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I just had my eyes examined this past Tuesday and ordered new glasses. I was told I have cataracts. The doctor suggested I get an exam every year now instead of every two years. I am absolutely terrified! I do not want that surgery! I hope they don't grow fast. I hope the doc saying every year means they are only beginning. I hope, I hope!
Honestly, the surgery isn't anything to be afraid of. My eyesight is greatly improved. Definitely worth the very slight risk.
I am on my laptop a lot and even more so now that Winter is here. I try to tilt my screen away and I turned the brightness down as much as possible. I also have big issues with my eyes while driving. I thought it had to do with my eyes not focusing quick enough when looking far away and then close up. Wearing sunglasses help some, but then I cannot see my GPS.
Quit using the laptop screen now. Get an external monitor for it, and an external keyboard and mouse. Get a 27 inch monitor, if you have room. Your eyes will thank you. The external mouse and keyboard will improve your ergonomics, and prevent muscle/tendon issues.
For several years my eyes have got worse and worse. The issue is they are constantly blurring up where I have to blink to clear them up. I just went to another eye doctor for new glasses and the results were about the same as the last four years. I was hoping new glasses would help, but they don't. They are worse when driving and on my laptop. I have reduced the brightness on my laptop as much as possible being it hurts my eyes. I have always had issues with the bright sun where I have to wear a cap and sunglasses most of the time. At times my eyes will blur so bad that I cannot ready anything for about 10 minutes. I can't even read the closed captioning on my TV when this happens.
My last eye doctor did say I had a cataract
on my right eye, but it was not bad enough for surgery. She also took a picture of my eyes. The picture for my right eye was blurry. She made a comment about that what I was seeing was probably more blurry than the picture. But my blurring issue is with both eyes.
Any suggestions about this is appreciated.
Did you go see an opthalmologist/eye specialist or an optometrist? I used to just go to optometrists for eye exams and prescriptions annually and was experiencing more and more problems, like glare and starbursts around lights at night, extreme sensitivity to sunlight and bright lights in general, blurry vision, dry eyes. Finally received a referral to a specialist and was diagnosed with early cataracts and Fuchs Dystrophy. I've had the Fuchs for years, but apparently the optometrist exams did not reveal it. I had surgery for the cataracts, but that did not really resolve any of the issues I had and the Fuchs Dystrophy may eventually require cornea transplants in both eyes. So just to be safe, if you don't already have exams done by a specialist, consider to do so.
There are different types of cataracts that progress at different rates. I went from nearly perfect vision (with contact lenses) to being functionally blind in one eye in just a couple of months. They weren't unable to do anything to help me until surgery day because my vision was deteriorating faster than what it took to get glasses ordered. I'm not normally "squeamish", I'm the type of guy who can stitch up his own wounds but when it comes to having somebody dig around in my eyes I was petrified of the process but it didn't matter.
When I got up each morning my vision had noticeably deteriorated from the previous day. I couldn't wait to get surgery. I even called the surgeon's office a few times and basically begged them for anything they could do to move the date up. I was able to score a couple of cancelled appointments that together shaved
about a month off the wait.
On surgery day they gave me Xanax as standard procedure when I arrived and put an IV thing in. They didn't have to use it as the Xanax was enough. The surgery was uncomfortable but it was fast. They did the second eye the next day.
I've posted previously about my implants so won't got into it again here but I paid out of pocket for "premium" lenses and can see well without glasses or contact lenses for the first time in my adult life.
Having been through the process my only advice is DON'T WAIT. The only reason to wait would be if you have the slow growing cataract variety and you are waiting for the FDA to approve a new technology or something. When I was talking to my surgeon about the implants he was going to put in my eyes and he asked if I had any questions, the only one I could think of was, is there anything else that is better? He replied "Not in this country." Leading me to believe there is something better coming in the future.
I just had my eyes examined this past Tuesday and ordered new glasses. I was told I have cataracts. The doctor suggested I get an exam every year now instead of every two years. I am absolutely terrified! I do not want that surgery! I hope they don't grow fast. I hope the doc saying every year means they are only beginning. I hope, I hope!
I've had this on my mind and thought I'd mention my story to you...over 20 yrs ago I was told I had the start of cataracts and I was late 50's or early 60's, and to this date and I'm 82, I'm kept cataracts from coming on....I have info posted in Alternative Medicine here and I will do a new update on my eye health and cataract prevention very soon, look for it. We can reverse the start of cataracts, I did and I worked out my eye health program and I'm fine... I'm so anti surgery of any kind...I had a couple in my life and regrets too.
I just had my eyes examined this past Tuesday and ordered new glasses. I was told I have cataracts. The doctor suggested I get an exam every year now instead of every two years. I am absolutely terrified! I do not want that surgery! I hope they don't grow fast. I hope the doc saying every year means they are only beginning. I hope, I hope!
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Originally Posted by jaminhealth
I've had this on my mind and thought I'd mention my story to you...over 20 yrs ago I was told I had the start of cataracts and I was late 50's or early 60's, and to this date and I'm 82, I'm kept cataracts from coming on....I have info posted in Alternative Medicine here and I will do a new update on my eye health and cataract prevention very soon, look for it. We can reverse the start of cataracts, I did and I worked out my eye health program and I'm fine... I'm so anti surgery of any kind...I had a couple in my life and regrets too.
I didn't get to see your post(s), jamin. Thank you anyway.
I had my first cataract surgery last Tuesday. I am having my other eye done a week from this Tuesday. I can not wait! The colors!!! It really was nbd but I had good (to me) reason to be frightened. Both my mother and mil died shortly after having a cataract surgery by the same doctor! They died a couple of years apart and from other causes but they both had to wear a big bulky gauze bandage over the eye that had been operated on. They didn't even live in the same town! They just happened to go to the same doctor at different offices. So, I had that in my brain since the '90s.
I had to do it pretty quickly since my original post because I was going blind! I could hardly read. I stopped coming here because it was so difficult to read anything. Even with just the one eye done, it's amazing.
I started a new thread with this post
I repeat it here:
I've had keratoconus since forever. I'm 64 years old. I also have cataracts in both eyes.
Night driving has become a nightmare...dim lights and dusk/dawn are frustrating. In order to be able to read a book I have to use a magnifyin glass and a headlamp,with my RPG lenses and 3.0 reading glasses.For computer monitors I have to tilt forward to be able to
read the text.
I'm also Type 2 diabetic and just had my eyes checked for retinopathy(None found).
I'm totally dependent on my RPG lenses...without them on 24/7 I'm basically blind. The ophthalmologist mentioned that he'd work on my left eye first. Prescription glasses don't work for me.
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My concern is the pre-operative period; in which I'm not supposed to wear my contact lenses to allow the cornea to reshape to be able to make accurate measurements,etc....If I can't wear at least my right contact lens...I don't think I can have the surgery.
I cannot be basically blind. What's scarier is that the Dr. mentioned in passing that I am almost legally blind for driving
I am terrified...Any experiences?
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I hope they don't grow fast. I hope the doc saying every year means they are only beginning. I hope, I hope! 
It really was nbd but I had good (to me) reason to be frightened. Both my mother and mil died shortly after having a cataract surgery by the same doctor! They died a couple of years apart and from other causes but they both had to wear a big bulky gauze bandage over the eye that had been operated on. They didn't even live in the same town! They just happened to go to the same doctor at different offices. So, I had that in my brain since the '90s. 
