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Awesome! My mom just had her left eye yesterday and her right eye in 2 weeks. Already she can't believe how much better things are. She can see color better too. I'm so glad I finally talked her into getting it. She has Dementia and I had to tell her now is the time, because later on it would only make it more difficult for me (her caregiver) to get her through it. She's so wonderful.
Dr. Michael Chua. Before any one goes for their surgery they should first read and listen to your information on TH-cam. You explained all so well. Takes away one's fear before the surgery. Thank you Dr Chua and keep up the Great job. You are so blessed.... We are so lucky to have smart and good doctors like you. Amen
I wish I had the guts to look it up BEFORE my surgery! The mind has a way of making things worse. It was a horror movie for me the 1st time, but after knowing what to expect, it went much easier & smoother the 2nd time (yesterday)!
Dr. Michael, that was one of the best presentations I've ever seen on medical issues of any kind! You not only explained everything in great detail.... but you explained it in a way that we can easily understand it. I may be needing cataract surgery in the near future. Now I know what to expect, and the choices in what to ask for. Thank you for being so dedicated to good eye care!
you posted this after mine were done, but I must say, I was very scared. However, it went so quick and my life has definitely improved. All of you who need the surgery : go for it!!!
Thank You! I have to do it I've been feeling so terrified to let somebody operate on my Beautiful eyes 😭😭😭😭😭😭 But after reading your comment I believe I can do it!!!!!!!! THANK YOU
Had mine done 4 hours ago. I had a stage 4 in my R eye. It's a miracle! I haven't seen this well in years and they say it will continue to improve over the coming days. I'm ecstatic!! Wish I had done it sooner.
This is an incredibly thorough and clear explanation of seemingly everything related to cataracts and surgery. This doctor knows what he’s doing and how to communicate it. Thank you!
@JDM895 last month in the Journal for Signal Processing via SCMP,if I can get the time to pull it up,it's Chinese to begin with, I'm sure someone 50 years younger than me could find it,just what you'd expect, over and out, long weekend, I should retire.
I appreciate the full walk through you gave. I'm 68 and just got told I have significant cataracts. That was a surprise to me. I just thought I needed new glasses. Thank you for telling me the pros and cons. I'm still very nervous, but you didn't mention any patients not surviving, so I will go to my pre-op appointment. What happens if I can't hold my eye still. My eyes tend to follow the floaters, and before I know it, I'm looking at the bottom of a page, TV screen, or phone screen.
I'm 72 and looking forward to my cataract surgery in 3 weeks. I am still a bookkeeper and this last tax season was so hard because I felt like I was looking through Vaseline every day. I love to read and that has been so hard to do for so long. I also am far sighted in one eye and near sighted in the other so your explanation on the Mono lenses helped so much. Thank you for explaining what to expect with my cataract surgery and you have really eased my mind. Thank You! Now I can't wait to see again!
Friend May I give you a good idea .I 'm 73 also and I had already operation for cataract surgery in June 2023. Please take care your eye after operation. Please try to have Sunglasses without any degree when your doctor allow to wear Sunglasses . My idea is great please accept my idea. Thanks to read your comments . Best Regards.
@@henrym.5884 Hi! Sorry to jump in here, but *what* kind of sunglasses? I don't understand the "no degree" - does that mean "non prescription" sunglasses? or does it have to do w/the shade or polarization?
Thank you Dr Michael, for making this video. I am having cataract surgery in 2 days and this video explained the complete procedure from start to finish and I feel much more comfortable about having the surgery. Thank you again for making this video!!!
Superb presentation. I'm due for this surgery in the coming months and this was very helpful in understanding the process and options. Thanks very much for your post.
Thank You so much explaining cataract surgery Dr. Micheal. I'm having surgery on my left eye in August and my right eye sometimes in October. I am sort nerves about getting this done.... I pray all goes well with this surgery.
@@spatol Yes, was amazing... My vision was so cloudy but afterwards... the world looked AMAZING!!! All the details around that I had been missing were visible...
