Had my right eye done and waiting a month on the left. Putting on my o;d glasses with the right lens removed is like being in sa fun house of mirrors right now , YIKES
I had cataract surgery at Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary in Boston about a week ago. When they took the eye patch off the following morning I had excellent vision. I didn't even need new glasses. The vision in the eye measured at 20/25. The eye surgeon told me that an outcome like that is rare as most people at least need new glasses. I guess I was just lucky and everything fell together just right.
Which lens did you chose? Was it the standard or the very expensive? I was quoted a price of $3,000 for a better lens. Please let me know as I'm having surgery in a week!
I had the 2nd eye done 2 days ago. I love how I now see. Next day follow up visit, the Doc said I did not need glasses anymore to drive. My eyes are now "20-25 plus". That's how they termed it. If you need this surgery, it's fast & pain free. I recommend you to do it.
The music is there to make it feel not so scary. Surgery can be scary for many people, they're trying to put it into a light-hearted and informational format.
I had cataract surgery in Winnipeg Canada and the result was amazing.The Doctors hints are exactly what my surgeon told me.On a lighter note its free in Canada.
Thank You I enjoyed this. I am going for cataract surgery in 10 days and nobody told me what I can't do after surgery. I might also have to put my own eye drops in by myself if I can't get the dropless surgery. I am getting both eyes done at the same time. Also the background music is too loud.
Just had 1 eye done on May 3. In & out in 2 hours. No pain whatsoever. Most of that 2 hours was prep time like asking questions, prep drops for the surgery, etc. I go back to do the other eye in 2 days. Wished I didnt wait so long to do this.
Just had cataract surgery this morning and it was easy, no pain and only feeling a slight grit in my eye. Resting on my sofa and finding my depth perception is gone. Feels strange but this will pass.
Absolutely the lens can move. Mine did. I was high prescription beforehand, and I was not warned of this. I also suffer from dry eyes. I live alone, so I had to keep doing all the normal chores such as vacuuming and bending to feed the cats. I ended up with a slipped lens, a bleed in the eye that has left a permanent brown smear in my vision, a complete wrinkling of the lens capsule by about four weeks after surgery which left me with little vision in the eye beyond fuzzy images for six months afterwards. Then I had to have laser surgery to make a little pin hole in the wrinkled lens capsule to see through. At night, particularly in winter, I have a lot of visual distortion in that eye from when the pupil expands and the hole in the lens capsule isn't big enough to see through clearly. I have to look down and inwards with that eye to actually see well because of the slippage. And the other eye isn't going to be fixed because it just has wear and tear, not a fully ready cataract. So I have one very shorted sighted eye and one long sighted one for the foreseeable future. I don't drive. I don't think I'd be allowed to with my present vision. All my friends had successful surgeries, and I was very disappointed mine went so wrong.
@@heather1985october dr l had my right eye operated for cataract 3 mths ago. The surgery was uneventful. A mth later a yag was done. the vision continues to remain blurred/ cloudy.A second opinion says there is left over cortical residue. The original surgeon when confronted says the same will be absorbed by the body in due course.
Thanks for telling me about do/don't, I will have left eye surgery this Tuesday, hopeful Dr tell me like you said, if not, then thank you for it. Wow!!! 👀
Thanks for reply Dr. Chan. My doctor told me it was optuonal. I hardly ever wore shades outside even in bright sunlight. No discomfort nothing. This is just my own experience. I think I recuperate quickly. I am in my last week of eye drops.😅
If your vision starts getting cloudy again you probably have PCO. I had Cataract Surgery around 10 years ago and my right eye started acting like I had a cataract over the last year. I had to have laser treatment to fix it.
I have OCD and one of my compulsions is moving my eyes especially when they're closed. It's nearly impossible to control. I worry about this during my cataract surgery coming up.
Thank you for being the dedicated, thoughtful, and compassionate doctor that you are #DrDanjuma You always go above and beyond and work tirelessly towards a healthy outcome. I feel so blessed to be cured from Herpes, Thank you doctor......
Thank you very much for your explain! I wish my Dr. telling these! Not one! I had catary surgery 6 years ago and the 7 th day after surgery for eye check up the nurse was so rough to take off the cover on it before the Dr. come to check! He found out I had other problem Retina detached I need other emergency surgery again! I wondered if that roughly from the nurse that make my eye tear off that day but nobody can prove for that! Now it happened long ago and my eye still not see well!!
