post cataract surgery

I sailed through, but my friend had hers done six weeks ago and has had blurriness. She was told this was perfectly normal and it would go - and it has, quite slowly, but all is well now.

The surgery itself is totally speedy, painless and untraumatic. It is one of the most successful operations that is on offer.

My dh had problems post both cataracts (6 year gap) which took a while to get better.
We were had the impression it was a simple process but that wasn’t our experience.
A friend had her second one done recently and this time her eyes were blurry for over a Week but she is fine now,
We are led to expect it’s fine almost straight away so it was a shock when it wasn’t, but it’s ok now.
Good luck

Thanks Toetoe. Will update (if I can see to do it!)

I think with any operation there are risks and of course they are covering themselves. I speak with others who had their eyes done and there are no issues at all, I think it's just my eyes. Try not to over think things . The op is painless and very quick .

I'm reading this with interest. I'm having my right eye done next Tuesday and the left two weeks later. Everyone has always told me how amazingly successful cataract surgery is. However, the paperwork I was sent had dozens of potential side effects/reasons for failure etc. It was quite alarming.

I had both cataracts done at the same time and all has been well.

I do have a degree of vitreous detachment in one eye, but that is due to the shape of my eyeballs (elongated as with all very short-sighted people) - it causes white spidery things in my field of vision, but my brain nis gradually learning to ignore this.

I can now drive without glasses if I needed to; I wear varifocals so I can read without having to take glasses on and off.

Yes I had right eye done then had to wait 4 months ( due to problem with my left eye referal ) it's been 5 months since left eye finally done . I have very good vision but I have a cloudy right lens and the other eye is slightly less cloudy . I have been to opticians and returned to Spa medica and they discharged me saying I had vitreous gell behind the eye . They said it may go or my brain will eventually not see it . But I do , different light changes it . So as I look through my eyes there are clouds in my vision . It does bother me but I must Learn to live with it . I use heat pad each morning, eye wipes daily and evolve eye drops . And I live in hope .