Poke in the eye

[infrogmation]

I went to the eye doctor today. I've got a catarct in one eye, and will probably be schedualing surgery sometime in the not distant future.

Yeah, middle-agey though I am, I'm still about a quarter century younger than the statistical median for cataracts, but I've been wearing glasses since I was 5 years old. So it's actually something of a relief to learn that I have something treatable, rather than I'm already going irrevokably blind in that eye.

Last year I was disappointed that my new perscription was unable to adiquately correct that eye. I requested and got a repeat check up then. It seems that was an early sign of what would develop.

I'll likely come out of it with at least needing much less dramatic perscription.

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[petalbreeze.livejournal.com]

Actually, my mother had cataracts removed from both her eyes just last year. Apparently, they have to then replace the lens of the eye, so they can correct the eye to whatever correction you might need.

In her case, since she wore bifocals, they asked her if she wanted to use glasses to read or to see distance.