Cannot Cry

[Lora5243]

Since I had Cataract surgery I am unable to cry.  I have always been emotional
and the tears flowed but since the surgery I have not been able to cay.  The
doctor did one eye then waited three weeks and did the other one. during the three
weeks waiting period I got emotional and noticed I was only crying from the eye
thad DID NOT have surgery.  Now that I have had surgey in both eyes I cannot
cry at all.  Crying was always a stress release for me.  I think the surgery
did something to my eyes and that is the reason I cannot cry.   I just know I
had no problem before the surgry.   Please, help me.  I appreciate your answer.

Sincerely,

Lora

[Anomalychick]

Nah, I don't really care enough to do that. :-) Won't really change things now will it?

[KayakerNC]

Ms Chick,
I didn't say any info was right or wrong.  I merely pointed out that arguing with a very old post  was not constructive.
Starting a new thread would have been a better choice.

[Anomalychick]

I see wrong information being given out on this forum over and over and over again. "cataract surgery cannot cause or aggravate dry eye" is one of my favorites. It severs corneal nerves. Corneal nerves tell your brain to make your eyes tear. Do the math. I had cataract surgery in my 20's and have had severe dry eye since. It must be my age.

[dubnet]

The doc. is still saying the same thing in 2014 so better late than never to defend someone.

[KayakerNC]

Arguing with a 6 year old post.
Yeah.
How about common sense, indeed.

[dubnet]

It is incomprehensible to me that one can draw any other conclusion about the inability to cry after eye surgery except that it was, in fact, the surgery..

If you fall down and break your leg, do you blame the food you ate for breakfast or the fall that caused the break?.

You have surgery on your eyes, you can no longer cry and you deny that there is a connection. Forget cause and effect - how about common sense?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[ladytalking]

Anna, thank you for your reply, I just want to go on record and say that the inability to cry is one of the  LEAST problems with my eyes since my cataract surgery.
If I had it to do over, I would not have cataract surgery until I could no longer drive etc.
My surgeon dialated my eyes and then gave me the consent form to sign  haha. They told me that I did not have to read all that "bad stuff" just sign it. Since I could not see it anyway, I signed.
I was never told that I would loose the ability to focus with an implant. Actually he did not tell me much at all ,because he had an "assembly " line going on===so little time and so many eyes to "do." Yes,I am angry at my surgeon ,but what good does it do? I do not plan any action against him. It would be a waste of time and energy .
I found some very caring doctors at Mayo Clinc who take the time to explain things to me.My care there has been excellent, and I am on my way to better days.
I am trying to forget how rude and hateful my surgeon was and move on.
Although my surgeon thinks he is God===I know better!!
Good luck to all of you with eye problems. It is a very scary thing, to say the least.
Maybe it is a good thing that I can not cry hahahahaha.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[AnnaE]

We all have so much to cry about. It puts one to work to find out why this happened, so that one WON T cry all the time. Investigating it has helped me, and I hope it has helped other eye patients. and the work of my lawyers,too.           I can cry, all the time. I am just tired of that. Now, I want to work. I still cry sometimes, I must admit. Ihope the two of you can solve it.MUST be very frustrating. I am not making light of it. I am just saying that justified anger helps, too.                                                  

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[ladytalking]

Yes , I am free to  look at the facts and draw a conclusion based on those facts. I may be a woman, and I may be menopausal, but I do have a college degree and a brain.I also know what happened to me. No one else is looking through my damaged eyes.
In my opinion some doctors will always find a reason to blame the patient when things go wrong. I blame the surgeon , and yes I am free to believe the obvious.I was fine before the surgery and my eyes have been through hell since my cataract surgery.
Yes I am angry at the doctor that messed up my eyes,but I thank God that I have very caring doctors now at the Mayo Clinic. They are working
WITH ME to correct the many problems that my surgery caused.
I might add that being able to cry is the very least of my concerns at this point.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

You are certainly free to believe what you wish.

JCH MD

[ladytalking]

Is it coincidental that I could cry before the surgery and could not within a few days of cataract surgery? I think NOT. My eyes were not even dry before ,but they surely are now . Many things are wrong with both of my eyes now because of having cataract ,and none of them have been related to being a menopausal woman. They have been a direct result of botched cataract surgeries.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Anatomically and based on what's done with cataract surgery there should be no cause/effect situation.

If you are both post menopausal women you should know that dry eyes is epidemic in women your age and the association is likely coincidental in that they both are very common.

JCH MD

[Lora5243]

Thank you for the comment, I do regret ever haaving this
surgery, if I had know the outcome I would have put it off
until I could not see a thing.  I knew they put a lens in
but was not aware that my natural lens would be removed.  It
is just strange not to be able to cry.

Blessings to you also

Lora

[ladytalking]

Lora the very same thing has happened to me and now I am having to use Systane several times a day, and my eyes still do not feel right.
I just wish that the inability to cry was the only problem that my cataract surgery caused. If I had it to do over, I would put it off as long as possible or not at all :O(. Both of my cataract surgeries have been nightmares, and I am still having many problems!
At least I have good care now at the Mayo Clinic.I wish I had gone there to begin with for the surgeries.
Good luck to you, Lora.