Surgery Today

[DRS]

Glad surgery went well praying for a speedy recovery.

Donald

[tjmurphy]

Hey Charlie, how did your cataract surgery turn out? I had both eyes done in July, 2014 and I've never been happier. I had worn glasses since the 3rd grade and I'll be 69 in May. When I had mine done, it was almost instant gratification, 20/20 in right eye, which was the worst, and something less in the left. I could probably use a light prescription to make everything perfect, but for now just a pair of readers. I think the one's I have are a 1.5 magnification.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Everything is fine.

Eyesight is better without my glasses than with.

Problem is, Blue Cross will not pay to replace my glasses until the second eye is done, as they don't want to have to do it twice. Guess I cannot blame them, given the cost of glasses these days.

Except, I don't have a cataract in the left eye, not yet anyway.

So, I'm wearing the glasses I got in December, 2013, just before I retired and lost my employer paid vision insurance.

Charlie

[carrmillus]

... I missed this one, too, Charlie...glad you are doing well!!!!...... ..................

[RobesonsRme.com]

Well, now I only have gross vision through the right eye, the one operated on for cataract in March of last year.

It's been coming on gradually.

Now, I cannot read the license plate of the car in front of me when stopped at a traffic light, if I close the left eye.

They tell me the implanted lens and macula are OK, but the membrane just behind the lens is clouded and hazy.

There is a fix for this and I'll be having some kind of laser therapy on it around August 4th. Hopefully, it will be an in-office procedure.

Charlie

[big monk]

Good luck !! Hope all goes well

[jerryd6818]

The thought of someone messing with my eyes gives me the heebie jeebies. Not that I wouldn't do it if the cataracts get so bad I can hardly see. I'm just saying, there's a great deal of trepidation attached to that prospect.

Best of luck Charlie.

[wlf]

I pray all goes well Charlie. I hated to see this thread resurrected.

My son with Downs,that I lost in 2010, was born with cataracts and had both lens removed by about 3 weeks old ( it was the correct procedure,I called 5 different children hospitals). Here, they replaced them with glasses,but we soon learned contacts were the best corrective replacement for his lens. Implants not being an option until full growth of eye , and without contacts he could not develop peripheral vision, vision's critical period of development somewhere around four months of age. In other words,if you don't learn to see correctly by 4-6 months,you never will, barring a miracle from God.We had to go to a children's hospital in a larger city.

Eye trouble in infants needs addressed without hesitancy.

[carrmillus]

..sorry I missed this Charlie!!.glad you came thru it o. k., my wife just had it done and is doing great......sooner or later I'll have to have it done, too!!......... .................

[1967redrider]

Sorry to read about this, Charlie, but glad there's a potential fix. I hope all goes well.

Not to side-rail but glad to see you post too, Lyle.

[Colonel26]

Charlie I trust all will go well.

It's amazing what they can do with eyes and lasers today. I wore glasses from kindergarten until I was in my early 20's. I had to get a stronger prescription every months or so for years. I had those ultra thin lenses and they were still way thick. When I was 23 or so I had LASIK and RK both in both of my eyes.

I went from 20/400 to 20/20 -2 (almost 20/20). I went from having to grope along without my glasses to not needing them at all.

So while the idea of lasers and eyes my seem horrifying. The results can be a real miracle from God. I still can't read the story in the bible about the man who was born blind without tearing up after all these years.

[gsmith7158]

Glad to hear all is well Charlie. Those eyes are very precious.

[fergusontd]

Charlie, check with the VA, you could get glasses with little or no cost. That's where I got my eye done. ftd

[carrmillus]

........Charlie, sorry I missed this also!!..glad you are o.k.!!...my wife just had this done and I guess at some point i'll get it done too!!........ .............

[thefarside]

Charlie,
I will be praying for your surgery on the 4th. I am having the same procedure on the 8th and looking forward to being able to see clearly again.
Jim