The operation takes all of 20 mins max, it's painless and you don't feel anything if you have it done with a Local Anaesthetic. If you insist on a General Anaesthetic then they will monitor your bg throughout, so don't worry all will be fine.
Good luck for tomorrow. Sedation sounds like a better idea than general anaesthetic for this kind of procedure.I'm having cataract surgery tomorrow. They advised "sedation" which is a halfway house between local and general. They advised (well insisted) on this because they deemed me to be anxious. Maybe true. I also find the intense light painful and you need to remain still during the operation with the intense light active in your eye the whole time. I'm not sure I can do that under local.
I had to get my hospital diabetic clinic to liaise with the cataract team to provide specific protocols for a pump user. They are not up to speed with pumps yet and wanted to remove it during the surgery.
It's basically like taking a massive Valium on top of the local. You are confused and out of it, but conscious.
What's the difference between sedation and GA? You're not "asleep" but you cannot move?
Hi Paulina,Hi all!
I'm supposed to have my cataracts surgery done later this month and the doc suggested doing it under general anaesthetic. I was quite happy to hear this, because I'm sh**ing it at the thought of someone cutting my eye. But as I'm giving it a lot of thought now, I'm not sure how it's going to work with my T1? I'm sure it's going to affect my blood sugar, the questions is how and if they're going to be monitoring it during the surgery. Obviously in case I go too low and go into a seizure or something when someone is cutting my eye, that would may not be such a good thing. I'm less worried about going high, I can always correct it after the op, unless there's any reason while this may be a problem during the surgery?
To be honest I never had a GA so I have no idea what to expect, especially with diabetes. If anyone can shed any light on this, I would be grateful
The GA was actually my doctor's idea, I don't know why. She said it's going to be fine, since I'm "a young person". Hehe, maybe she just prefers it the patient doesn't do any sudden moves
I'm freaking out a bit, I think simply because it was constantly a distant idea and now it's happening in just over 2 weeks.
I'm having cataract surgery tomorrow. They advised "sedation" which is a halfway house between local and general. They advised (well insisted) on this because they deemed me to be anxious. Maybe true. I also find the intense light painful and you need to remain still during the operation with the intense light active in your eye the whole time. I'm not sure I can do that under local.
I had to get my hospital diabetic clinic to liaise with the cataract team to provide specific surgery protocols for a pump user. (The eye team were not up to speed with pumps yet and wanted to remove it during the surgery.)
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