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Cataract Surgery?
Question : Cataract Surgery?
Dad will be going for a cataract surgery. Any tips?
cataract surgery
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Answer by bgee2001ca
It is pretty simple, and straightforward, they will freeze the area around the eye/ or eyes and pop the cataract off.
normally he would go home within a couple of hours, and the doctor will probably want to see him the next day to make sure everything is OK.
Probably a good Idea to have sunglasses for him to wear, as his eyes will be light sensitive.
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#4 written by Tony T 1 year ago
There are a lot of new lens replacements, and there are varying qualities. Check carefully with patients.
Regardless of what replacement lenses you and your Dad choose, remember for him not to lift anything heavy for a period of time as specified by his doctor. Be sure he uses his eye drops and other medicines exactly as prescribed. If your father is taking Flowmax (Tamsulosin HCl) for an enlarged prostate problem, be sure his eye doctor knows well in advance of any scheduled eye surgery. The doctor will likely need your father to stay off of Flowmax for at least 4 weeks prior to surgery. Flowmax causes what eye doctors call a ‘floppy iris’ and this makes the surgery very difficult (even risky).
If you have any family in the US, you might want to consider sending your Dad to the US for “CrystaLens” lens replacements. See http://www.crystalens.com for the US information. These will NEVER get cataracts or need replacement ever again. I was so blown away by them I am considering going for them even though I have no cateracts and I am only 51. Why? Because my father just had this done on both eyes (one eye, then three weeks later the other) and he is now reading the paper and watching TV without glasses, and he is 74 years old. He’s worn glasses to read the newspaper for 30 years, but not anymore.
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Don’t know where you are, but I assume somewhere in Malaysia.
Absolutely no need to send him to the USA!!
In “The Curve” in Mutiara Damansara (PJ) there’s a laser clinic which routinely carries out lens-replacement cataract operations. Can’t remember its name though (“Vista” lurks in the back of my mind). In the office block -first floor- at the same side as the Royale Bintang Hotel.
However, it’s reputed to be the #1 in Asia, and many Singaporeans travel up for the surgical procedures rather than have it done locally.
It’s a “no knife” procedure, the cataracts are removed by vibrations and then washed away.
My wife had cataracts removed from one eye a couple of years ago, and the treatment was first class.
Incidentally, if the place where your father is heading have not ALREADY checked out his blood glucose levels and blood pressure and affirmed that they’re within acceptable parameters then CANCEL the surgery immediately! This should be routine pre-surgery procedure.
This place is NOT cheap however, but everything about it, and especially the surgeons, is very professional.
Of course, it sounds like your father already has an appointment somewhere so it may be too late to change horses now, but if not, it’s worth going along to check them out.
All in all this kind of surgery is now, with modern techniques, pretty run of the mill as others have said, and nothing to worry yourself (or your father) too much about.
But again, as others have also said, it’s important to follow the post-op instructions carefully and assiduously. It would be a good idea to be with your father for the op, and to make sure you both understand fully what you need to do (and NOT do) afterwards (for a good few weeks) to ensure that the procedure is 100% successful.