Seniors

I had cataract surgery in my 40s because of a medication injury. You’re awake for it, but you will not care. Versed is magnificent stuff, even just to experience the total lack of anxiety you haven’t felt since age 2. Surgery is quick, and you should be walking out with great vision from the moment you get out of the recovery room.For most people, “recovery” amounts to warming up a bit, feeling regret that the lovely worry-free state is over, and lots of waiting for them to finish paperwork. No pain, but if your surgeon’s single stitch that most put in gets loose, you’ll have irritation and they’ll need to pull it out early. If so, you can’t bend over for a week, which is discouraged anyway. That was my own minor complication.

Biggest risk is YOU not following the aftercare regimen correctly. It’s just restriction on getting water/substances in your healing eye, and doing all the proper eye drops. Easy.

I talked my 91 year old father into doing it, and coached him through it. Easy for him too, he had both eyes done 2 weeks apart. He loved having perfect vision that he’d not experienced since childhood.

Just make sure you choose the best surgeon in town. Any doubts about surgeon or staff, don’t do it, and keep looking for someone you can trust. There are idiot surgeons out there, just like there are great ones, and your highest risk is from a poor surgeon. “Cut rate” or volume practices may be marginally acceptable for eyeglasses, but never for surgeons!