Oh Annette, that's wonderful news! One of my friends had it done a few years back and he is so happy with the results. His eyes looked cloudy before the procedure and now they are crystal clear.

Edna

Harrrr....mee matey! Time to splice the mainbrace.

Or something like that, for the eyepatch. lol. Glad it went well!!

Nancy.

Another success story! Hooray! Glad it went well, Annette.

Patti

I'm so glad it all went well for you.

When I had RK (forefunner of LASIK, done with a diamond knife) DH was able to watch the surgery on closed circuit TV. I watched it from the inside.

Thanks for telling us about your experience. It sounds as if you have a super ophthalmologist.

Nell

Annette

Glad everything went well for you. Take care.

Sue

I haven reached that yet, but I am sure it is around the corner at some point. Glad to hear it went so well.

My neighbor doesn't have to wear her glasses anymore after the surgery.

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!

Cameron

That's really good to hear, Annette. The idea of someone cutting on my eye just makes me cringe, big-time. Thank God for modern medicine. I hope the recovery goes just as smoothly for you.

ThinMan

I am so glad it went well.

One of my eyes has the beginning of a cataract. Thanks for the blow by blow description.

K

The patch is off, covering the eye that still has to be done all I can say is WOW!!! My distance vision is fantastic and when both eyes have been done I will be able to watch tv without wearing glasses :o). I will need glasses for reading though where I didn't need them before.
When all is said and done I will be wearing bifocals because I need prisms in my lenses to make my eyes track properly but it will be a treat to be able to take them off when they fog up for whatever reason and still be able to see clearly.
I decided to post this thread in hopes it helps anyone who is facing cataract surgery in the future. I experienced no pain whatsoever, this morning when I woke up my eye felt slightly bruised but after the patch was off even that sensation was gone. Now it's just eye drops for the next month, another checkup next week and new glasses in 7 weeks.
This experience had such great results I can hardly wait to get the other eye done. I hope telling my experience helps anyone who is looking at cataract surgery in the future. Truly I experienced no pain whatsoever.

Annette

Annette, how wonderful! I have friends and family who say its like a miracle. Now dear lady, take care, no lifting and all the other things you were told not to do, promise?, Martha

Yes Martha I'm being a good girl, no lifting anything over 10 lbs for a week, putting the eye drops in religiously for the next month, putting the eye shield on before going to bed for a week and not looking down for any length of time for awhile. Rubbing the eye is a no-no.
While waiting my turn in the assembly line, the fellow sitting next to DH and I told DH vacuuming and dusting for the next week is a no-no and also the steam from doing dishes is not good :o). I don't know how true this is but I'm milking it for all its worth LOL.
I mentioned above about prisms in the lenses of my glasses, this has nothing to do with the cataract procedure it's to correct an eye problem I've had since childhood in short, double vision this is the reason I don't drive, a real pain at times.

Annette

So glad your procedure went smoothly, Annette, wishing you a speedy recovery!

Eduarda