I was a bit young when I got them, too. Did you see "floaters" all the time in your 20's only to have optometrists not able or willing to tell you why? More is known now, & I'm older than you, but it makes me wonder if the floaters were a hint that cataracts were forming. Just wish I'd known earlier, but advancements are such that maybe it's a blessing in disguise that it took so many years to find out what was blinding me! 💙😂
Thanks Dr. Chua...I need these in 8:42 formations as I will be having my cataract surgery in the next 6 months...For sure I will be hearing this video several times. I'm almost 70 yrs old...here in Canada..
Thank you, Doctor... for a thoroughly comprehensive review of cataract surgery. You address the facets and concerns very well, which is reassuring for patients.
I've owned an optometrist practice since 2004, and I every time I hear a patient ask, "When is the ophthalmologist going to take out my cataract?" After our OD's find evidence of Posterior subcapsular cataract, Cortical, age related etc, cataracts, I laugh a little inside my head. I've had some patients wait 4 or 5 years until their cataract is "ripe" enough to take out. One day, I'm going to call the cataract specialists we refer patients to and ask them to tell the patients exactly why. For some reason, they never say why, just when so patients at our practice that keep coming back are always like, "Why aren't they taking out my cataract?! I can't drive at night and can barely read!" And I'm always saying "Every cataract is different, you'll have to speak with your ophthalmologist." Then they'll be like "All he said it wasn't ready to take out, and that was 2 years ago!!!" Me: 😬
My cataracts got to the point that depth of focus was so bad I fell down not once, but twice because I missed a step on a staircase. Also, could not read ANYTHING. If my eye doctor told me to 'wait', I would have a fit. But, I understand your point. However, your patients may think you are just stringing them along. Anyway, take care and best wishes to you and your practice.
Very interesting! My eye Dr said I have them but they are just forming. I found this video to be so very informative. Now I have a better understanding of what I can expect. Thank you for doing this. This video just came in my feed. Guess I needed this understanding! Be blessed.
Hi Doc, awesome and very thorough explanation of cataracts!!! Greatly appreciated and I feel well prepared to make an informed decision regarding surgery now or later. I’m in my late 50’s and have haziness which has an effect on some things. However, I’m able to drive well and see mist things we’ll enough, but with some haze at times. My Opthamologist stated my cataracts are ripe. So I’m thinking that it’s just a matter of time before things get worse. They indicate that surgery is needed. Thank you much for taking the time out to do such a thorough and well informed review of this matter.
Thank you so much Dr. Chua for your video , clear and good info for everyone 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 More power and God bless you more🙏. Amen 6-1-2023 🙏🇺🇸🇵🇭🇺🇸🇵🇭🇺🇸🇵🇭
Risk of retina detachment after cataract surgery is in the list of complications they have you sign off on. It happened to me in both eyes. Don't blindly think this won't happen. Doesn't seem rare at all to me and retina reattachment surgery is brutally painful.
My 1st eye gets done in 4 days. I'm a bit worried, too. Did you already have any natural or partial detachment before the procedures? I read that that's the biggest concern/risk for detachment post-surgery. Hope you're better now, friend. Sorry you went through that! 💙🤗from Alabama
Thank you for the helpful information. I’m having cataract surgery on January 16 and can’t wait to be able to drive at night again! I have astigmatism and am getting a Toric lens. You answered many of the simple questions that I was going to ask my doctor. I have more to ask him, but you were very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you if I was close to you I would come and see you for my eyes I think that no one has every explained this in such a way someone can get it and make a clear decision
Great presentation, thank you! I'm going to give my eye doctor the link to this video to share with his patients. First, it's extremely comprehensive; and, second, it will save him time explaining the same thing over and over with his patients because you've answered the most common questions so thoroughly. I'm looking at (no pun intended) the possibility of needing cataract surgery sometime in the future, and this was extremely helpful. Still gives me anxiety to think about it, though.
Excellent presentation. Dr. Chua is articulate on a subject that is very specialized, and he makes it interesting. Thank you, doctor. I am curious, how does one prep for cateract surgery? Does one stop wearing contact lenses?
