Eventually it was over, and I hobbled out with a shield over my left eye to where Susan waited.
Next day I was able to remove the shield, clean up carefully around the eye, and see clearly, and very brightly again :) Now I could compare the eyes for colour, brightness, and clarity, and the right eye clearly has a problem, which I would explain to the Doctor who carried out the operation later..
Off to Drammen again for 14:00 check up. The left eye was perfect!
I explained the problem with the right eye to the Doctor using a clip of bar code. He took me next door, where there was an Optical Coherence Tomography machine, sat me down in front of it, and ran a short test which produced an image similar to that shown on this link ( http://www.oyesenteret.no/problemer-etter-operasjon-22 ) see CME / Cystoid maculaødem.
Happily there is a good chance the Yellox eye drops he prescribed will sort out the inflammation in a few weeks, and the vision will clear up completely.
Later I heard Ted Salmon was having a cataract operation in the UK, and was amazed when he reported that his took no more than 10 to 20 minutes! What are they skimping?
Edit on 24th June: its a month since I started taking the Yellox eye drops twice a day, and I'm afraid there has been no significant improvement so far :( there is to be another check on July 2nd when I guess another OCT image will be run to show how much change there has been..
NB: I had to email this post from my iPad where I had prepared it, but for some reason it was not getting posted..?
NB: I had to email this post from my iPad where I had prepared it, but for some reason it was not getting posted..?
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Unfortunately the Yellox eye drops did not help, so on July 2nd I was given another 'resept', this time for a 6 week Voltaren series of drops 4 times a day, followed by a 6-week rest before the next check.. hope this helps!
Next Wednesday the 25th September its time for a new check after the 6 week rest. Unfortunately things have not improved, in fact my left eye is focusing further away than immediately after the op.
Regrettably the right eye did not improve and I was eventually advised that the problem was due to a Macular hole:(
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