Flounce
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- Nov 15, 2006
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What are your experiences?
I had one that went well until about a week later when it seemed as though someone had drawn some net curtains over the eye. Turned out I was getting a detached retina and had immediate surgery which needed about 12 laser welds, that was fecking unpleasant. I refused to have the other eye done for about 5 years until the optician told me that if I didn’t have it done I’d eventually lose the sight in the eye. Spa Medica agreed to send me to a specialist unit in Southampton given the previous experience. All went well other than hearing the sawing of the very thick cataract. Few days later all good and chuffed to be able to night drive with confidence again.
However three people I know have had major problems on recent and past operations, one lost the sight in one eye shortly after the operation and the another still has sight problems two months on. Another has just started having problems four years after the op.
I was under the impression that complications were few and far between, what is your experience if you’ve had cataract ops?
I had one that went well until about a week later when it seemed as though someone had drawn some net curtains over the eye. Turned out I was getting a detached retina and had immediate surgery which needed about 12 laser welds, that was fecking unpleasant. I refused to have the other eye done for about 5 years until the optician told me that if I didn’t have it done I’d eventually lose the sight in the eye. Spa Medica agreed to send me to a specialist unit in Southampton given the previous experience. All went well other than hearing the sawing of the very thick cataract. Few days later all good and chuffed to be able to night drive with confidence again.
However three people I know have had major problems on recent and past operations, one lost the sight in one eye shortly after the operation and the another still has sight problems two months on. Another has just started having problems four years after the op.
I was under the impression that complications were few and far between, what is your experience if you’ve had cataract ops?