad eye.. It was a piece of cake.. thanks to everyone for your thoughts.. I'm Good...
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I was gonna say I doubt he misses more than 8 hours before he starts posting again. Guess I'm already too late......
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finally got it scheduled for tomorrow morning..
it's funny, I've had a kidney removed and I've had a AAA fixed and this actually scares me more.. I've got some kinda phobia about people or things touching my eyes.. I'm terrified..
Anyone ever have Cataract Surgery?
Look at it this way, if they screw up and you come out of this blind, you were on that path anyway.
You'll be fine!
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Good to hear it went well for you Damon!
I am considering the same procedure in the future....hope all will be good for you.
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Good to hear it went well for you Damon!
I am considering the same procedure in the future....hope all will be good for you.
It was rather amazing actually.. the Prep time was about an hour. They put drops in your eyes to numb it and it also dyalates them (spelling)
Anyway,, once you are in the OR the actual surgery took about 6 minutes.. It was practically over before I knew it.
They cover your entire face except for a hole over the eye they will be working on.
THe do the surgery, put a patch on your eye.. Roll you out to the recovery area and about 15 minutes later, you are walking out of the building.
While the surgery is going on, you don't feel anything but some pressure.. hardly any really. And what you see is kinda like what you would expect when looking through a Kaliedascope. Lots of colors and odd shapes.. Kinda cool.
Afterward, there is a little discomfort but a couple of advil or tylenol will take care of that.
Your eye will be sensitive to light for the rest of the day,, But as of this morning my vision has cleared, no more light sensitive issues and all is right with the world.. and I can finally see out of my right eye again..
If you have a cataract,, get it done, there literally is nothing to it....
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Sounds a lot like my LASIK procedure. It was kind of unsettling to smell my eyes burning though...
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Sounds a lot like my LASIK procedure. It was kind of unsettling to smell my eyes burning though...
LOL Yeah, that would be unsettleing for sure.. No burning with Cataract surgery that I"m aware of.. at least, I didn't smell anything like that and I didn't feel any heat at all (not that you would being numbed up)
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Yeah, the burning smell is actually from a chemical reaction, not your cornea burning, but its still not pleasant.
I've gotta say...the LASIK surgery was some of the best money I've ever spent.
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Ditto to that. Had it done last year at this time and I could not be happier with that money spent.
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Glad everything went well!
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I was gonna say I doubt he misses more than 8 hours before he starts posting again.
Guess I'm already too late......
Before 9am after the surgery. He must've still been on the table!
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