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In reply to the discussion: Scientists have developed an eye drop that can dissolve cataracts A whole lot better than surgery. [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)the measurements of my eyes to be made for the lenses that would be implanted. It may need to be longer if you wear hard ones. Just three days for the soft ones.
I was then able to go back to wearing the lenses normally, and I don't believe I had to be out of them prior to the day of the surgery.
Immediately after the surgery there is some swelling, and your vision will be a bit odd. The swelling normally goes down in a couple of days. Mine went down in about four hours, at which point I was seeing quite well.
Also, typically one eye is done and the other one about two weeks later. I could have had my second one done later that week. It was really interesting spending that time with one eye that saw extremely well, and the other one with the cataract.