I had my surgery a week ago today in Toronto . . . I am 79 years old and both eyes were done during the same appointment . . . I chose the lens provided under our government health plan . . . arrived at the clinic at 7 am . . . registered in and then taken to the area where a basic pre-op was performed . . . the anesthesiologist saw that I was quite nervous about the whole thing as he ask "is there anything you would like to share with me" the surgery began at 8 am . . . a short period of time later I was back in the pre-op area where I was offered a cold drink and cookie and told that as soon as my ride home appeared I was could go home . . . I left the clinic around 9:45 and took it easy for the rest of the day . . . at no time have I experienced any pain . . . at times there is some discomfort with a feeling like there is some dust or something in the eye and that seems to be diminishing as time passes . . . the following day, using our public transportation system, I travelled to the hospital on the streetcar for the day after appt with the eye surgeon who shared he was very happy with the surgery and would see me in another week . . . that appt is tomorrow . . . I do not have words to express the changes in my vision that now has given me permission to re-think how I wish to spend the rest of my time on this planet . . two years ago when I saw the doctor for the first time he told me my eyes were not ready yet for surgery . . . it has been a long wait . . . please, please, if your doctor suggests you would benefit from cataract surgery, go for it . . . GO FOR IT . . .
It depends on who is doing your surgery in Ontario. Some private clinics will charge you upwards to $3-5k. I had surgeries in the Hamilton, Ontario area for both eyes. I paid for laser measurement ($200-250) and an upgrade on each lenses of $70 (in 2015 and 2017). You are extremely wise to be asking the question. ~ Steve
Hi Steve! Thank you for your response. I called my Opthometrist to clarify. He said that my case is not clinically significant yet, that is why it’s not yet covered. I think when the cataract is visibly seen then it’s covered. It’s a shame because it affects my vision and my day to day life.
I spoke with my admin who used to work in an optometrist clinic. She recommended that you get a second opinion from another optometrist who will be sympathetic to your needs. The fact that your quality of vision is causing issues should be enough to please let me know how it goes. All the best as you look at a new year ahead. ~ Steve
Had cataract surgery in my left eye and was able to see the day after. Developed blurry vision the following day and was told I now have a cornea stain due to a negative reaction to the antibiotic shot out in my eye after surgery. We are now on 3 months and being told I need a cornea transplant. Had I known this was the outcome I would have never had the surgery. My eyesight is worse now than before the surgery.
I recently went in for Cataract surgery all went well in just half an hour only to be told that a fragment of the Cataract had gone behind my eye only to have the new lens removed and had to go home with no lens in my eye at all. I am now going in after 6 weeks to have the fragment removed and a new lens put in . I have found the whole experience traumatic and here's hoping all goes well this time.
I was just recently diagnosed with "severe cataracts" on both eyes at my annual eyeglass exam. NEVER been told this in my life. I have NONE of these symptoms. NONE. I doubted the diagnosis. I had two subsequent exams in the following weeks by independent eye doctors (one being the eye surgeon I was referred to) and BOTH told me I did not have any cataracts. WTH?? Why would an eye doctor tell me that??
I went to Alpine eye care in Gaylord Mi. They messed my right eye up kicked me out the door and sent me to my regular eye doc, they kept saying it would clear up, it never did and I have to live with that the rest of my life. So if your in Northern Michigan I would suggest Traverse City Eye, they do it in thier office. The other thing Alpine did was a week before my surgery that I paid up front was going to cost another fiteen hundred for using some mesuring device. Like I say do not go to any Alpine office in Michigan.
I had cataract surgery and Carmel, IN. I was in and out in no time flat. It was super easy and I have had no pain or discomfort. I totally recommend it. And my eyesight on the eye that I had surgery on is better than the eye I didn't with glasses.
