Talk with your doctors before surgery to help all parties level set expectations.
I’ve had cataract surgery twice.
I say a big.
So ! No story here, just diarrhea from the MSM.
I went with complete lack of awareness on my cataract surgery. 😂
The doctors are OK. They don’t feel pain.
The correlation of patient to surgeon satisfaction was 0.333 on a scale of 0 to 1, indicating a moderately weak correlation.
I remember once I was being prepped for a MAC eye surgery and I could hear a lady a couple of stalls over arguing with the anesthesiologist that she only wanted General Anesthesia. She did not want to be awake at all. She was having a minor Glaucoma surgery to relieve intraocular pressure and a MAC would have been perfect. They wheeled me out before I could find out what they decided.
Now do colonoscopies.
I could very well be luckier than most but the six times I’ve been under anesthesia (hip replacements,hand surgery and colonoscopies) I’ve had one problem that wasn’t really a problem.At the end of one of the colonoscopies I partially woke up before they were done. No pain at all...and I got to look at my colon on the TV screen that was next to the table.
Eyes of Texas Laser Center in Austin is EXCELLENT. Doctor is strict, no-nonsense, but very good at what he does.
The WORST pain I’ve ever experienced was during my cataract surgery...and I was told I would feel nothing...after the first shot in the eye, I loudly but very controllably proclaimed for all patients nearby to hear, “that was the worst pain ever” (I wanted to scream, actually). The doc looked at the anesthesiologist and said “this next one won’t hurt” and it did not. But, sheesh...I was very unhappy. I had an IV of something and obviously the level was incorrect.
I’ve had a corneal transplant, which requires general anesthesia , I have to fight for my life, as they can easily kill me with too much.
Head of internal medicine at UC San Francisco did endoscopy. I told him to only give me half the amount he wanted to. The minute the needle hit my arm, I knew it was too much, said “You son of a..
and woke up three hours later with two nurses shouting at me, slapping my hands and feet. As I came to, I finished the sentience: ...bitch.” That was decades ago. You can imagine how sensitive I am now.
I need a new cornea desperately and have appointments set up for June. My MD who knows me well has sent authorization to the eye place and I still have prove I’m eligible. I’m 85 and this is my ONLY HEALTH PROBLEM. All of it caused by the stupid medical profession. I am not a fan.
I had two cataract surgeries recently. I don’know what they did but I was awake, watched the procedure, and had no pain during or after. So whatever it is, they can just keep it up!😀
Just had cataract surgery in 1 eye 2 weeks ago. I was awake through it all but juiced up with some good stuff and didn’t care or fret. It was like watching a fireworks show. I’ve had no pain or floaters or secretion or any other negative reaction, and I can see with both eyes again. So count me as satisfied.
During 2020 I had a half-dozen or more injections in one eye to address Diabetic Retinopathy. They numbed the eye first, but it was at the least uncomfortable and at the worst it did hurt a bit.
Last month I had cataract surgery in the same eye. I was unconscious briefly while they prepped it and immobilized it, but awake for the actual surgery. I couldn’t see out of it, which was a good thing. It didn’t hurt a bit, and aside from the part where they thought my heart might stop, there were no issues.
For a few weeks afterwards, if I moved my eye too far in either direction it was a bit sore. Yesterday’s checkup went well. I have a prescription for new glasses and another checkup due next April.