I saw the ophthalmologist today.
I got my dates mixed up the other day; thought my appointment was scheduled for Tuesday, but it was today.
Just to review, I had cataract surgery on my left eye on January 10 and had been frustrated that my vision is taking a while to clear up. He said everything looks good, and I can see steady improvement myself. He said in another week, things should be dramatically different.
Evidently there was some difficulty during the surgery because I was unable to stay completely still. I have only minimal recollection, because I was under sedation at the time, but apparently I was actually KICKING people, including him! 
He could not have been nicer about the whole thing, but I am SO embarrassed! 
Of course, I had NO idea I was doing it and no conscious control of my actions, but it's still embarrassing.
In spite of my, err, extraneous movements, the surgery was a complete success, and he managed to get the new lens placed perfectly. But I think there was a little more trauma than usual, which is why my vision is taking a while to clear up. Meanwhile, the surgery on my right eye was originally scheduled for 1/31, but it's on hold for now, which is fine with me.
My biggest concern now, other than getting clear vision in my left eye, is being able to stay completely still and not being aware of anything whenever I have the right eye done. Personally, I think the sedation was too light this time. I've had other procedures done under sedation in the past (including oral surgery and two colonoscopies) with absolutely NO problems, and in all of those other instances, I didn't remember a thing afterwards. That is how I want things to be when I have my second cataract surgery!
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I'm in Baltimore tonight, awaiting beginning of 'brain surgery,' which I don't like to call it, but have hydrocephalus, that is, 'water on the brain,' so need a stent/shunt to help it drain so I can walk properly. Starts with an MRI @ 10 a.m.
I know it's the !nesthesiologost's job, but I'd bet you're not the first person under sedation to kick the doc attacking their eye with a cutting instrument. 
Seriously, I cannot force myself to stay still for that blue light glaucoma test. Involuntary.
I'm glad your eye is ok, ShazzieB!
Since he's the expert on that part of it. Will talk to the ophthalmologist about it some more, too, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Right now, I don't even know when the other surgery is going to happen yet.
Those glaucoma tests suck, don't they? They keep doing the one on me where they numb your eye with drops and use an instrument that they put right on the cornea. I've gotten pretty used to it by now!