When they did my second eye they dropped the old lens into the back of my eye. They did not tell me what to expect and just sent me home to come back next day. The pain was so incredible and unlike my previous cataract removal which was painless I decided to take off the dressing about 3am. When I looked through my injured eye it was like a cockroach was in my eye. It was terrifying. I was hysterical. I am cockroach phobic. I turned up at the hospital and they couldn’t deal with it they sent me to another hospital. Unfortunately I was in hospital 5 days but they saved my eye. I had to have surgery to remove the “cockroach” which was the old eye lens. Only nerve block not even sedation was given as I couldn’t have general anaesthetic due to my heart condition. The surgeons/specialists took wonderful care of me and they were so reassuring I was able to stay calm. Afterwards it was such a relief the “cockroach” was gone and there was no more pain. I had issues after found I had macula degeneration and had to have injections into the back of my eye but NOTHING hurt. They take such good care of you to make sure there is no pain. I would have my cataract surgery all over again even with failed surgery because in the end the results are so good and my eyes so comfortable it was worth it. During the 3 surgeries there was no pain. Most people are afraid of pain. The surgeries are painless completely. You are unlikely to have complications that I had, I’m just unlucky. I didn’t move it wasn’t my fault. It was just a freak thing. Just know if anything does go wrong they can fix it. My first surgeon did a great job on my first eye she just fluffed up doing the second one. Accidents happen I am unlucky. This was at Perth in Western Australia.
God Bless your heart! You’re amazing. Thank you for sharing your experience. I’ll be having my eye surgery at an eye center & after reading your story I’m going to be very careful & will be praying non stop!!! Amen!❤️🙏🏻❤️
I have Cataracs and I fear getting the surgery because I don’t want any pain in eye later after the surgery. Who on here had cataract surgery? Please tell me how you are doing now after the surgery.
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Awesome! My mom just had her left eye yesterday and her right eye in 2 weeks. Already she can't believe how much better things are. She can see color better too. I'm so glad I finally talked her into getting it. She has Dementia and I had to tell her now is the time, because later on it would only make it more difficult for me (her caregiver) to get her through it. She's so wonderful.
Your mom is lucky to have you.🌹
I'm glad to find out there is sedation.
Dr. Michael Chua. Before any one goes for their surgery they should first read and listen to your information on TH-cam.
You explained all so well. Takes away one's fear before the surgery. Thank you Dr Chua and keep up the Great job. You are so
blessed.... We are so lucky to have smart and good doctors like you. Amen
I wish I had the guts to look it up BEFORE my surgery! The mind has a way of making things worse. It was a horror movie for me the 1st time, but after knowing what to expect, it went much easier & smoother the 2nd time (yesterday)!
Dr. Michael, that was one of the best presentations I've ever seen on medical issues of any kind! You not only explained everything in great detail.... but you explained it in a way that we can easily understand it.
I may be needing cataract surgery in the near future. Now I know what to expect, and the choices in what to ask for. Thank you for being so dedicated to good eye care!
Thanks for watching and the positive feedback! I'm happy to share my experience and expertise
I would have preferred to be able to read his presentation than translate it!
you posted this after mine were done, but I must say, I was very scared. However, it went so quick and my life has definitely improved.
All of you who need the surgery : go for it!!!
Thank You! I have to do it I've been feeling so terrified to let somebody operate on my Beautiful eyes 😭😭😭😭😭😭 But after reading your comment I believe I can do it!!!!!!!! THANK YOU
After listening to this I think I'll take the chance of going totally blind...
Just had surgery on both eyes and i had no pain.It was easy and quick.My vision is incredible
Going in for surgery in under a month. This presentation assisted me greatly in understanding what I can expect. Thank you for doing this!
Had mine done 4 hours ago. I had a stage 4 in my R eye. It's a miracle! I haven't seen this well in years and they say it will continue to improve over the coming days. I'm ecstatic!! Wish I had done it sooner.
This is an incredibly thorough and clear explanation of seemingly everything related to cataracts and surgery. This doctor knows what he’s doing and how to communicate it. Thank you!
I just had cataract surgery done. It feels great to see again.
That’s great to hear. Enjoy your vision!
I had both eyes done at the same time. Mono vision lens, as I used them for years. No problems after surgery. I was 75.
my wife is having the surgery this morning, hence I'm watching this while she is sedated ❤
Any update
@JDM895 last month in the Journal for Signal Processing via SCMP,if I can get the time to pull it up,it's Chinese to begin with, I'm sure someone 50 years younger than me could find it,just what you'd expect, over and out, long weekend, I should retire.
