Doing pretty well the day after surgery

[redbird]

After a night's sleep, I can see better with the left (operated-on) eye without glasses than with the right eye with them on. I spent a bit of time last night with the glasses on over the eye shield, so I could read a little, but took it off after the morning dose of eye drops (except that I wore it in the shower, to help remind me to keep water well away from my eye).

The interesting colored halos I was seeing yesterday seem to have gone away. I had trouble falling asleep last night because my eye hurt, but then actually slept through the night, and it didn't hurt when I woke up. When I see the doctor this afternoon, in addition to whatever he wants to cover, I'm going to ask what "heavy lifting" means in this context, and whether it makes sense to try on drugstore reading glasses now, or whether I should wait a couple of days, or even until I've had the second eye operated on.

My eye isn't really happy looking at the bright screen right now, so I am going to go sit down with a paper book.

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Yay!

[amaebi]

I'm glad recovery is going so well!

[otter]

Good news! :)

[coth]

Good to hear. I hope everything continues to go well.

[kiya]

I am glad of what appears to be success.

[flick]

Great news! I know a few people who've had cataract surgery recently, and they've all raved about how brilliant it is. Hope the recovery continues well.

[pameladean]

Yay, reading and good recovery!
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[bibliofile]

Yay! Even better than I expected from your nextpost.