Wow! Great explanation of exactly what I’m experiencing. I had my surgery on Friday morning (9/9) and today is Thursday (9/15). At this point my biggest worry is remembering not to touch or rub my eye as it feels PERFECTLY NORMAL!! I had some ring around lights, scratchy feeling where the insidious is, and some flickering on the outer edge of my vision. But as of this morning that is ALL GONE!! One thing I’d like to mention that you didn’t is the difference in colors. Since I have cataracts in both eyes I had no idea my color perception was off. Now WOW!! No more amber/yellowish tint to everything. I’m amazed at how white and clean everything looks. I had no idea I had such bright Sigurd trim molding in my house. Anyone nervous about undergoing the procedure, don’t be as soon as the relaxing medicine when into my IV I remained alert and able to converse and follow commands but I simply didn’t care. My procedure took about 30 min. In total I was at the surgicenter for about 2 hours. Can’t wait to get the other eye done. Oh, and I could read the eye chart very well the same day as my surgery as my post op appointment

@Snoopy-qe7kt

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the typos. There’s no way to correct them. Meant to type white trim and incision

@boobtubeakatv1296

Жыл бұрын

@@Snoopy-qe7kt Don't worry about them typos... You can always re-read what you've typed before sending IF you really wanted too... Happy that you can see agsin like a 30 yr old 👀🤩

@keilana6

Жыл бұрын

Easy to read chart after 1st but not after the 2nd extraction.

@acts10truth

Жыл бұрын

@@Snoopy-qe7kt after you are finished with your post and you have clicked the comment button, there will be three dots to the right of your post . if you don't see them then move your curser (mouse) over to the right and they will appear. It will give you the option to edit or delete

@MrJoeairman2000

Жыл бұрын

I had this surgery, first thing I told anesthesiologist I didn't want to be aware of anything! And he took care of me, was completely out till they finished. 🙂

I had cataract surgery yesterday. This morning I saw peripheral light flashes, but now I am seeing a dark vertical wavering line at the side periphery. Thank you, Doctor Charlie Ficco, for your reassurances!

This is one of the best KZread videos on this subject that I have found. Excellent explanation of what is normal and what is not normal following cataract surgery all done with a calm, reassuring voice. Thank you !

I had my left eye done three weeks ago, your channel is so comforting and has covered just about all the things I’ve experienced. I’m hoping my other eye will be treated soon. Thank you so very much

I did both my eyes and so very excited about how good my vision is now. It's amazing. I just can't believe it. I feel like I have brand new eyes. 🤗

I stumbled upon your video after having my second eye operated on here in hot and muggy Bangkok. (My third eye is fine) My surgeon is “terse” in post-op consults so your video has helped allay some concerns I’ve had. The clarity, after 75 years that my dear eyes have been with me, is striking. I now know how Superman felt. Thanks very much.

This is the best, most helpful cataract surgery video on KZread! Thank you so much, Dr. Ficco! My doctor did not address the issue of expecting the flashes and vertical lines in the peripheral vision. When I first saw them, I though oh, no, something is wrong! Also, like you said, now that my vision is clear, I can see my floaters so much better! 😄 Wish I had known this beforehand so that I wouldn't have been needlessly alarmed. I'm about to go for my final exam, and the flashes and vertical lines have disappeared and my vision is better than it's ever been. I can see differences in color that I couldn't before. The blues and whites are beautiful!

Thank you so much for taking time to do such a great video. I am getting cataract surgery in a week and this video is so reassuring. It's so informative and will help me with any questions I may have after surgery. You are obviously a wonderful doctor. Thank you again!

Very useful. I had my surgery three days ago. The most startling effect was on the first day and part of the second day, it looked like I was in dense fog. I was not warned about this by my surgeon and so I was quite worried. It has now cleared up which is a great relief.

@donaldkasper8346

10 ай бұрын

You eye is dilated for a full day after surgery and flooded with so much light, everything is hazy. This happened to me. It also happens every eye exam when they dilate the eyes for 4 hours, but so much meds are used in surgery it takes a full day.