I appreciate the full walk through you gave. I'm 68 and just got told I have significant cataracts. That was a surprise to me. I just thought I needed new glasses. Thank you for telling me the pros and cons. I'm still very nervous, but you didn't mention any patients not surviving, so I will go to my pre-op appointment. What happens if I can't hold my eye still. My eyes tend to follow the floaters, and before I know it, I'm looking at the bottom of a page, TV screen, or phone screen.
I'm 72 and looking forward to my cataract surgery in 3 weeks. I am still a bookkeeper and this last tax season was so hard because I felt like I was looking through Vaseline every day. I love to read and that has been so hard to do for so long. I also am far sighted in one eye and near sighted in the other so your explanation on the Mono lenses helped so much. Thank you for explaining what to expect with my cataract surgery and you have really eased my mind. Thank You! Now I can't wait to see again!
Friend May I give you a good idea .I 'm 73 also and I had already operation for cataract surgery in June 2023. Please take care your eye after operation. Please try to have Sunglasses without any degree when your doctor allow to wear Sunglasses . My idea is great please accept my idea. Thanks to read your comments . Best Regards.
Please read no degree instead of any degree. Thanks.
@@henrym.5884 Hi! Sorry to jump in here, but *what* kind of sunglasses? I don't understand the "no degree" - does that mean "non prescription" sunglasses? or does it have to do w/the shade or polarization?
Perfect job, young man.
I won't be seeing you, but i wish i was. Take care and remember...when much is given, much is expected.
God Bless You!
Thank you Dr Michael, for making this video. I am having cataract surgery in 2 days and this video explained the complete procedure from start to finish and I feel much more comfortable about having the surgery. Thank you again for making this video!!!
Your tutorial was awesome and extremely helpful and comforting! Thank you so much and may you continue, to be blessed!
Superb presentation. I'm due for this surgery in the coming months and this was very helpful in understanding the process and options. Thanks very much for your post.
Had mine done Monday February 5 and I’m impressed and pleased
Was yours by laser? Cañ you see better? Thanks
Thank You so much explaining cataract surgery Dr. Micheal. I'm having surgery on my left eye in August and my right eye sometimes in October. I am sort nerves about getting this done.... I pray all goes well with this surgery.
Thank you, this video and your info took away a lot of stress off me. I am having catarct surgery soon
I had both eyes done recently (40y.o). Be prepared for the colors you will see!!!
Was it helpful? I am being told to have the surgery and I'm a bit younger(30).
@@spatol Yes, was amazing... My vision was so cloudy but afterwards... the world looked AMAZING!!! All the details around that I had been missing were visible...
I also have a retinal aneurysm in Left Eye and have had cataract surgery
I was a bit young when I got them, too. Did you see "floaters" all the time in your 20's only to have optometrists not able or willing to tell you why? More is known now, & I'm older than you, but it makes me wonder if the floaters were a hint that cataracts were forming. Just wish I'd known earlier, but advancements are such that maybe it's a blessing in disguise that it took so many years to find out what was blinding me! 💙😂
Is the surgery painful I’m so scared 😟
Thanks Dr. Chua...I need these in 8:42 formations as I will be having my cataract surgery in the next 6 months...For sure I will be hearing this video several times. I'm almost 70 yrs old...here in Canada..
Lovely video. Covered EVERYTHING :)
Keep up the good work.
GOD bless.
Sat Jan 27 2024 good education
Thank you so much, I have been so reluctant to do the surgery but after this all my anxiety around the surgery have been eliminated.
I'm loving how much you are smiling throughout this video!! 😺
Excellent! They should have every cateract surgery patient view this session prior to any eye surgery. My doctor never mentioned any of this.
Thank you, Doctor... for a thoroughly comprehensive review of cataract surgery. You address the facets and concerns very well, which is reassuring for patients.
Great information Dr. CHUA, my cataracts are very slow in progress, ophthalmologist said to check again in a year. This is good for now.
Informative, very detailed and educational. Dr. Michael Chua thank you very much for these needed information.
