One eye done
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (52093)
St. Catharines, Ontario
June 23, 2026 5:22pm CST
Today is the day I had cataract surgery on my left eye.
Anticipation may have been used to sell ketchup, but I guess it's what kept me from having a good sleep last night.
Nothing to eat or drink after midnight, check in at the hospital at 10:50, surgery at 12:20, discharged about 1:30, then off to get something to eat, and back at the clinic at 4 to check on the eye.
Home about 4:45, drops in the eye and rest for an hour, and here I am with blurry left eye.
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@Deepizzaguy (124890)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Jun
I wish the best of good health recovery from surgery on your left eye,
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Jun
Thank you. I get to do it all over again next month for my right eye.
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@Deepizzaguy (124890)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Jun
@BarBaraPrz I am scheduled to have eye surgery in a few years.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17296)
• China
24 Jun
It took about 5 hours for you to have cataract surgery.Time at the hospital must have seemed to drag.Happily surgery went well !
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jun
Well, I was mildly sedated, so I really didn't care. 
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jun
Not at all, just felt as if I had something in my eye, but it was still "frozen" for several hours.
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@thelme55 (79721)
• Germany
28 Jun
@BarBaraPrz I see. Maybe I will undergo that kind of surgery in a few years time.
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@LindaOHio (223789)
• United States
27 Jun
I hope the surgery went well. Mine was very painful. I'm glad yours wasn't.
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@LindaOHio (223789)
• United States
2 Jul
@BarBaraPrz They used the anesthetic on my eyes; but it still hurt.
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@MarieCoyle (62415)
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24 Jun
I hope it all heals very quickly. I know it isn't fun. Take good care.
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jun
Thanks, it's getting better, doesn't feel as if I've got something in my eye.
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@MarieCoyle (62415)
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25 Jun
@BarBaraPrz
Oh, I'm glad. I know that's in my future at some point, not looking forward to it at all. Luckily, the surgery isn't nearly as hard to get through and to recover from as it used to be. I hope it heals very quickly.
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@Ineeddentures (46477)
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24 Jun
It's great that it got done though
Be she drops a few times a day for a while I imagine
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jun
Yes, the next 4 weeks, just in time to start on the other eye.
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Jun
@Ineeddentures They don't operate on both eyes at the same time so that the patient can have some 'normal' vision. Otherwise, they'd be stumbling around walking into things.
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@Ineeddentures (46477)
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26 Jun
@BarBaraPrz
Then 4 weeks with that eye
Might as well just do both eyes for the next 8 weeks
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@kaylachan (86446)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jun
I hope it heals well for you.
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jun
I think it will, as the song says, "getting better all the time".
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@kaylachan (86446)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jun
@BarBaraPrz That's a good song. And, you're right. It fits.
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jun
Yes, Three different ones, 4 times a day for 4 weeks... just in time to start the other eye.
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@LadyDuck (508738)
• Italy
24 Jun
@BarBaraPrz - I am glad, in a couple of days you should see a lot better.
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@RasmaSandra (100396)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jun
Glad you got home and best of luck with quick healing.
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@valherma00 (5255)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
27 Jun
so many things in one day. i wish you a fast recovery. you were brave
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jun
Thanks. My pupil is still half-blown at 9:55 next day.
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@BarBaraPrz (52093)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jun
Thanks. I'll certainly try.
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