[Leica] Cataract Surgery advise/recommendations

[Bill Clough]

Ric – they do one eye at a time.  The whole procedure took about 7 minutes.
Your head is secured so you cannot move because the doctor is working
through a microscope. The most important thing is that you MUST NOT TALK.
The movement of your jaw appears, to the doctor, as an earthquake.

My doctor told me to look straight at an overhead light. But, when he
removed the lens, my entire field of vision was nothing but light. He told
me just to stare at the middle. I preferred the doctor to give me a
play-by-play account of what he was doing

I'm out of sequence. For a week before the surgery you have eye drops to
take. Two daysb before3 surgery you have to wipe your eyes with a medicated
swab.

After the surgery, a plastic cover is taped over your eye which you must
use every night for a week. During the same week, you must not touch or
wipe your eye.  Nor can you get your eye wet in the shower. You must
nit lean down or lift anything heavy. This is to protect your eye while it
heals.

You will see the eye doctor the next day after surgery and then again a
week after the surgery to be checked.

I'm nearsighted. As soon as I walked out of the eye center, for the first
time since the fourth grade, I could count leaves on the trees without
glasses.s Of clourtse, now I have to carry a magnifying glass around to
read small and regular print.

On both eyes, the whole procedure was painless.

Hope this helps.

–Bill








On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 11:12 AM Ric Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Thanks, Bill. I have some correction for distances, but never needed
> glasses until reading problems in my 40s.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ric
>
>
>
> > On Mar 18, 2026, at 12:10 PM, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ric – are your var-sigfhted or near-sightged?
> >
> > –Bill Clough
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 10:59 AM Tina Manley via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I went with one eye for close and one eye for distance.  It works great
> for
> >> me but I knew it would because I had contact lenses like that for years
> and
> >> got used to it.
> >>
> >> With one eye for each, I don't need reading glasses or driving glasses
> or
> >> anything else.  I actually miss wearing glasses, though!
> >>
> >> Good luck!
> >>
> >> Tina
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM Ric Carter via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Have my pre-exam for cataract surgery this afternoon.
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone share thoughts?
> >>>
> >>> Lens options and such?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks all
> >>>
> >>> Ric Carter
> >>> https://home.cartersxrd.net/
> >>>
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