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cataract aftercare

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annep Wed 15-Aug-18 12:15:31

Husband had op yesterday. Hospital treatment very good as usual. Brilliant NHS staff. Sent home with eye drops - one to be kept in fridge. and instructions on sterilising and swabbing etc. Fine for us. I will make a chart. Although I have ME and am exhausted and have to make sure I get it right. I pity anyone not very capable having to do this. Potential for error is high I think. I'm sure years ago people would have been kept in at least one night and started on the aftercare. My husband wasn't sure what to do. Lucky he had me. Am I fussing maybe?

Iam64 Fri 17-Aug-18 22:08:33

Watermeadow, my optician monitored the cataracts, six monthly over a few years. He wrote to my GP to say the left eye needed to be done. He listed five reasons why the surgery would be complex. He said it shouldn’t be done at our local eye unit but at the City hospital because the complexity meant an expert was needed. Delays at the city Eye Hospital meant I was referred by them to a private provider. The surgeon was brilliant, he did both eyes a few months apart and now reviews me regularly because of various risks. Feel fortunate but of course, me treatment costs are absorbed by the health service and not everyone is as lucky as I’ve been treatment wise.

annep Fri 17-Aug-18 22:14:30

Yes indeed Moocow. definitely an "if only" moment. and thank you.

Nelliemoser Sat 18-Aug-18 07:19:03

Useful reading I am developing cateracts . According to the eye clinic where I go for my glaucoma monitoring. I have put my eye drops in this morning but never got round to putting my glasses on. I wondered why reading was hard work.

annep Sat 18-Aug-18 08:13:15

Nelliemoser ?

Iam64 Sun 19-Aug-18 08:06:57

Nelliemoser - stoic of the week award.