After cataract surgery

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I'm having cataract on my worse eye removed and lens implant tomorrow
I have very short sight in the other eye too(-10) so I'm a bit worried about how I'll manage in the next few days as I understand my vision will be blurry
Effectively I won't have a good eye and I live alone
I've wondered if I could pop the lens of my glasses out on the cataract eye so I still have normal vision?
I'd be really grateful for any advice

You will have great vision in your operated eye straight away, but be warned that the change is quite disorientating. It took me quite awhile to get used to keeping the eye open as daylight seemed so bright! Plan to have a couple of quiet days where you can lay down with your eyes closed. You will be able to see well enough to cook, eat etc but you won't want to be rushing around or looking at screens. It is fantastic though, I have perfect vision now. Good luck for tomorrow. it is a daunting but very impressive procedure.

My vision was fine the next day.
I've had both eyes done.

Yes, pop the lens out. It's a great procedure and so quick to recover from. Are they doing the other eye soon?

My mum had one done a few weeks ago and was told it would be blurry for a few days - she was scared to take the patch off the next morning, and when she did said she had perfect vision. She is SO PLEASED she had it done.

She was also v short sighted.

Popping the lense out of your glasses shouldn't be an issue.
Someone at a club I go to kept saying her vision hadn't really improved, acer about 3 weeks she realised that's cos she was still wearing her old glasses, so popped the lense out of the eye she'd had done.

I had similar - very short-sighted in both eyes so popping out the lens didn’t work for me, my brain couldn’t make the big adjustment. But it did enable me to stumble around indoors where I was in familiar territory. I had a large gap before having my second eye done so ended up getting contact lenses for that eye. Probably too much faff in the short-term, but if you end up with a bit of a wait, it’s a good solution. You may find that the ‘new’ eye gives you enough vision, I think it all depends on how you brain adjusts (mine is quite elderly). Good luck with it all!

I could see to read without glasses after my first eye was done. It was the closest to a miracle I’ve ever experienced. I jettisoned my glasses immediately and it was fine.

Don't worry, you won't believe the difference you will have on the very same day.
This needs to be said more, because so many are frightened of the days after, and truth is you will notice how good you can see in a matter off hours, and it will bring such relief.

Oh I'm so relieved!
Thank you so much for your kind replies, I actually can't wait to have it done
Yes, I'll be having the left eye done in 6 weeks, I'm delighted that I should be able see clearly the day or so afterwards
As well as cataracts I also have glaucoma and myopic macular generation( I'm 58) so it's great that the cataract issues will be resolved

You’ll love it. You won’t believe how bright colours are. It’s like that bit in the Wizard of Oz when monochrome turns technicolour.

It’s a bit disorientating at first and I couldn’t watch tv after the first op for a few days. Reading was also difficult until both eyes were done and I had new reading glasses. So join up to audible and listen to some books.

The difference is amazing as I was living in a mist. Make sure you have some sunglasses handy as it will be very bright.

I still wear reading and distance glasses but it’s made such a difference to me. Good luck

Not necessarily. Unfortunately this hasn’t been the case for my dad. He has had both eyes done (one at a time) and unfortunately for him neither have been successful and his sight is blurry still after over a year 😔

However, I do think he is in the minority and most are successful - just don’t think you can go around saying ALL are successful.

Just to reinforce what Cactusali said above, for those of us that are very shortsighted (I'm -12 in the other eye), just popping the lens out of the glasses doesn't work. The brain cannot adjust because the images in both eyes are clear, but of very different sizes. I was warned beforehand but thought I'd still give it a go, but it is incredibly disorienting (its called aniseikonia if you want to google).

If you can wear a contact in the other eye though, it's absolutely fine and I've been doing it for months (other eye doesn't warrant doing yet). It's something to do with the distance to the glasses lens being much further away than the contact lens.

If you can't wear a contact, then you will basically have to use only one eye at a time for the interim period. It's amazing how quickly the vision in the new eye is clear - I could see in the taxi ride home. Truly life-changing after a lifetime of very strong myopia. If for some reason your vision in your new eye is not quite sufficient to cope on its own at first, just wear your old glasses with the lens over the "new" eye blocked out.

That's interesting about the popping the lens out not working with extreme short sight.

My mum (posted about above) is very short sighted, can't even see any of the letters on the eye chart, never mind identify what they are.

She has had mono-vision contact lenses (one eye for distance, other for reading) for years so for her cataract replacement lenses she is having the same.
She had the distance one done a few weeks ago, and is wearing her reading lense in the other eye.
She was told that she could have the differing lenses because they already know that the mono-vision works for her.
If she didn't already have them she'd have had to choose between distance or reading for the cataract lenses.

I've been short sighted since my teens and in the last few years my near vision is getting worse.
I've now also got mono-vision contact lenses.

I am one of 20% of folk who had post operative pain. Dreadful for a few days which has put me off having the other eye done.

Very disorientating until my brain acclimatised and light is/was very bright and disturbing so keep sunglasses to hand.

Keep your eye drops in the fridge.
Take pain killers as required.
Use the anti-inflammatory drops regularly as prescribed.

I’m 14 weeks post operative and just about over the issues I’ve had but I’m dreading having the other one done.

Good luck OP.

Thank you so much everyone for your really intense responses
I will be heading off to hospital in Bath at 7.30 travel mug in hand!
I'm looking forward to having it done and your replies have eased my mind

Interesting not intense!

I had cataract surgery last year. The first 18 or so hours, I had a plastic patch on. Then I had to remove it the next morning and clean it before starting the drops. Honestly the first few moments I was like whoa as it was like going from a analogue tv to major HD vision. My sight was so clear.

I did need sunglasses as it was so bright,