I. Can. SEE!!!!

[kylinn]

A bit less than two full days after cataract surgery on my left eye, and the blurriness is mostly cleared.

It's AMAZING.

Okay, for those of you who could see all your lives, it's probably pretty ho-hum. But for me, who has worn glasses since two years old, who got to the point of being told "we can't correct your vision any more through glasses" (so your view of the world will continue to slowly deteriorate), who has always seen the world more than two inches from her eyes as a blurred mess - It. Is. Amazing.

Oh, it's not removing the cataract that did the trick (though I hadn't realized how much the little bugger was shading my view of things), but when cataract surgery is done, it involves taking your natural lens completely out and replacing it with an artificial one. And if you have vision problems, the artificial lens can be shaped to correct for much of that. I will need reading glasses in the future, even after the blurriness is fully cleared (it take the eye a couple days to full clear from the drugs they drop in pre-surgery), but that's fine with me. Just fine. Compared to the incredible nearsightedness the artificial lens is correcting for (-18, for those of you who speak eyesight), reading glasses to correct for my middle-aged far-sightedness is nothing.

The surgery on my right eye takes place in a little less than two more weeks. I can't wait. :-)

Comments

[bibliofile]

"Ode to Joy" indeed! Ain't modern medicine pretty damn cool? Cataract surgery works so very well these days (my mom had cataract surgery and afterwards had to re-clean her house). Good to hear that yours went so well.

[poeticalpanther.livejournal.com]

That is wonderful news. :)

[turnberryknkn.livejournal.com]

Hooray! *hug*

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

-18! Wow.

Yay, vision!

[shana.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

My great-aunt's comment, after her cataract surgery was: "I thought that sofa was brown!" (It was a paisley pattern, with a bright pink background.) Which gave me an idea of how much difference it made.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I hope the next eye goes just as well.

[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

As someone who lives, eats and breathes to see well, and who had a scary episode with Bell's Palsy, I can *certainly* understand how precious a gift eyesight is. Especially after a life of wearing glasses. I am so happy for you, Deor! Now, go buy a good camera and start taking pictures of things you see. Seriously.

[scascot.livejournal.com]

I live in the -6 to -7 range (uncorrected); I don't want to contemplate -18.

I'm so glad that this made a difference for you. Now that you have your vision back, be sure to take all of the directions of the surgeon seriously, including sunglasses.

[kayshapero]

Yay!!!!

[panacea1.livejournal.com]

YAY EYEBALLS!

[moxie_man]

I was unaware of your situation. I'm glad it's working out for you.

[skwerlbuddy.livejournal.com]

*hugs* How wonderful!

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

How utterly marvellous. So happy for you - I hope you're revelling in it!

Hearing about things like this reminds me that it's rather nifty to be living in the future...

[deor.livejournal.com]

Very much. I made a similiar comment to the nurse at the hospital. :-)