My situation is, I've just today had my cataract surgery, but in another 3 days, I'm meant to start a new job which involves heavy lifting and dusty building sites . Devastated I may mot be able to accept the job now after being out of work for 12 months
@@MitchGrooms I did plan ahead. This surgery was meant to be done back in December 2020, but was cancelled due to the NHS only taking on 'urgent ' cases due to Covid. However, good news is, I managed to secure the new job owing to the employer willing to start me later this month 😀
Sleeping...I assume "sleep on left or right" means the left or right side... but what does sleep straight mean? Straight on my back? But you said not to sleep "prone".....i thought "prone" meant flat on your front or back?
Hello! Thanks for the good video. I have my cataract done 1 day after surgery. I cry every day. Does it harmful my vision and take long time for recovery? Please advise! Thank you and looking forward to hear from you soon!
My eyes are weepy due to pollen. Hopefully that is the reason for her tears. Actually that's why I'm on TH-cam to find out if pollen is an issue 3 days post op.
Not to cook Not to clean Not to drive Not to do laundry Not to run errands Not to wear make up Not to clean up after pets Not to take care of children Not to take care of husband Not to have sex or any related acts
Maybe no pain but extremely uncomfortable!!!!¡! I just had both eyes done 2 weeks apart. Have gotten conflicting information from all sources, doctors, online info and even from those who have had the surgery. 😮
This is SO scary. I squint when I'm handsewing for fear of hurting my eyes (check my name if you wonder why). However, I don't get how you can refrain from bending down if you have to throw up.
Hello Doc. So after the cataract surgery, the patient is allowed to take a bath right? Should he or she protect his or her eyes using swimming glasses for example so that the water will not be splashed into his or her eyes? Please give us some explanation on this matter, Doc. Thanks
thanks doctor but for how long I cannot do sports and for how long I cannot cook, and for how kind I cannot swim or lift heavy things please I am having my surgery this week
@@janbondchan9471 Thank you very much indeed. My eye doctor doesn't say much. I will tell him. Why do you advise the patient not to cook after cataract surgery? I can have one eye covered with gauze and still cook...Right?
🍏🍏🍏 Good morning Doctor . Thank you veey much indeed . My eye had been done done surgeey 5 days ago . I want to know dos and don't details . I wanted to be Doctor for Eye specialist that my aim but i finished my education with my favourite Mathematics However , thank you very much for knowing this dos and don'ts. Can i make my right eye surgery after left eye surgery for cartaract with Ultrasound ?
I have cataract surgery scheduled in September, when my annual hay fever occurs. Would it be recommended that I stay indoors to avoid pollen? How many days for healing so pollen or dust won't cause irritation on the operated eye?
@@janbondchan9471 Thanks, Dr. I have another question. I’ve chosen to have monofocal lens with intermediate distance focus. My doctor mentioned she’d choose my iol lens power to be -3 diopter right eye, -2 left eye, post operatively. My current uncorrected vision is -17 OD -11 OS. The right eye is extremely near sighted and weak as far as distance vision goes. Could that be the reason she’s going to make it -3 instead of -2 to match other eye?
The information is great, but the music is so annoying. You may want to turn the music down. But thank you so much for the great information
I really can't switch of the music anymore as it has been posted and edited years ago. Thank you for all the music comments but what's done is done
Had my left eye done 3 weeks ago. Second eye March 7. Hope it goes as well as the first one. It’s a joy to be able to read things on my tv!
Had my right eye done and waiting a month on the left. Putting on my o;d glasses with the right lens removed is like being in sa fun house of mirrors right now , YIKES
My left eye surgery was done today and am happy to watch this video to get well informed.
Thanks.
I had cataract surgery at Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary in Boston about a week ago. When they took the eye patch off the following morning I had excellent vision. I didn't even need new glasses. The vision in the eye measured at 20/25. The eye surgeon told me that an outcome like that is rare as most people at least need new glasses. I guess I was just lucky and everything fell together just right.
Which lens did you chose? Was it the standard or the very expensive? I was quoted a price of $3,000 for a better lens. Please let me know as I'm having surgery in a week!
I had the 2nd eye done 2 days ago. I love how I now see. Next day follow up visit, the Doc said I did not need glasses anymore to drive.
My eyes are now "20-25 plus". That's how they termed it.
If you need this surgery, it's fast & pain free. I recommend you to do it.
Hi. Hope everything went well for you. 😊
@&∅± depends on the glasses you choose
Excellent, thanks. However found the background music intrusive and unnecessary.
