Monet was a victim of cataracts and insisted on a second surgery of the same eye, because the lens replaced was too blue.

I am going to see a cataract surgeon on the 26th. Very unsure of this surgery at all.  In fact I am sick about it.  I need to know how many of you out there have had surgery and what were the effects on your vision?...They told me ,so far, the scares that could happen...detached retina, infection, hemmorage and color change.  Then the dr. said... god did give you two eyes, if you only had one eye we wouldn't do this surgery.

I hope that this thread meets the standards of the forum, our sight is our tool.

Rosie

(Both my maternal grandparents were blind, My dad had cataract surgery in both eyes. I haven't yet, talked to him about it.)

Rosie, Don't be frightened, you'll be ok. Its kind of a joke among art lovers that if Monet had better vision he would have been a photorealist. And what a loss that would have been!  Keep in mind that his huge waterlily tryptych painting in MOMA was done when his vision declined even more. Creativity will out.

Prior to my appt. I was uneasy after receiving a mailer with all the upgrades, I seen it as a sales pitch.

after meeting the doctor and talking about how the vision is going decline in maybe 3mons or 6mons or if lucky a year.

I tossed it around throughout the appt. and the receptions desk and as I walked to the door(they had to unlock I had kept them past closing) I told them to call me to set the surgery.

Most surgeries are on the average 72 year old patient, I was told. I am 51 come June. He said I will not need glasses for distance.  I wear tri-focals.

I would prefer not to do this at all. I am still uneasy, he says I don't have to go off any drugs prior, I wonder about the coumadin. I will call my hematologist.  But ........

I guess I'll be fine.

Rosie

Rosie I had one eye done one week and the other done the next week.  Be in for a great surprise.  You will be amazed at the brightness of colors.  The finish on refrig and stoves will be so bright they will almost blind you.  You cannot imagine how much you have lost untill you open your eyes after surgery

I would recomend a clinic with several doctors doing these every day than a single doctor who does all kinds of eye exams etc.  Go to a cataract and laser clinic.

I was 84 when it was done.  86 now and have glasses but can read without glasses.

Left eye done, that is one awful time I had, Told the doctor the next day I hated it, he said I felt the whole thing and next time we'll get more numbing agent.  Besides that tho the difference is amazing....I didn't realize that the cataract effected that much of my vision.  The sink is really white and these walls need scrubbed.  I am still improving and have some concerns( I can see the incision like a blind spot in shape of a cresent moon , feels like I have hair hanging down in my face.) The halos are getting smaller day by day and the distance vision is better without my glasses.

I see him Friday the 4th and then at the end of April for a total eye exam to see what the new script is on my glasses or consider the right eye...which I am for it ......along with more drugs.

Rosie

I have been receiving the Artist's Magazine for years.  I love it.  I am a self-taught 73 yr old great grandmother. 

After being extremely near sighted all my life, I had cataract surgery about 10 years ago.  The surgery was a breeze, and worked. 

My eyes have weakened a lot since then and I now have double vision outside or inside with any light.  After describing this to an Optometrist, he had me try a temporary prism stuck to on my old lense, and it worked.  When my lenses were ground to my perscription, the prisms were added to both, and now I can see so much better without having double vision in any light.  The lenses are a little thicker, but I can live with that.   I also have brown spot floaters, all of this I am told sometimes comes with age.

It is harder to see details as I paint, but I still paint and pray that I will continue to be able to do so for a long time.  I do have to get close to my work, then constantly move back to view from a distance.  Without glasses, I am legally blind. 

Beverly Hamilton

Glad I found this thread.  I am 49 and was told last summer that I have the very beginnings of cataratcts, that what I have is a very slowly progressing problem and not to worry about it now, just have yearly eye exams.  Don't worry about it....kind of hard not to, huh??  But I do know that my best friend's father had both eyes done and he is very pleased with the results.  At 70 years old, he'd worn glasses for most of his life.  He now just needs reading glasses and his vision is fine otherwise. 

I'm glad things went well for you.  I'm hoping they go just as well when my time comes.  Best wishes on the second eye.

Christine