@lorianne5125

2 ай бұрын

It took 48 hours for me

Thanks so much for this review. I just had my 2nd eye done and you added the additional information I needed about the side shadow. Excellent information. God bless you!

This is a great help. Great presentation by a calm, assured, knowledgeable doctor. Thank you for producing the video.

So grateful you taking the time to explain i had so many questions for my dr who I never got to see instead I was seen by someone different for maybe 5 minutes I was so disappointed😞 THANK YOU🙏 so much

Thank you for this fantastic and comprehensive video. Really helped with my pre-operation tension.

This is a wonderful video. Can you add the most common complications of cataract surgery being opacification and cystoid macular edema. What the symptoms are, what causes them, who is at increased risk and how they are treated. I had my cataract surgery in Rhode Island and was not educated about these common complications and had both very soon after the surgery in my left eye. I thought I was going blind. It was so scary. Dr's need to educate their patients personally, not just put these complications in a consent form with general terminology. THANK YOU!!!

WOW!!! Thank you for this video!! You hit on every concern that I had, especially the light that I keep seeing!! Again, THANK YOU!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽

Thank you so much for this wonderful informative video. I had cataract surgery in my left eye a week ago and have experience all of what you explained. I am still feeling a slight discomfort in the the left outside corner of my surgery eye . My doctor told me everything is normal but now I understand what this is because you explained it. I feel so much more at ease and can’t thank you enough for your excellent video

His description pretty much matches my experience on my left eye. With the recovery to 20/30 vision taking about 2 weeks. I dad not have dry eye are pain with ether eye during recovery. My right eye was quite different. I had a near total white out at day one which cleared over the next 5 days to a soft focus image. The soft focus slowly improved over the next 8 weeks and stabilized with 20/30 vision without the soft focus. With the right eye I saw little green lights dancing as the lazar cut up the lens. I did not see this on the left eye. My Right eye was done first and the left was not done until 9 weeks later. I had the 1 day the 1 week a 1 month an a 2 month follow up before the second surgery and I'm scheduled for a six month because of the left eye problem. Overall my vision is doing well and would do it again. I just wish I had found this site before surgery.

It’s great that you explain the significance of new flashes or floaters as possible retinal related complications. As one who had retina detachment after a cataract surgery, I reached out to my doctor and was “assured” that it was probably some “vitreous detachment”. Not untill I told him that I see a black curtain covering my lower field of vision, did he see me. It required a Vitrectomy, a gas and a buckle to save my vision…

@cycloneyou

3 ай бұрын

I had that happen to me. Got fixed but my vision is still bad.

Thank you SO much for posting this very informative video. I have experienced exactly the issues of shadowing and flickering (pulsating in the eye as well) that you explain in more depth than my own doctor’s office. Thank you for alleviating my stress post-op!

Your video really helped me feel assured after my own cataract surgery. You stated clearly and concisely what are expected sensations and what can be worrisome. Thank you so very much.

@howlinbalavendran6515

Жыл бұрын

Very helpfull explanation, thanks doctor

The first explanation of my experiences I've found after many many searches, most were scary talking about retinal tear or even detachment none of them said the light blips could be normal. Thank you I'm in England by the way.

Brilliant presentation. Thank you for answering those questions and being so reassuring.

Wonderful video explaining what to expect. I’m very anxious and you helped so much. Thank you so much.

Wow! All the questions I had you answered... I had surgery and is seeing REALLY GOOD. but every now and then I will see a flicker of light from the outside of right eye.

I need this surgery on both eyes so this video was extremely comforting and helpful. Thanks for uploading it..

Thank you so for this info... You've answered some of the questions /concerns I've had about what I've been experiencing since having surgery a week ago - specifically the flickering and shadows to the side of the eye that was operated on.

@renelassere7585

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind help and advice..🤗

@donlussi2424

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I'm experiencing now Caroline. I'm post-op 2 days. How long did it take your flickering and shadows to disappear?

