unterhausen

My ophthalmologist keeps hinting that I should have cataract surgery, and I finally decided he is right. How long did your doc want you to stay off the bike afterwards? I'm not sure about having both eyes done. I can see the cataract in my left eye, but it's not in the center of vision.

Hondo Gravel

When I took my grandmother for her cataract surgery she bounced back pretty fast but she wasn’t a bike rider but was active.

GadgetGirlIL

I had no restrictions after either of my cataract surgeries. I didn't do anything the day of the surgery except nap (my procedure was first thing in the morning). I didn't even have to wear an eye patch. This was in sharp contrast to what I remember about my father's cataract surgeries back in the early 1980's. He had all sorts of restrictions especially with bending.

ETA: I did have to stay out of the swimming pool just for 7 days.

pdlamb

That's amazingly different from what I remember my parents going through, 20-25 years ago. Maybe I should get mine fixed before my ophthalmologist retires?

GadgetGirlIL

Yes, absolutely! One of the benefits of the surgery is just how vivid colors are now! I had my surgeries when I was 55*. I did not realize how yellowed the natural lens had become. My surgeries were a few months apart. It was obvious after the first surgery that our kitchen refrigerator was actually white when viewed with the corrected eye versus a cream color with the uncorrected eye.

*I was first alerted to the beginning of cataracts when I turned 53 by my eye doctor. Normally insurance will not cover the surgery until you are 65. Later than year I developed a hole in my macula that required emergency surgery. A common side effect of that surgery (viterous fluid is removed and a gas bubble is put in) was that it accelerated the cataract development. Thus insurance covered the cataract surgery. During that time, my other eye also got worse and I was able to get that eye fixed under my insurance.

unterhausen

that's interesting about the age restriction, I think ours covers it. I say that because someone younger than me at work had it done. Have to check though

peterws

I had both mine done last year, because my vision was minus 23, and the spectacle option was no longer effective, paerticularly with the onset of cataracts. I'm 70; took a few week off gym HIIT cycling classes and treadmill sprinting. but gentle cycling was within scope immediately. Didn't want to undo the op's good work. Needed YAG just over a year later in one eye; the other will last a fair bit longer but will need this eventually. Well worth the bother.

GadgetGirlIL

What is YAG? I've heard of developing posterior capsular opacification (PCO) which can be treated in office with laster.