Totally agree had to stop watching
Please stop the music
hi gud am
Me too
The music is there to make it feel not so scary. Surgery can be scary for many people, they're trying to put it into a light-hearted and informational format.
This is extremely helpful since my eye surgery is lined up next month. The Dr in the video explains very well without scaring us abt the surgery.
This is helpful to me. Because I'm cataract operated patient. Thank u very much for ur kind advice.
Welcome. Hope everything goes well for u
@@janbondchan9471 hope so I m 35 yrs n due to the injury I ve got traumatic cataract n iris damage. Dr is good hope he manages well
No 9999 88 and
I had cataract surgery in Winnipeg Canada and the result was amazing.The Doctors hints are exactly what my surgeon told me.On a lighter note its free in Canada.
I am having my left eye done very soon. This video helped me understand the recovery phase very well. Thank you so much for sharing. G.
👍
Very good. Thank you.
Thank you, Doctor. I'm having my first eye done next week. This video was a great help.
mine is next week afraid I will do something that will leave me blind
Useful message clearly explained, thank you for your instructions of the don't,s after surgery. 💐
Thank You I enjoyed this. I am going for cataract surgery in 10 days and nobody told me what I can't do after surgery. I might also have to put my own eye drops in by myself if I can't get the dropless surgery. I am getting both eyes done at the same time.
Also the background music is too loud.
Excellent video. I now know what to expect. Thank you. I have been so nervous about it I was thinking about canceling the surgery.
EXCELLENT JOB! I must get cataract surgery soon & your videos help tremendously! Thank you, ever so much!
You're welcome
Just had 1 eye done on May 3. In & out in 2 hours. No pain whatsoever. Most of that 2 hours was prep time like asking questions, prep drops for the surgery, etc. I go back to do the other eye in 2 days. Wished I didnt wait so long to do this.
@@samename6479 Thanks for the info!
Good professional talk, no verbal diarrhea that so many people suffer from. Thank you. Bloke from Aus.
Thank you for reminder of what you can do or can’t do after cataract surgery, detailed and helpful ❤
Thank you Dr. Jan Bond Chan. Very easy to understand your video. I was born in KL but now live in Vancouver.
It's a pleasure
Yes! The doctor knows well. Rest well inside the house at least 1-2 months. No big movements, exercise or sports. Any accidents can lead to blindness.
Just had cataract surgery this morning and it was easy, no pain and only feeling a slight grit in my eye. Resting on my sofa and finding my depth perception is gone. Feels strange but this will pass.
Mam just want to ask is the operation takes too long?
@@rosendabaldueza9730 about 10 or 15 minutes
Excellent and informative video. My surgery is scheduled for January 2023. I wish it were sooner, but I won't complain. It is long overdue.
Excellent post cataract operation precautions video. Thanks a lot doctor.
Tour presentation helped alot I have my pre op tomorrow , I will know what to ask listening to you..great job
Thank you very much doctor. Excellent video about dos and don'ts after the cataract surgery.
You're welcome
Absolutely the lens can move. Mine did. I was high prescription beforehand, and I was not warned of this. I also suffer from dry eyes. I live alone, so I had to keep doing all the normal chores such as vacuuming and bending to feed the cats. I ended up with a slipped lens, a bleed in the eye that has left a permanent brown smear in my vision, a complete wrinkling of the lens capsule by about four weeks after surgery which left me with little vision in the eye beyond fuzzy images for six months afterwards. Then I had to have laser surgery to make a little pin hole in the wrinkled lens capsule to see through. At night, particularly in winter, I have a lot of visual distortion in that eye from when the pupil expands and the hole in the lens capsule isn't big enough to see through clearly. I have to look down and inwards with that eye to actually see well because of the slippage. And the other eye isn't going to be fixed because it just has wear and tear, not a fully ready cataract. So I have one very shorted sighted eye and one long sighted one for the foreseeable future. I don't drive. I don't think I'd be allowed to with my present vision. All my friends had successful surgeries, and I was very disappointed mine went so wrong.
I’m so sorry you had to go through all of that. Hope you are doing better now.
Thank you…..Preparing for cataract surgery in a week. This was very helpful….
Welcome
Thank you. My mother is scheduled for cataract surgery next week. I can't wait for her to be able to have a full field of vision
Thank you for this information. I like the no cooking part best!!!
You're welcome
I don't as I have no one to cook for me
@@vtbn53 take away food is fine. 😉. If not make yourself a sandwich
@@janbondchan9471 I am on keto so take away and bread is off the table - I'll manage somehow, I can't see how frying a steak can hurt me.