I've owned an optometrist practice since 2004, and I every time I hear a patient ask, "When is the ophthalmologist going to take out my cataract?" After our OD's find evidence of Posterior subcapsular cataract, Cortical, age related etc, cataracts, I laugh a little inside my head.
I've had some patients wait 4 or 5 years until their cataract is "ripe" enough to take out.
One day, I'm going to call the cataract specialists we refer patients to and ask them to tell the patients exactly why. For some reason, they never say why, just when so patients at our practice that keep coming back are always like, "Why aren't they taking out my cataract?! I can't drive at night and can barely read!" And I'm always saying "Every cataract is different, you'll have to speak with your ophthalmologist."
Then they'll be like "All he said it wasn't ready to take out, and that was 2 years ago!!!"
Me: 😬
My cataracts got to the point that depth of focus was so bad I fell down not once, but twice because I missed a step on a staircase. Also, could not read ANYTHING. If my eye doctor told me to 'wait', I would have a fit. But, I understand your point. However, your patients may think you are just stringing them along. Anyway, take care and best wishes to you and your practice.
Very interesting! My eye Dr said I have them but they are just forming. I found this video to be so very informative. Now I have a better understanding of what I can expect. Thank you for doing this. This video just came in my feed. Guess I needed this understanding! Be blessed.
Hi Doc, awesome and very thorough explanation of cataracts!!! Greatly appreciated and I feel well prepared to make an informed decision regarding surgery now or later. I’m in my late 50’s and have haziness which has an effect on some things. However, I’m able to drive well and see mist things we’ll enough, but with some haze at times. My Opthamologist stated my cataracts are ripe. So I’m thinking that it’s just a matter of time before things get worse. They indicate that surgery is needed. Thank you much for taking the time out to do such a thorough and well informed review of this matter.
Thank you so much Dr. Chua for your video , clear and good info for everyone 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 More power and God bless you more🙏. Amen 6-1-2023 🙏🇺🇸🇵🇭🇺🇸🇵🇭🇺🇸🇵🇭
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How did it go? Wish you a speedy recovery. 🌼
Maraming salamat po!
@@thegreencat9947
Thanks , still continuing eye drops till now
Surgery was successful ( both eyes … one at a time ). 7-24-2023
@@MichaelRChuaMD
Thank you Dr. Chua
7-4-2023
Risk of retina detachment after cataract surgery is in the list of complications they have you sign off on. It happened to me in both eyes. Don't blindly think this won't happen. Doesn't seem rare at all to me and retina reattachment surgery is brutally painful.
could you please tell me about the pain you went through for the retinal re-attachment ?.....
OMG!!! 😱
My 1st eye gets done in 4 days. I'm a bit worried, too. Did you already have any natural or partial detachment before the procedures? I read that that's the biggest concern/risk for detachment post-surgery. Hope you're better now, friend. Sorry you went through that! 💙🤗from Alabama
Thank you for the helpful information. I’m having cataract surgery on January 16 and can’t wait to be able to drive at night again! I have astigmatism and am getting a Toric lens. You answered many of the simple questions that I was going to ask my doctor. I have more to ask him, but you were very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you if I was close to you I would come and see you for my eyes I think that no one has every explained this in such a way someone can get it and make a clear decision
Very educative narrative for potential Cataract surgery prospects like me.Thanks
Going into surgery in 2-weeks time and the presentation has prepared me for that, but I wish I was from the US.
Excellent presentation,Dr! Thank you!!
Thank you for being so thorough, lots of questions answered. As I am going in for Cataract Surgery sometime soon.
Great presentation, thank you! I'm going to give my eye doctor the link to this video to share with his patients. First, it's extremely comprehensive; and, second, it will save him time explaining the same thing over and over with his patients because you've answered the most common questions so thoroughly.
I'm looking at (no pun intended) the possibility of needing cataract surgery sometime in the future, and this was extremely helpful. Still gives me anxiety to think about it, though.
I had that done, And I love seeing all colors now,.
My mom had surgery in both eyes and did just fine for the rest of her years.
A very informative presentation. Thank you from Northern Ireland.
