Re: Cataract operation
JBR. From the NHS website.
You should be able to go home on the same day as your cataract surgery.
You may have a pad and plastic shield over your eye when you leave hospital, which can usually be removed the day after surgery.
Feeling should start to return to your eye within a few hours of surgery, but it may take a few days for your vision to fully return.
It's normal to have:
grittiness
watering
blurred vision
double vision
red or bloodshot eye
These side effects usually improve within a few days but it can take 4 to 6 weeks to recover fully.