Thanks for your advice. I am due to have my surgery in the near future and have been apprehensive but feel a lot more assured!
Like the positive advice and information and think the music added uplifting aura that it's not to be dreaded.
Excellent advice, presented i a very clear, comprehensive way. Thank you very much.
Excellent video! Thank you, Dr.
Thank you so much very informative esp to senior citizens
My friend had cataract surgery 3 mts ago, till today she has tears all day long…she went to the doctor twice, but said it’s nothing wrong.
Why not get a second opinion from another doctor?
@@heather1985october dr l had my right eye operated for cataract 3 mths ago. The surgery was uneventful. A mth later a yag was done. the vision continues to remain blurred/ cloudy.A second opinion says there is left over cortical residue. The original surgeon when confronted says the same will be absorbed by the body in due course.
Thanks for telling me about do/don't, I will have left eye surgery this Tuesday, hopeful Dr tell me like you said, if not, then thank you for it. Wow!!! 👀
Thank you very much. I work in high dusty area as a wood refinisher. I wasn't sure when I will able to go back to work.
Background music is very distracting.
Thanks for reply Dr. Chan. My doctor told me it was optuonal. I hardly ever wore shades outside even in bright sunlight. No discomfort nothing. This is just my own experience. I think I recuperate quickly. I am in my last week of eye drops.😅
Thanks for sharing.
Very nice and informative video Thanks
Thank you for sharing your good information! It is much appreciated. Goldie in Jacksonville Florida
Thanks, very informative. Pls just lower the volume of the background!
Thank you very much. You answered many questions.
You're welcome
If your vision starts getting cloudy again you probably have PCO. I had Cataract Surgery around 10 years ago and my right eye started acting like I had a cataract over the last year. I had to have laser treatment to fix it.
That's call YAG capsulotomy. Very simple procedure. No worries
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Thank you sir for telling us about this, thank you once more
Thanks Doc for the info,,my relative is having one in 2weeks time
Thank you. Useful information. First eye to be done tomorrow.
I have OCD and one of my compulsions is moving my eyes especially when they're closed. It's nearly impossible to control. I worry about this during my cataract surgery coming up.
You will do fine sir. No worries.
Very helpful video, much appreciated and thank you.
You're welcome, 😁
Very good!
Thank you very much for your advice
Simple and clear advice.Thanks.
Thanks for the info! Both eyes un two days!!
Thank you for being the dedicated, thoughtful, and compassionate doctor that you are #DrDanjuma You always go above and beyond and work tirelessly towards a healthy outcome. I feel so blessed to be cured from Herpes, Thank you doctor......
Very informative and helpful. Thankyou
Thanks.Very informative.
Plz.keep it up.
Thank you for such a great video!
It would be much more helpful if Dr Chan specified how long you should avoid each of the specified activities. 1day, 1wk, 1month??
Thank you Doc. God bless
Much better if theres no background music to understand clearly
Leave out.the.background music, PLEASE.
Thank you for this, it was very helpful. But the music was distractimg.
Stop music can't hear what you are saying
usually 5/10 days after the surgery, vison is perfect.
Video is good however the background music is too high and was difficult to listen the instructions.
Thank you very much for your explain! I wish my Dr. telling these! Not one! I had catary surgery 6 years ago and the 7 th day after surgery for eye check up the nurse was so rough to take off the cover on it before the Dr. come to check! He found out I had other problem Retina detached I need other emergency surgery again! I wondered if that roughly from the nurse that make my eye tear off that day but nobody can prove for that! Now it happened long ago and my eye still not see well!!
Doc the background music is more louder than your voice...
Excellent thank you very much
|Wow wee! Thank you so much for such a fantastic explanation!
Welcome
Thank you for your help
Thank you. I need to go and have cataracts removed.
Very good information but the background kiddy music is totally annoying.
Thx Dr. Very helpful advice .
Great info. Thank you.
Thank you Dr! 👍 Souch great infoj
My situation is, I've just today had my cataract surgery, but in another 3 days, I'm meant to start a new job which involves heavy lifting and dusty building sites . Devastated I may mot be able to accept the job now after being out of work for 12 months
sorry but you must plan ahead of the surgery. Show them proof you had this done.
@@MitchGrooms I did plan ahead. This surgery was meant to be done back in December 2020, but was cancelled due to the NHS only taking on 'urgent ' cases due to Covid.
