Well, looks like I have pre-cataracts. I've haven't been seeing clearly the past few months, and now it makes sense because of how blurry I'm seeing, and some pain I get in my eyes. It'll slow down what work I have, depending on the day. And I'm trying to get those projects done, as I'm behind on the work. I'll be taking a couple of prescription eye drops, one for life. With most likely eye surgery in a year. Adding another prescription to the others. Well, part of getting older I guess.
One of my neighbors had it done. She said it was quick and easy and the doc said, yep, within a year.
Yep, usually a walk in the park. Plus you get to choose what new lenses to get. Your ophthalmologist and surgeon will guide you. Level 1 just loses the cataracts. You still need your bifocals. Level 2 optimizes for distance vision. Distance vision is great but you need drugstore readers for close work. Level 3 sets you up for both distance and close. You don't need glasses, but some people have glare issues.
Thank you for the info. I have a new prescription for glasses my Doc gave me, had an exam the other day. I'll have to get them to use until after the operation. Also, I am nearsighted, but I never used bifocals because I just remove or look under my glasses while doing close work or reading. I just didn't want them on my glasses because the lenses aren't that big.
I'd been using bifocals for years, and needed to wear them to drive (couldn't read those street signs). Also, I'd had glare issues all my life. So I went for level 2, about $1500/lens here more than the basic. Now I don't need glasses except to read, anything closer than about 2 feet is out of focus. But $1.25-$20 is a lot cheaper than prescription glasses.
I used to wear contacts for about 30yrs after high school and would get glare problems at night from lights, it started years after using contacts. I thought maybe it was the contacts causing it, but now, I don't know. I did have an injury on my left eye in junior HS that made it light sensitive, always wore sunglasses outside, especially while driving.
I wear 1 contact normally which allows me to both read and see distance. But, night driving is a no-no without both contacts as the starbursts from headlights in my uncorrected eye is pretty brutal. So if I know I may be driving after dark I put in both contacts and carry readers with me .
Just had both lens replaced for cataracts two months ago. 15-20 procedures. After a long nap can do whatever you want for the rest of the day. 20/20 in both eyes after wearing glasses for 50 years. Eyes still have old slow eye muscles and need reading glasses. Great procedure and worth the upgrade corrective lens.
Just an update. I'll have a consultation on Fri the 13th for the surgery. So it won't be long before the surgery.
My wife got diagnosed with cataracts recently. They said on a scale of 1 to 4, she was at 1.5. Out of curiosity, which eyedrop did they subscribe? My wife got nothing. Just told to take antioxidants. She is terrified of surgery, but was assured it's a quick and easy procedure.
This pic shows the 2 drops, both 2x a day. But it was decided to advance the day of surgery as the drops didn't really help. My eye doctor said the procedure is quick and easy, even easier than having a stye removed, which I have had done. That wasn't really painful, just a bit uncomfortable. Sent from my SM-G975U1 using Tapatalk
Yeah, I think so also. I just will have to get glasses with a clear lens in the right eye, and prescription in the left. And possibly a contact for the left eye. That won't bother me as I use to wear contacts for over 30 years.
I took my Dad for surgery on his cataracts, he was around eighty. They did one eye at a time about one month apart. They did it in the office, and it didn't take long. After it was done he told me that he could see colors better than before and didn't need his glasses for reading anymore. He had no problems with the surgery that I know of. I normally saw him 2 or 3 times a week, even though I lived over 40 miles away. I never heard him complain about anything wrong. Good luck! tp tp