Oh my goodness, I just had cataract surgery 2 days and my 1 day post op yesterday. I told my doc about the shadow and flickering I kept seeing. She said that should go away in time or you get used it. I didn't feel very assured leaving and went on the hunt for information from others of what they experienced after cataract surgery. After a day of searching, this morning, another day later, I found your video. I have to say I feel SO MUCH BETTER ... especially listening to you talk about the shadow and flickering. The flickering is a little better but I still see the half arc on the right of my right eye. It affects my peripheral vision. But when I'm busy or watching a movie at night, I realize I don't notice it and then I notice it. Because I wore progressives before hand, I definitely will need glasses, as my left eye (being the non-dominant) needs glasses. The reason the right eye bloomed was due to gas inserted in my eye during a macular hole repair. Currently I'm wearing 6 year old glasses for computer and reading so that my left has the benefit of also seeing well but these glasses are old and there 2 more after it. Because of the repair on my right eye (being dominant) and now the new implant, the 2 glasses after the current ones I'm using are not usable ... So it's quite a conundrum. I'm told I cannot entertain new glasses until 4 weeks out. I've an appointment already made. The whole process was amazing and pain free and your video just made my morning better. Thank you so much for this.

@frankinher7467

6 ай бұрын

im having shadows the day after serfury at nit enad i started freaking out becouse it was not there the first day or this morning all day but apperared did yours resolve any info would be apprciated

Excellent video explaining what to expect. Thank you for making it.

@sharons2

2 жыл бұрын

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Thanks!! I got much more info from you than my dr. I had one implant done last week.

I'm having cataracts done next week. So thrilled I found your site before! Dr said I have severe, fast growing cataracts. I know and trust him. I thought I was going blind so was thrilled to find out it was correctable!! Just saw you haven't posted in quite some time. Are you still active,,/,in business?

Great video very well explained, thank you!

This should be required viewing for patients facing this surgery. Sincere thanks for creating this excellent, informative, and reassuring video.

Thank you for the great public service that this video supplied.

Fantastic video I learned more from this video than when I had my surgery I just had to pay 18 000.00 dallors and didn't get the best education for the surgery I am so glad and thankful for the information thank you so much rawti nanlal Trinidad and Tobago

Have watched several of these videos by docs on post op cataract care and I find yours to be the easiest and best to understand. Thank u. I am 1 week post op.

@loischasinda6135

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you had my eye surgery recently but experiencing flying black dots

@dianasullivan2873

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this Dr.Just had my first eye (right) done. Very informative.

@cathyleland1501

2 жыл бұрын

I am wondering after the surgery. They are going to do my right eye first, then 2 weeks later the left eye.my question is... how do you see out of the left eye without glasses?

@TheFlashyWeasel

Жыл бұрын

​@@cathyleland1501 I just had right eye done... I popped the lens out of my right side glasses... In 2 weeks I won't have to worry about it😊

Much more info than I got from Dr. THANK YOU!

I work as an Ophthalmic Tech & LDO & this is great!

Excellent video for information prior to surgery. I will be having cataract surgery within the next 6 months and I appreciate this detailed information. Most doctors’ offices do not provide much in the way of details these days!

@ronaldmayle1823

Жыл бұрын

I'm 74 and had both eyes done. Piece of cake. I read without glasses and after a couple weeks, there was no discomfort at all. Good luck.

Thank you for the important information. These are questions I had after my surgery. You answered them perfectly.

Well done video Thanks for making it.

Very helpful information. Thanks for posting!

Appreciate the thorough explanation of what to expect.

Thank you for this video! I feel relieved that nothing is horribly wrong.

Best explanation after surgery so far Thanks.

Thank you Dr Ficco for your extremely informative and reassuring video, I watched it before having surgery yesterday (in the UK) and found it so helpful.

@suziquestionable2845

2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you had surgery 5 days ago and noticed the flickering on the incision side. Appreciate this video...

This is such a great video. I just did my cataract removal surgery yesterday and felt a bit anxious on the recovery. This video is very informative and well explained. Thank you, Dr Ficco, for sharing. God bless you!