I had cataract surgery a few years back and had no trouble.
I'm going on the 28th September 2023....And i cannot wait to be able to see again..
GREAT VIDEO, WELL EXPLAINED I GO IN TOMORROW. THIS HELPED GREATLY..
Excellent presentation. Dr. Chua is articulate on a subject that is very specialized, and he makes it interesting. Thank you, doctor. I am curious, how does one prep for cateract surgery? Does one stop wearing contact lenses?
Just had my surgery this morning.
Great info and cleared up my questions.
Thank You so much!
go for cataract surgery tomorrow.
Excellent presentation! Thank you for posting this, very informative.
Excellent informational video. Thank you Dr. Chua!
Best explanation...will get my eye done in the near future
Wonderful info , I had this done last year and it went just like you said 👍pretty easy👌🏼
So wonderfully comprehensive! THANK YOU!
Thank you ... this was extremely informative and helpful!
God bless Dr. Michael🙏.
Well, that was very helpful. Thank you Dr. Chua.
I had my surgery a week ago today in Toronto . . . I am 79 years old and both eyes were done during the same appointment . . . I chose the lens provided under our government health plan . . . arrived at the clinic at 7 am . . . registered in and then taken to the area where a basic pre-op was performed . . . the anesthesiologist saw that I was quite nervous about the whole thing as he ask "is there anything you would like to share with me" the surgery began at 8 am . . . a short period of time later I was back in the pre-op area where I was offered a cold drink and cookie and told that as soon as my ride home appeared I was could go home . . . I left the clinic around 9:45 and took it easy for the rest of the day . . . at no time have I experienced any pain . . . at times there is some discomfort with a feeling like there is some dust or something in the eye and that seems to be diminishing as time passes . . . the following day, using our public transportation system, I travelled to the hospital on the streetcar for the day after appt with the eye surgeon who shared he was very happy with the surgery and would see me in another week . . . that appt is tomorrow . . . I do not have words to express the changes in my vision that now has given me permission to re-think how I wish to spend the rest of my time on this planet . . two years ago when I saw the doctor for the first time he told me my eyes were not ready yet for surgery . . . it has been a long wait . . . please, please, if your doctor suggests you would benefit from cataract surgery, go for it . . . GO FOR IT . . .
Hello, is Cataract surgery covered by OHIP? Because my opthometrist said, it’s not covered. I’m confused
It depends on who is doing your surgery in Ontario. Some private clinics will charge you upwards to $3-5k.
I had surgeries in the Hamilton, Ontario area for both eyes. I paid for laser measurement ($200-250) and an upgrade on each lenses of $70 (in 2015 and 2017).
You are extremely wise to be asking the question. ~ Steve
Hi Steve! Thank you for your response. I called my Opthometrist to clarify. He said that my case is not clinically significant yet, that is why it’s not yet covered. I think when the cataract is visibly seen then it’s covered. It’s a shame because it affects my vision and my day to day life.
@@earthman0x I’ll try to get further clarification tomorrow from my admin.
I spoke with my admin who used to work in an optometrist clinic. She recommended that you get a second opinion from another optometrist who will be sympathetic to your needs. The fact that your quality of vision is causing issues should be enough to please let me know how it goes. All the best as you look at a new year ahead. ~ Steve
Thank you. Well presented. Very clear and helpful.
Had cataract surgery in my left eye and was able to see the day after. Developed blurry vision the following day and was told I now have a cornea stain due to a negative reaction to the antibiotic shot out in my eye after surgery. We are now on 3 months and being told I need a cornea transplant. Had I known this was the outcome I would have never had the surgery. My eyesight is worse now than before the surgery.
Thank you for a very informative video. Really covered the whole spectrum.
Thank you very much
Doctor.
Going for this in September. Thank you for this info. Much appreciated!
Beautiful, Thank you for this presentation. Awesome
Thank you Dr Michael. Very informative .
Thank you Dr. Chua.
After watching his videos, I want to go to Dr.Chua.
excellent presentation
Great video.
Clarified a lot for me.
Thanks heaps! 🤓
I which I would have listen to this video before I had eye 👁 surgery
Very informative. Thank you very much.
