My First Cataract Operation...

“Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder...” - Henry David Thoreau

(Warded in the Day-care Centre)

Lately I have been complaining of blurry sight especially on my right eye. After visiting my panel doctor, I was given a referral letter to see an Ophthalmologist in Pantai Hospital.

After my first visit I was given a date for my Cataract surgery. It is a lens replacement surgery to remove the lens of my right eye that has developed an opacification which caused impairment of vision.

I was warded in a day-care Centre where I was prepped for the surgery. During the surgery local anaesthesia was used. My cataract lens was removed through a small incision, then an artificial intraocular lens was implanted in its place. The surgery took less than half an hour to complete.

I was allowed to go home right after the surgery, Alhamdulillah...

(Referral letter from a panel doctor) 

(My Ophthalmologist) 

(A brief procedure to correct my sight)

(A hearty meal after the operation)

(Ready to go home)