(Yet Another) Cataract Followup With Surgeon – Time For Surgery

Visited the surgeon who did my ICL/PRK to followup on the cataract in my left eye and get a general feel for what is happening.

Basic eye exam was good. Pressure was -17 and -18. Macula looks good. Cornea looks good.

Cataract is left eye not so good. After waiting a couple of years on this, it’s time to do something.

Scheduled surgery for next week. Starting drops to prepare for it in a couple of days.

ICL will be removed as well as my natural lens. Correction will from the implant that replaces the natural lens.

Will the correction be as good as it was with ICL? Not sure. He says about 50/50 shot at nailing it. They have ways of calculating all this, but the more nearsighted the eye, the greater the chance of being a bit off in the calculation.

End result may be something that requires PRK to touch up, a contact, or glasses.

Talked to him about risks. Correction was one of them. And like ICL, there are risks with infection and bleeding. Very low though. Around one in 15,000.

In and out of surgery center in about two hours. Procedure itself is about 10-12 minutes.