Found out yesterday I have cataracts in both eyes

[T Pat]

Getting old is a bitch isn't it Red Cherry
My Dad just went through cataract surgery the operation was a piece of cake.
His biggest bitch about the whole thing was they did one eye at a time two weeks apart and made him wait 2 weeks after the second operation to get new glasses, so he went a month wearing glasses with the wrong perscription

[RedCherry]

Originally Posted by T Pat

Getting old is a bitch isn't it Red Cherry
My Dad just went through cataract surgery the operation was a piece of cake.
His biggest bitch about the whole thing was they did one eye at a time two weeks apart and made him wait 2 weeks after the second operation to get new glasses, so he went a month wearing glasses with the wrong perscription

Holy fuck, going 1 month wearing glasses with the wrong perscription, I'd be puking from my eyes seeing such different images. I'll have to get my right (lazy) eye done first, that won't bother me so much. Maybe I could just remove my glasses lense for that side while waiting, won't that be a sight

[RedCherry]

Thanks everyone for the kind wishes. It is still a bit of a shock. Most of the time I don't think about it until I have to get 2 feet from my monitor to read something. Hurry with those new glasses, they will help some.

The more I read about the surgery, the less afraid I am of it. It sounds like it is pretty simple, very low chance of complications too. I'm more worried about it progressing very slowly, and walking around with fuzzy vision for years. I think though if it interfers with my job, the health insurance company will ok it even if I'm not at their 20/40 threshhold.

I am planning on calling my health insurance, which does not know about this yet, and seeing if I could get my deductible knocked down to 1500 from 3000 and what the difference in the monthly premium would be. that would make it a lot cheaper. Also going to see what adding vision coverage would cost, since I'm probably going to be getting glassess a little more often now.

At least this is a medical issue, so even if I don't get vision coverage, my health insurance covers it. And I've had the policy for a year now, and it just got diagnosed, so they can't bitch pre-exisiting condition thank GOD.

SheepGuy, are they talking surgery yet, or are they waiting for it to progress more? I'm sad you are going through it, but glad I'm not alone in being young with it. Geeze, could be snow for me too, I grew up 18 yrs in MI out in the snow alot. Guess I just had the worst of both worlds.

DocHolly, not running from the desert, I LOVE it here despite. Best place I've ever lived.