I recently went in for Cataract surgery all went well in just half an hour only to be told that a fragment of the Cataract had gone behind my eye only to have the new lens removed and had to go home with no lens in my eye at all. I am now going in after 6 weeks to have the fragment removed and a new lens put in . I have found the whole experience traumatic and here's hoping all goes well this time.
I was just recently diagnosed with "severe cataracts" on both eyes at my annual eyeglass exam. NEVER been told this in my life. I have NONE of these symptoms. NONE. I doubted the diagnosis. I had two subsequent exams in the following weeks by independent eye doctors (one being the eye surgeon I was referred to) and BOTH told me I did not have any cataracts. WTH?? Why would an eye doctor tell me that??
Thank you Dr
Good! Thank you!
Very informative. Thanks
Very thorough. Thank you.
Well explained.....Thank you
Thank you Dr. C.
million thanks for the info.....
I went to Alpine eye care in Gaylord Mi. They messed my right eye up kicked me out the door and sent me to my regular eye doc, they kept saying it would clear up, it never did and I have to live with that the rest of my life. So if your in Northern Michigan I would suggest Traverse City Eye, they do it in thier office. The other thing Alpine did was a week before my surgery that I paid up front was going to cost another fiteen hundred for using some mesuring device. Like I say do not go to any Alpine office in Michigan.
Excellent!
Spectacular video!!!
I had cataract surgery and Carmel, IN. I was in and out in no time flat. It was super easy and I have had no pain or discomfort. I totally recommend it. And my eyesight on the eye that I had surgery on is better than the eye I didn't with glasses.
When they did my second eye they dropped the old lens into the back of my eye. They did not tell me what to expect and just sent me home to come back next day. The pain was so incredible and unlike my previous cataract removal which was painless I decided to take off the dressing about 3am. When I looked through my injured eye it was like a cockroach was in my eye. It was terrifying. I was hysterical. I am cockroach phobic. I turned up at the hospital and they couldn’t deal with it they sent me to another hospital. Unfortunately I was in hospital 5 days but they saved my eye. I had to have surgery to remove the “cockroach” which was the old eye lens. Only nerve block not even sedation was given as I couldn’t have general anaesthetic due to my heart condition. The surgeons/specialists took wonderful care of me and they were so reassuring I was able to stay calm. Afterwards it was such a relief the “cockroach” was gone and there was no more pain. I had issues after found I had macula degeneration and had to have injections into the back of my eye but NOTHING hurt. They take such good care of you to make sure there is no pain. I would have my cataract surgery all over again even with failed surgery because in the end the results are so good and my eyes so comfortable it was worth it. During the 3 surgeries there was no pain. Most people are afraid of pain. The surgeries are painless completely. You are unlikely to have complications that I had, I’m just unlucky. I didn’t move it wasn’t my fault. It was just a freak thing. Just know if anything does go wrong they can fix it. My first surgeon did a great job on my first eye she just fluffed up doing the second one. Accidents happen I am unlucky. This was at Perth in Western Australia.
Remind me not to go to Perth for eye surgery. ☺
God Bless your heart! You’re amazing. Thank you for sharing your experience. I’ll be having my eye surgery at an eye center & after reading your story I’m going to be very careful & will be praying non stop!!! Amen!❤️🙏🏻❤️
@@miriamklineeviston9616 You will be fine I promise. I am just unlucky.
That was really good. Thanks!
During my cataract surgery, my eye moved and my cornea was torn. Fortunately it wasn't too severe.
Great information❗👍
7.6.23 Excellent video. Thank you for making it.
Very thorough
Very well done but I can’t drive cdl after one day of surgery so this helps me a lot on how long I’ll be off work
Thanks!
Thanks so much for your support!
Well explained.
I have Cataracs and I fear getting the surgery because I don’t want any pain in eye later after the surgery. Who on here had cataract surgery? Please tell me how you are doing now after the surgery.
Thank you dear friend ❤
Love your smile 😀 ❤😊
Thank you Doc.
Best You Tube info Dr Chua re: cataract surgery