Has anybody had Eye Cataracts ?

[Manoverboard]

Hi ' T.E.' … three months have passed and I notice that you are looking in from time to time so may I enquire if any progress has been made on the eye front ?

Hi, thanks for asking. My eye has improved greatly . It’s not perfect,but perhaps I’m expecting too much. My Optom said that it could take up to a year to get maximum improvement.

I had the op because I had an epi-retinal crease. The op to fix that brings on an cataract. I was almost blind in the right side of my left eye. I had my op done, through BUPA, in the Nuffield hospital in Chandlers Ford Nr Southampton. I had to wait, but my eyesight was deteriorating and the Optom said I needed the op quickly.

That's good to know, any improvement is welcome of course and it is ( I am advised by the Officer ) perfectly normal for it to take up to twelve months to settle down completely.

Mobietta also tells me that it is possible for her eye or eyes to deteriorate at a later date due to the scaring caused by the lens replacement. That is not an issue however as it can be easily fixed with laser treatment.

[turnip eater]

Oh? What are the symptoms of scarring?
Blurred vision? Before I had my op I was seeing wavy lines and blotches on my iPad. I thought that my iPad was faulty, or bad WiFi. We were in the middle of the sea on a cruise.

[Manoverboard]

The scarring is there by default of cutting away the original lens, it is as though the edges of the cut are minutely jagged and could in some cases result in debris.

Tis nothing at all to get excited about, a lady in our village had this and it was lasered away in minutes. No symptoms in her case that she was aware of but her optician picked it up during a routine eye test.

[turnip eater]

Thank you for that info.