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June 10, 2008
| Cataract Surgery Update | Views: 235 |
Hello, my wonderful friends, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. Everything went very well yesterday. It was easy and quick. It took much longer for them to get me ready than it did for the surgery. I think the surgery took about 20 minutes. I was awake and heard them talking and knew they were working in my eye but I felt no pain either during the surgery or afterwards. I think it is amazing that they can do things like that without any pain at all. I can see a little better but the doctor says my sight will keep improving in the next 3 to 4 weeks.
Yes, the eye drops are a pain, especially 4 times a day, but that is only for 1 week for 2 of them and the antibiotic will be for 2 weeks. Having to use drops doesn’t really bother me because I have been using them for two years … just not 4 times a day … just at bedtime. I also have glacoma and I will have to use those drops probably the rest of my life. That is, unless they find a cure for it.
I don’t think the chemo caused the cataracts. A good portion of older people have them. If I understand correctly what I was told, the cataracts could have been caused by the Tamoxifen that I took for 5 years (1994-1999) after my first breast cancer. I first learned that I had cataracts in the early part of the 2000’s and they have gradually gotton worse over the years. My eyes have gotton much worse and the glacoma came along within the last 2 years. I have a cataract in the left eye also and my doc said I might need to have it done within the next month or so.
AGAIN, LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT MY PRAYERS WILL BE WITH ALL OF YOU EVERY DAY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THERE AND I DO UNDERSTAND.
Love to all,
Joyce
08.16.08 - 
Thanks for your support -
Dear Joyce; So pleased to hear that your surgery went so well….Yes I do remember my step mom thinking “man this is a lot of work using the drops”, but I guess that is to thwart off any infections that might arise. I guess you will be gloating in a couple of weeks that you can read very small print? That would great if that happened as I need glasses for reading. Most of the medications on the market have such small print that I need to use a magnifying glass as well. Guess all those prayers out there helped.
Good luck and keep us posted on the other eye surgery. Weezie
Joyce so glad things went well.
Cheryl58
Glad the surgery went well. I have several friends and my Mom who have come through cataract surgery and just like cancer treatments, it sure has changed over the years! I will continue to keep you in my prayers. Sarajane
Some times I think that my arms are just to short. Lol
Things will look better now.
Hug and be well my sisterfriend.
Sherri
Hello Joyce,
I hope that you are doing well after your surgery. I couldn’t wait to tell you that I received my results from the Bone marrow Biopsy of June 4 it revealed that I am in monecular remission, which is just wonderful and just as close to a Miracle as it comes for I have needed Procrit injections and transfusions so my oncologist was a bit concerned about the results but Thank God, the news couldn’t have been better.
I do hope that you are feeling well. I will be doing the Breast Cancer Walk on Sat. in St. Louis then I can concentrate on the Leukemia Walk in Sept. that I need to recruit friends to walk on my team as the Leukemia Society appointed me as Capt. this year. Be Well. Hugs, Patty