We have the whitest snow I've seen in years.

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At least out of my right eye.
Got my cataract removed two days ago one more to in a month. Hope I’ll be able to drive at night at night.

[Maninacan]

1. Congrats!

My fridge went from beige to white, I can see the stars again.

[Duncanpup]

2. Awesome

[marble falls]

3. I'm still loving mine three years later!

[multigraincracker]

7. They put in a lense so I don't need glasses for distance too

[marble falls]

8. Crazy, isn't it, the surgery takes 15 minutes and the acrylic lens is unbelievably clear, only down spot ...

... is I need sunglasss now, it's so clear.

[multigraincracker]

16. Gave me an iv and put me out. Remember nothing.

I’ve had 4 eye surgeries before. So I’m kind of use to them. He also put in a stent for my early stage glaucoma. Dad had it but didn’t catch it early enough and died blind.
Nice follow up doc was very kind. Said you sure don’t look 75.

[marble falls]

24. They say that to all of us, and mine looked like they've called her out of a high school volley ball game ...

... to do this procedure. Mine was done at a VA hospital and I was awake all through the process. I believe I was given a Valium so I'd stay calm when they took a sharp object to my eye.

But to me even the second surgery has such a SciFi aspect to it as to be too interesting to feel anything but intrigued by the whole experience. Really makes miss that third eye I haven't seemed to accomplish - no doubt it'd have a worldly sort of cataract on it, too.

Glad you've managed to fight off the threats to your vision and even gained back some of the ground lost with this last surgery! I have a deadlock over which loss I would feel worst about: vision or hearing.

[multigraincracker]

25. I checked out my Surgeon and he is

highly rated in mid/ Michigan. I’m not trusting my health to just anyone. I’m pretty good with pain up to a point. But, that’s what drugs are for. The poison is in the dose. The follow up doc looked more like a Post Grad Student and pretty knowledgeable. Had good answers for all of my questions. I’ve fired many doctors. They work for me.

[marble falls]

26. My doctors at VA have been largely young, but amazingly good! The sytem I am involved with in central ...

... Texas is highly rated and in partnership with several private health systems, including Baylor Scott & White. The VA gets young interns and the private hospitals learn how keep tight records and patients and procedures straight.

My care since 2007 when I lost my 'Cadillac' health insurance has been top notch.

[multigraincracker]

27. Everyone should be as lucky as us. Two words.

Single Payer.

[marble falls]

30. Exactly: everyone should be able to get the care we do.

[Topomi]

5. after surgery

Love 'em. Just wearing sunglasses as dr. recommended

[MissouriDem47]

6. My cataract experience

Had my cataract surgeries 3 years ago. After both surgeries my eyesight improved to the point that when I renewed by drivers license later that year, I passed the eye test. For the first time in 40 years I am not required to wear corrective lenses when I drive. Good luck with yours and I hope you get similar results.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Re driving...cataracts have issues with lights at night.

They can make notable refractions, light defusion,etc.
Pissed me off no one told me before I got them. Had to look it up later.
Still,having them is a blessing.😀

[Bumbles]

10. I too had cataract surgery several years ago giving me mono vision, one eye for close-in vision, the other for distance.

It is amazing. Colors were so much clearer and brighter, which mattered to me as a painter. And no glasses, as you said, other than sunglasses. Apparently, some people can't use mono vision because their brains can't make the accommodation needed to handle it. Ironically, my ophthalmologist is one.

[Just Jerome]

11. Coming up on two years

with mine. I need readers, but who cares?
It's great!
Best of luck to you!

[ananda]

12. There are glare reducing glasses you can wear when driving at night.

I got some and they work.

[GiqueCee]

13. My wife and I were commenting on the snow this morning...

... up here in central Vermont it's been exceptionally fine, with little, itty-bitty flakes you can barely see. We've got an inch or so right now, but it's still coming down... I think.
I've got a cataract consult coming up. Not wild about anyone going after my eye with a scalpel. What if they have the hiccups? Well, I've been through worse.
There are glasses you can get that reduce the glare of night driving. I'm definitely getting a pair. At our age – I'm guessing you're gettin' up there, too – the pupil doesn't contract as quickly under bright lights, hence the glare and near blindness of driving in the dark. When I find the source I had saved before a power blip erased it, I'll let you know.

Have a nice day!

[multigraincracker]

17. Didn't have a problem with glad as much as I could

Not read street signs. All good now with no glasses.
I found a study that found a correlation between poor eye sight and memory loss. Got that too.

[GiqueCee]

22. I've got tri-focal safety glasses...

... that I also wear when driving, but the prescription is old, so they need updating, but after the cataract procedure, I'm told.
My rate of retrieval has slowed, to be sure, especially for names, but I always had issues with that. I'm 2 years and change shy of 80, so I pay particular attention to such things. It runs in the family on my father's side. I just try to stay ahead of it by keeping the mind active.
What will be, will be, and other platitudes appropriate for such occasions.

[LiberalLoner]

14. Congratulations! I have a cataract now that needs removing. Please, any tips or advice on what to expect?

[multigraincracker]

18. Find a good doctor. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Follow instructions.
You’ll be fine.

[LiberalLoner]

21. Thank you so so much! This cataract is driving me nuts. Everything is blurry.

[MiHale]

15. Had mine done a couple years ago...

Night time vision did improve a little. Sight recovery after bright light was much better. Always had light sensitive eyes…even getting ’sun sneezes’ that got slightly worse.
Everyone will have different results, my sister got a starlight effect from the oncoming car lights drove her nuts at first…got used to it quickly. Hope it all goes well for you.

Anywho…yes that snow was the whitest fluffiest stuff I’ve seen in a long time. It came from the east…Lake Huron water, not the nasty stuff from the other side.

[multigraincracker]

19. Thanks. I did go out and followed behind

my snow blower. Wife had to get out and drive to Clare for her home care job with a baby. That blower was a good investment.

[MiHale]

20. It was like a block party here...

No school so the kids were out … snow was going everywhere.

[LuckyCharms]

23. Congrats! I get my first eye done on March 4.

[multigraincracker]

28. Best of luck and try to follow dr. Orders.

[LuckyCharms]

29. I'm actually scared because...

I have a wonky optic nerve. Diabetes damage. They say it will be alright, but...

[multigraincracker]

31. I've had a host of eye problems and eye surgery's.

This was the easiest so far. Got a clear plastics cup to tape over it on the second day. My biggest worry was I might, not thinking, rub my eye. Tape it on at night, or I should say my wife the RN does it. They are expert tapers. Just take it easy for a week or so. Doctors Orders.