Great article. Am 74 and have recently received 2 'new eyes' and thoroughly reccommend to those who need the procedure, 'Just do it'!!!
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Great article! And I totally agree with Patathome01. Its hard to convince parents to opt for surgeries, even if it means good. I had a tough time convincing my mother to get hers done. She had cataract for over a year and was finding it hard to read. She also had low vision at night. Finally after a lot of talking she agreed. It was a blade-free cataract surgery. She says she can see things much better now. And is glad that she did it.
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My mom refused to get the help until she was 94 in January 2014 when my brother and his wife finally talked her into cataract replacement in both eyes, and Mom felt immediate vision improvement for the last year of her life! My brother and his wife spent had much time with her during recovery and follow up appointments I was not able to manage because I have a communication disability and had to look for work after I lost my permanent job three years ago. I was so thankful family was available to help! Mom lived until she was 95.
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After I had surgery in one eye several years ago , I didn't need to carry reading glasses with me anymore, turned out very well. Now I will have to see about getting the other one done and looking forward to it .
The only thing I was upset about, is that no one, Including the highly re-nowned surgeon, didn't tell me I would need " Anti-Glare " glasses for night time driving, as the lights on cars or streets,etc. were terrible for focusing on.
It took me a year of risky driving to find this out from a walk-in eyeglass store.
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My Beloved Mother, who passed on at the age of 93, was able to remain in her own apartment with home care. Although it was not perfect, she preferred this to being in assisted living. She did begin cataract surgery in her late '80's, and seemed to still have difficulty, not only adjusting to the foreign material in her delicate eyes, but also in seeing. I bless my Beloved Mother for her courage and love.
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This blog is very informative. I see some of those tell-tale signs of cataract in my dad. He really doesn’t seem to understand the difference in colours. I am considering about administering him for a laser surgery from See By Intravision at Oakville. I will see to it that I will take your tips seriously and do the needful. Thanks for sharing!
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At 80, my very independent mother, who is blessed with otherwise excellent health, is losing her vision due to cataracts in both eyes. She refuses to even consider surgery and tells us, her children, that she appreciates our concerns but "sees" this as a test of her faith and believes that God will allow her to see for as long as she needs to see. How do we respond to this?
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Everyone's problems are different. But I have glaucoma, and in order to lower the pressure, my right eye with the cataract had to be operated on. It was a piece of cake. There isn't much wiggle room, if you need cataract surgery, you have to get it. It is no problem. The intravenous they give you during the procedure is mah-velous!
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Last year, my 94-year-old mother had suffered from cataracts for several years and blamed the tiny newspaper print making it hard to see. Mom was so scared to have any cataract surgery done. Well, our family finally talked her into going to Kaiser in early December 2013 to have one cataract removed. The results were a total difference in Mom's vision, so the other eye was done in January. I visited her early this summer (she lives in assisted living out-of-state now) and noticed that she actually enjoyed the flowers in the park! I thank our family for not giving up on getting Mom some help and was sorry it was not done sooner.
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I have Astigmatism in both eyes. I had Cataract surgery, then got glasses for up close.I feel the surgery didn't go well. It's been 7 months and my eye sight is worse than before. The Optometrist said I had dry eyes, and I used over counter. Then prescription Restasis. I have triple vision after using iPad. Now he tells me some people that have the surgery have to get new glasses 6 mos. to a year. This is my question. Is this true? And could it be from the surgery?
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What they forget to tell you is this...After surgery your loved one has totally different eyesight. Before surgery, Mom could only see letters that were about 4 inches high, after surgery she had 20/30 vision. Elderly don't adjust to such dramatic changes in sight quickly!!!!!! Mom fell two weeks after her cataract surgery which resulted in two different orthopedic surgeries since Oct 19, 2013. Broken right arm, broken right hip. First surgery took 5 1/2 hrs on Oct 21, 2013. The second surgery took 4 1/2 hrs on June 11, 2014. The second surgery was needed because the pins they put in her hip failed and was rubbing the inside of her hip socket. The second surgery was a total hip replacement surgery. Follow up appoints are going to happen until June 2015!!!! Make sure you use a gait belt after cataract surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And don't turn your back on your loved one, not even for 15 seconds!!!!!!!!!!
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One thing I have noticed is if I watch a television that is HD that after I watch a show, my eyesight is blurry.... I don't have that problem when I watch a regular old fashioned tubed TV. Can anyone answer why is that?
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