However, good news is, I managed to secure the new job owing to the employer willing to start me later this month 😀
@@petercroft1901 great news
I'm worried, as I strain to go to number 2 on the toilet quite strongly. Can this damage the surgery on my eyes.
Sleeping...I assume "sleep on left or right" means the left or right side... but what does sleep straight mean? Straight on my back? But you said not to sleep "prone".....i thought "prone" meant flat on your front or back?
Hello! Thanks for the good video.
I have my cataract done 1 day after surgery. I cry every day. Does it harmful my vision and take long time for recovery? Please advise! Thank you and looking forward to hear from you soon!
Crying is fine but why?
Don't cry. Life is beautiful!!!🙃🙂😘
My eyes are weepy due to pollen.
Hopefully that is the reason for her tears. Actually that's why I'm on TH-cam to find out if pollen is an issue 3 days post op.
thanks God bless
How long one should avoid flying after a cataract surgery? Any specific reasons..
Informative....Whats the reason For The Music
Not to cook
Not to clean
Not to drive
Not to do laundry
Not to run errands
Not to wear make up
Not to clean up after pets
Not to take care of children
Not to take care of husband
Not to have sex or any related acts
Maybe no pain but extremely uncomfortable!!!!¡! I just had both eyes done 2 weeks apart. Have gotten conflicting information from all sources, doctors, online info and even from those who have had the surgery. 😮
This is SO scary. I squint when I'm handsewing
for fear of hurting my eyes (check my name if you wonder why).
However, I don't get how you can refrain from bending down
if you have to throw up.
Very useful
Dr. Your music it’s very loud I can’t understand what you are saying!
Please check
Thanks.
EXCELLENT instructions! Will be having this surgery soon!
Hello Doc. So after the cataract surgery, the patient is allowed to take a bath right? Should he or she protect his or her eyes using swimming glasses for example so that the water will not be splashed into his or her eyes? Please give us some explanation on this matter, Doc. Thanks
When can you travel by plane after cataract surgery?
I'm due to have cataract surgery soon on my right eye and my left at a later date. I'm wondering how this will affect my glasses prescription?
thanks doctor but for how long I cannot do sports and for how long I cannot cook, and for how kind I cannot swim or lift heavy things please I am having my surgery this week
Awesome!
What if after the surgery is still blurry, is it possible to have another surgery ?
What about coughing and sneezing . I have allergic rhinitis.Thank you for your detailed explanation.Hard to avoid. Pinch my nose first?
Get your doctor to prescribe you with antihistamines first. Usually that will do the trick. Do inform your doctor about that. Makes a huge difference
@@janbondchan9471 Thank you very much indeed. My eye doctor doesn't say much. I will tell him. Why do you advise the patient not to cook after cataract surgery? I can have one eye covered with gauze and still cook...Right?
What will I do Im 2yrs opreated And felt something on my eye like there is dustand I felt hurt and irritable my tears is fulling through my one eye
Dry eyes. Please see your doctor again
We do not need the music. Can’t understand.
Hard of hearing.Waste of time for me and others. 😱😱. 😡😡 🇨🇦
🍏🍏🍏 Good morning Doctor . Thank you veey much indeed . My eye had been done done surgeey 5 days ago .
I want to know dos and don't details .
I wanted to be Doctor for Eye specialist that my aim but i finished my education with my favourite Mathematics
However , thank you very much for knowing this dos and don'ts.
Can i make my right eye surgery after left eye surgery for cartaract with Ultrasound ?
I think you meant ... can you proceed with the second eye after the first? Certainly if you are comfortable with the first surgery
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I finished second right eye surgery for cataract with Ultrasound .
Thank U very much for your encourage to me my doctor.
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I have cataract surgery scheduled in September, when my annual hay fever occurs. Would it be recommended that I stay indoors to avoid pollen? How many days for healing so pollen or dust won't cause irritation on the operated eye?
@ckp2ator389 ask your doctor for antihistamine prescription. That should solve the problem
@@janbondchan9471 Thanks, Dr. I have another question. I’ve chosen to have monofocal lens with intermediate distance focus. My doctor mentioned she’d choose my iol lens power to be -3 diopter right eye, -2 left eye, post operatively. My current uncorrected vision is -17 OD -11 OS. The right eye is extremely near sighted and weak as far as distance vision goes. Could that be the reason she’s going to make it -3 instead of -2 to match other eye?
I was distracted by the background music.
Music is distracting.
Doc how about retina operation how long will it cure
If I was nearsighted before, are they able to help cataract surgery?