I will have my first eye operated next week and you video was really helpful!!! Thank you so much this.

Very good explanation. Answered some of my questions.

Very informative, thank you

Thank you, you do give more detailed info than my Dr.

Good video. You did a much better job describing what I went through post-op than my eye surgeon.

@chant2day

2 жыл бұрын

So true!

Thank you for this excellent video….very informative, helpful and reassuring!

Thank you so much for defining the flickering versus the flashes. I am experiencing the flickers and not the flashes. My dr. was not as specific about those two things. I am so relieved, so thank you for putting my fears to rest.

@jasssumit3822

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there ! I had surgery 2 weeks ago . Last 2 - 3 ,days I see kind of flash or should I say flicker when I look st the light source.. it is there all the time.. kinda line on the source of light. Ie as wondering is it normal.. I'm quite worried .

@epixkat

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasssumit3822 Mine lasted for a couple weeks. I still get some flickers when I am in fluorescent lighting situations, but no where near as bad as in the beginning. Flashes are more like lightening bolts where as the flickers seem more like a light disturbance and mine were vertical.

@mariagarza1333

2 жыл бұрын

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@shelleykaplan1685

Жыл бұрын

The flashes I'm getting. It's annoying. I still can't rub my eye. It's hurts in the center

@moonlightsonata5576

2 ай бұрын

Mine lasted for about 5 days. I was worrying but after 5 days they are completely gone.

Thanks for the great explanation of recovery on day two of my first eye surgery.

@BR-ml7vm

3 жыл бұрын

How are you doing so far? My mother is on day two and things have been very bumpy to say the least :/

This video has been so informative, answered my questions.👍

Thank you for your video, I don't think I got enough time before surgery to be informed about the choices or the consequences of the surgery, this sure helped to explain things. Things aren't as easy as they pretend they are

Thank you for your information and kind advice, doctor

Thanks for this very informative video, I'm having surgery in two weeks, and I can use your advice, thanks again.

My surgery was on Monday. Today is Friday. I am feeling exactly same. You only described many things which many other doctors didn't mention. Thanks Dear Doctor.

I’m only 5 days post op in both eyes. Pain is becoming worse(almost none day of) and I have meticulously followed instructions. I’m frightened at this level of pain as I have been living in a hell of pain for the last 7 years due to loss of morphine.

Txs so much. You answered exactly my question. Also put me really at ease 👏

Many thanks for the educative narrative which is helpful

Thank you so much for this video. I had my right eye operated on 23/6 and had no pain at all. My left eye was done on the 2/8 and on the first day I had extreme pain and my pupil was very dilated. It was explained to me that I had scarring on my corneas and that was the reason. I did have the scarring removed some years ago but perhaps it was not all removed. I contacted the surgeon who reassured me and as he predicted the pupil went back to normal the next day and the pain was gone.

Thank you so very much for the concise and complete information.

Great explanations. Thank you

Thank you for your explanation. I have had both eyes done in the last month. You answered some important questions. I can

Why didn't you mention corneal edema after surgery, which is a common occurrence which causes cloudy vision? It usually resolves itself in a few days, but can last much longer, requiring correction by an eye specialist. You really should have included that.

@sidewinder3434

10 ай бұрын

I had the same issue, corneal edema after my surgery . It was like being in a steam room as I could not see .The doctor confirmed that I had corneal edema ( swelling ) It cleared up in about a week. Also the doctor checked my eye pressure .It went up and the Dr .gave me pills to take. The pressure went back to the normal range in a few days.

Thank you for the answers. I was wondering about some things which turned into worry. My Doctor did a great job on my eyes, but not answers forth coming of some of the things which happened after surgery. They told me and gave me a sheet of things not to do. Things like keeping my eyes from water. Lifting heavy weights. Not to bend down. And take my prescribed drops. They didn't tell me about the halos around lights. Sometimes I get that and sometimes I don't. I also saw a shimmer off to one side of my left eye. But not when they did my right eye. Which made me worry. Now I see shadows I guess you would call it. But my vision is heaven. Just somethings make me worry. I've been back at work now for a month. I don't have the words to describe how much happier I am. You eye surgeons should be blessed.

