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Originally Posted by mixsonci
I will be having cataract surgery when I get home in December. I have always had "natural" monovision, so I assume my doctor will probably keep them that way with the surgeries. I never needed glasses until the past couple of years and I hate it and driving at night is a nightmare with the glare/halos, so I can't wait to have my eyes done. Two questions, 1. how long do you have to wait to have the second eye done? I was told they won't do both at the same time. 2. How long after the surgery will I be able to drive? I am planning to drive to TV from Boston as soon as possible after the surgery.
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You will most likely have 3 follow-up appointments after your cataract surgery. Your first follow-up appointment is the day after your surgery.
The 2nd follow-up appointment is usually about 2 weeks after the surgery. This gives the surgeon more insight into your healing times, and the lens results, which may or may not change the type or power of the IOL for the other eye.
The final follow-up appointment happens about 1 month after the cataract surgery.
Repeat the follow-up appointments for the 2nd eye.
Personally, I wouldn't want to be a thousand miles away from my eye surgeon until at least a month after the 2nd eye was done, in case anything were to go wrong