Cataracts Cost Me my Buck Tag

[MikeT49]

I thought my scope was going bad. Losing my duplex in the scope. Doc told me I have cataracts coming on. Don't think I am ready for surgery quite yet but it is good to hear all the info you all have dropped here. I had trouble adjusting tobifocals, are near and far vision lenses a headache at first?

Everyone i know who has had cataract surgery have not had any headache issues. My left eye was blurry for a few days. Probably because of the relief incisions for astigmatism. Right eye was working great in two days. I did have to pay ~ $5,500 for the multi distance lenses that the insurance wouldn't cover. For me, it probably was a waste of money. Distance vision is excellent. I'm typing this without glasses, and do most stuff on the computer without glasses. However, I need 2.0 readers for fine print. The biggest difference I noticed was how much the cataracts were blocking light. I couldn't see very well driving at night. What a difference! Everything is brighter. Colors are amazingly vivid. I can see very well driving at night now.
I had to readjust all my scopes ocular lenses. I don't wear glasses except for reading puny print. Had I known how bad my vision had become, I would have got them done sooner. The deterioration is so gradual you don't notice it.

 

[DocDoc]

Flare with cataracts driving at night. My wife was 20/400 with flare (20/200 is legally blind). So we found out why I did all the driving when the lights came on. We have both had the surgery now and it is sure great to do most things, except reading, without glasses.

 

[searcher]

I'm hesitant - but knowing I need to get that surgery for cataracts at some point. Having health issues get in the way of things brings mortality to the forefront. I applied for a coveted California "X" zone tag for about twenty years and, wouldn't you know I'd get drawn in the worst part of covid? No where to stay - nowhere to eat and no one to go with - and no time to get rigged up with a motorhome just for this trip. The tag makes for nice conversational "wall paper". In the old days for me (40-50 years ago), I'd have driven up there and laid my bag in the back of the truck and froze my ass off and had fun. I thought about doing that again - for about two minutes.

 

[capper599]

I pray everything gets better after the surgery. It's a pity we can't beat old age to some sickness..

 

[DocDoc]

That surgery is really dialed in. I wish there had been a reason to do it years earlier.