Mary had a procedure today and we have been at the hospital. She is doing fine and is at home but now we are awaiting the outcome and she has another operation after the first of the year.
I have always had good vision and lately, for the past year actually, I have seen a difference in my vision. Nothing drastic but I did notice it with the new camera. I just could never get the macros I wanted and the camera is much better than my old one.
I decided to to go to get tested for glasses. I am 68 and never needed them for anything but reading but now I notice a difference. It sorta sneaked up on me a bit. The optometrist did his checking and got a bit frustrated because he could not get me to see the dang letters clear. I told him no matter what he put in front of my eyes it was not clear. He got a little huffy and then I had to learn the boy what huffy was
He checked me and said he saw no sign of anything wrong so advised me to see an opthamologist.
I made an appointment and went Thursday morning. He ran me through the tests and said I had cataracts in both eyes. Not bad but since I had always had great vision I noticed it. He told me that what patients usually did is put up with it as long as they could and then when the night driving etc got to bothering them he did an operation on their eyes.
Well I told the boy that if they did not bother me I would not be in to see him in the first place and I wanted them operated on as soon as possible.
I get the left eye fixed on the 19th and maybe the right between the holidays. I am looking forward to it.
I can still read without glasses but it is easier with reading glasses. My distance is effecting me too, I have no real problems yet but why wait? You can not see, you can not see. He said without the cataracts my distance vision needs on correction. He said that my insurance will take care of the operation but if I want the super implants, where I would not need reading glasses either, it would cost me 3500 bucks. Well that ain'ta gonna happen.
I have not been able to get to the forum much lately but will try to get caught up.
Here is the operation I am gonna have.[video]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sng6uZEt_TQ&feature=related[/video]
I have always had good vision and lately, for the past year actually, I have seen a difference in my vision. Nothing drastic but I did notice it with the new camera. I just could never get the macros I wanted and the camera is much better than my old one.
I decided to to go to get tested for glasses. I am 68 and never needed them for anything but reading but now I notice a difference. It sorta sneaked up on me a bit. The optometrist did his checking and got a bit frustrated because he could not get me to see the dang letters clear. I told him no matter what he put in front of my eyes it was not clear. He got a little huffy and then I had to learn the boy what huffy was
He checked me and said he saw no sign of anything wrong so advised me to see an opthamologist.
I made an appointment and went Thursday morning. He ran me through the tests and said I had cataracts in both eyes. Not bad but since I had always had great vision I noticed it. He told me that what patients usually did is put up with it as long as they could and then when the night driving etc got to bothering them he did an operation on their eyes.
Well I told the boy that if they did not bother me I would not be in to see him in the first place and I wanted them operated on as soon as possible.
I get the left eye fixed on the 19th and maybe the right between the holidays. I am looking forward to it.
I can still read without glasses but it is easier with reading glasses. My distance is effecting me too, I have no real problems yet but why wait? You can not see, you can not see. He said without the cataracts my distance vision needs on correction. He said that my insurance will take care of the operation but if I want the super implants, where I would not need reading glasses either, it would cost me 3500 bucks. Well that ain'ta gonna happen.
I have not been able to get to the forum much lately but will try to get caught up.
Here is the operation I am gonna have.[video]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sng6uZEt_TQ&feature=related[/video]
the thought of it doesn't bother me in the least. I am just happy that they can do it
.hope all goes well on the 19th