@cawasc1284

7 ай бұрын

If you have put in a multifocal iol, then you will see halos. Have to be careful in such case of driving at night

Very good commentary, Thanks !

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT I NEED MY DOCTOR TO UNDERSTAND. I KNOW ITS ONLY BEEN 3 DAYS SINCE THE SURGERY, BUT I AM SEEING NO CHANGE AT ALL. THE VISION IN MY RIGHT EYE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE THE SURGERY. EVEN IF I GOT 10% IMPROVEMENT I WOULD'VE BEEN HAPPY.

Thank you for this great information!

Excellent information! Much more than my ophthalmologist provided.

So very helpful. Bless you Doctor.

Thank you so much, Dr.

Thank you so much for all the information.

Excellent advice. Many thanks from Down Under.

I had no problems at all. The first night on each eye I saw halos around lights but it wasn’t even bothersome. The day after each surgery, I was told 20/20 vision im so glad I had it done.

Thank you for the very useful information

Tks 4 sharing, doctor. V gd & well explained. Be Bless Always.

Thank you for making this video.

Very useful information to help with my forthcoming surgery.

Thank you so much. Every time I g to the bathroom, the light is bright. i see flickering

Thank you Dr Ficco and team for the video, my mother went for cataract surgery close to 2 months ago and she is experiencing some discomfort (there is a layer of jelly-like mucosa in front of the new lens, which can be moved with preservative-free eyedrop), so having information accessible here is helpful.

EXCELLENT VIDEO N MOST INFORMATIVE ... THANK YOU!

Thank you. I would like to hear more about those rare cases where there is significant pain after cataract surgery. I am 20 hours after surgery and counting every second until I can get in for my one day visit because there’s tremendous pain coming from the eyesocket as bad as an untreated toothache, then it’s radiating down to my jawbone. I can post an update when I hear from my surgeon but a separate video on outliers would be helpful for those of us wondering what to do at 6 o’clock in the morning.

@ronaldmayle1823

Жыл бұрын

How are you getting along, James? OK, I hope.

@Alipotamus

Жыл бұрын

I’m 4 days post op on both eyes and the pain has become unbearable. Frightening. I have suffered with chronic pain for decades and the possibility of this pain in my eyes adding to my pain would push me over the edge.

Thanks for this great explanation

Great Video!! Thank You!

I feel better about the shadow I see after hearing your explanation. The shadow seems to grow as I look to the left (right eye surgery). you certainly confirm what I was told. Looking forward to left eye work. Thank you.

@elkabong662

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure what I’m seeing is a ghost….

Thank you for your help.

Thank you for this informative video, you are very reassuring! I had both eyes done, in the past two months, and still have some burning sensation in my left eye which was done first, not all the time, but the discomfort is not nice,. so will have that checked out asap.

Thankyou very clear information

Just had cataract surgery at cei but I was feeling like my body was reacting differently this helped me so much my brain has been seeing different for awhile and has to reconnect to my new lense this is what I felt but couldn’t explain. Thank you..

Thank you. Very helpful. You managed to put my mind to rest.

Very informative thanks

Thanks for the easy to understand chat. Having 2 cataracts removed soon

@AW-pz3qc

3 жыл бұрын

Same for me, but I haven't been given any info. Sad when you need to search YT for something you should be told, so now planning to change dr.

Thanks Dr.very informative video ❤

Thank you! Spot on...👍

I am going to have cataract surgery in a couple days and this video really helped me know what to expect so I won’t freak out at the first glimmer

@angelaharris1112

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

Thank you very much doctor. You gave an exceptional explanation of Cataracts surgery. I had surgery about a month ago. I've gone through everything that you just mentioned (brightness bothers me, scratchy, feels like I have some sand in my eye. etc. I still feel discomfort. I am guessing that I need a new prescription for new glasses. Other then that, your video was very informative. - Blessings 😊🤗