My husband is home after having his cataract surgery this afternoon and all seems to have gone very well. He's now sitting in his chair with the dog and cat on his lap, and a clear perspex eye guard taped over his left eye. Aww, bless.
He has to keep the eyeguard on until tomorrow morning and then wear it over night for the next week and have eyedrops 4 times a day for the next 4 weeks until he gets the all-clear. Then he'll be arranging to have the other eye done early in the New Year. He's been very matter of fact and stoic in the lead up to this which, given that he's not had any surgery since he was a lad, is brilliant I think. I'd have wittered and needed regular reassurance I suspect.
It's a fascinating operation. The eye and all nerves around it are numbed by anaesthesia and then the sac, which is within the eye and behind the iris, in which the fluid has become opaque is penetrated on 2 sides by a teensy opthalmic pipette. The murky contents are then 'vacuumed' out and a clear replacement fluid inserted. It takes about 20 minutes which is an amazingly short time for such a life-changing outcome.
Mind, it's a good job there's not a big soccer match on TV over the next few days else he'd not be a happy or stoic convalescent bunny.
4 comments:
glad to hear it went well
It seems like a lengthy and uncomforable ordeal. Hopefully it will all be worth it after the second surgery and rehab is completed.
Oh well done, one down one to go ,all the best to your brave soldier ..love Jan xx
:) in a weeks time he'll go wow!! what a difference, and if he wears specs at all you may need to take the lens out of the eye that was done so that he can focus a bit better. Excellent :) Rache
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