Cateract Surgery
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:19 pm
The VA provides me with vision care and eye glasses. I have been going to the Salt Lake VA regional medical center for 28 years.Over the years they have monitored me for Glaucoma and provided me with glasses. I don't have Glaucoma but my cataracts have been getting worse over the last 2 or 3 years. As you can imagine I don't want anyone messing with my eyes. Especially since I have a partial vision loss in my right eye unrelated to the cataracts. So I kept putting the surgery off. Well it got bad enough that driving at night was going to have to stop and daytime was OK but not great. I love to drive.
So lets do it. They did both eyes 2 weeks apart. Same day surgery. Go in have it done and walk out. Local anesthetic. About 20 minutes in actual surgery. Prep and recovery about 90 minutes. They put new lenses in and in my case they put stints in to lower the eye pressure (a cause of Glaucoma).
WOW WOW WOW!!! I see better now than I have in over 30 years. I am 20/20 without glasses even with my bad right eye. I do need readers for up close but I wore contacts for about 10 years and needed readers then so that is not a problem. The VA will even give me glasses that are clear on top and readers below (like bifocals) if I want them.
If you are hesitating on cataract surgery, run don't walk and get it done, The difference is astounding.
So lets do it. They did both eyes 2 weeks apart. Same day surgery. Go in have it done and walk out. Local anesthetic. About 20 minutes in actual surgery. Prep and recovery about 90 minutes. They put new lenses in and in my case they put stints in to lower the eye pressure (a cause of Glaucoma).
WOW WOW WOW!!! I see better now than I have in over 30 years. I am 20/20 without glasses even with my bad right eye. I do need readers for up close but I wore contacts for about 10 years and needed readers then so that is not a problem. The VA will even give me glasses that are clear on top and readers below (like bifocals) if I want them.
If you are hesitating on cataract surgery, run don't walk and get it done, The difference is astounding.