# This Morning's Cataract Surgery **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728 "2016-03-02T11:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/1 "2016-03-02T11:30:38Z")
Mornin’, all! I have read all the Dope I could find here about cataract surgery. It “should” be not-a-big-deal, so … I’m off to get my left eye fixed. Just fishin’ and wishin’ for good thoughts from y’all, my Doper friends. Thanks in advance. “See ya soon!” 🆒 … that’s me with sunglasses on. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/2 "2016-03-02T11:38:55Z")
Best of luck! Come here immediately after and tell us all about it! In fact, take your iPad, phone, kindle, whatever into the procedure room with you and report to us before _anyone_ else. We get first dibs on ya! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/3 "2016-03-02T12:11:23Z")
Thinking of you! Sending best wishes for a speedy recovery! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/4 "2016-03-02T12:17:30Z")
Good luck! Tell us all about it. Just about everyone has to go through this eventually, so the more stories, the better. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/5 "2016-03-02T12:34:17Z")
Best of luck! My mom just got both eyes done and has been very pleased. Hope you feel the same! ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/6 "2016-03-02T13:21:53Z")
Good luck and thoughts of gentle healing being sent your way! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/7 "2016-03-02T13:31:12Z")
As heard from multiple sources “oh my God, there is SO MUCH LIGHT HERE!” A common consequence of cataract surgery appears to be lowered electrical bills 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/8 "2016-03-02T14:56:11Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > As heard from multiple sources “oh my God, there is SO MUCH LIGHT HERE!” A common consequence of cataract surgery appears to be lowered electrical bills 🙂 Also the realization that “white” isn’t what I had come to think it was. I had about six weeks between eyes and seeing white in one eye and kind of a washed-out sepia in the other took a bit of getting used to. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/9 "2016-03-02T15:02:26Z")
Good Luck to you! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/10 "2016-03-02T20:53:54Z")
Hope all went smoothly and you’re resting comfortably! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/11 "2016-03-05T03:50:15Z")
How about an update? ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/12 "2016-03-05T04:37:12Z")
My wife got her right eye done mid Feb, so far so good, left eye next week. Then we go to the movies! ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/13 "2016-03-09T14:40:31Z")
Second eye results are better than expected, hurrah! But, she got sick from the anaesthesia --hugging the toilet for a while, kinda scary. No other problems though. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/14 "2016-03-09T22:07:54Z")
I had cataract surgery on both eyes a couple of years ago. Wound up with 20/20 in one and 20/15 in the other. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mornings-cataract-surgery/747728/15 "2016-03-10T21:32:27Z")
I’d kinda like to hear from the OP, **Atomic Mama**. We worry, you know.