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You have not completed your profile. What is Mum's health like? Does she have cognitive decline? How old is she?

And most importantly why is she having the surgery? Has she had a second opinion? Does she want the surgery?

My parents were both in their mid to late 80's when they had cataract surgery. Both were fully compliant and wanted the surgery. Both were capable of administering the eye drops on schedule.

My former MIL has cataracts, but she never had surgery. She does not drive, she has a tremor and could not administer eye drops and with brittle diabetes was not a candidate for surgery. She also was not a reader and mostly just listened to her tv.

Eye sight leads to quality of life, but cataracts do not lead to deahth.
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Well, if she moves during surgery there might be an issue since they use lasers and depend on the person not moving. My mother coughed a little during hers and they stopped the surgery and didn't finish it. It created a problem. I don't know how they're going to do this surgery...she has to answer a series of questions related to her vision prior that she needs to answer accurately and also after for follow-up and comprehend what's happening to her. Are you aware of the regimen of eye drops that need to follow afterwards for about 2 weeks (like antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, etc)? Who is going to be administering these several times every day? If she has to be restrained, does this mean she has a cognitive issue like dementia or ALZ? What doctor is recommending this surgery for an uncooperative patient?
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If restraints are needed, so be it. This is very important eye sight being dealt with.
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Gracie61 Aug 2021
If they have dementia, how are they going to remember about follow up care. You can't lift anything heavy for awhile, you can't rub your eyes, you aren't supposed to bend over for at least 2 weeks post op. You can't watch her 24/7, and could end up worse off.Also eye drops, will she allow it. It's more than just the surgery, which was quite quick, at least for my mom
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