No post today…

Posted on by August 31, 2023

Had an appointment for cataract surgery, eyes dilated for way too long in the brightness and one helluva headache last night.

Go read the folks on the sidebar, maybe I’ll post later today.

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No post today… — 17 Comments

  1. Completely understandable – hope the appointment goes well.

  3. Let your eyes rest. My husband had the surgery, and he loves the change.

  5. As Tom Bodett would say, “We’ll leave the light on for you”.

    Had mine done in ’21 (as I may have mentioned). What a gift. First look at myself in the mirror, “Dam son, you just thought you were white!”.

  6. Had mine done a few years ago–just before COVID, thank God–and am very pleased with the results. Hope all goes well!

  7. Had my second, last Month! Now I tell my grandkids I can SEE THEM THINK !!

  10. Hope it goes well. Had mine done in 2006. Worked great.
    A recommendation: get lenses that fix your long distance vision in BOTH eyes and insist. Reading glasses are only a minor nuisance. They will likely try to sell you on distance in one eye, close up in the other. Don’t do it if you drive or fly.

    • I did the different ones; dominant eye got distance. OTOH, I had some cornea work done several years later, and am now nearsighted in both eyes. I usually take my bifocals off if I’m going to be at the computer or reading.

      The other quirk (don’t know if it’s generic or fallout from the cornea stuff) is that the apparent size of X is different between eyes. Just enough to be annoying in city traffic. Have to do that once a week, and doing stuff around the place isn’t a problem.

  11. I should add. Get bifocals for driving/ flying with the division about half way up the lens. The division sits at the top of the dash/instrument panel and you go instantly from outside to inside with zero adaptation time. Make the focal length of the close up bit longer than for reading. About arm’s length looking at folded palm.

  12. Heal quickly! I await your next post.

    I was told about 6 years ago that I would need this surgery by the time I was a few years older than now. But, I was out watching for the Perseid Meteors a few weeks ago when I noticed an aircraft strobe in my peripheral vision. When I looked directly at it, it disappeared. Look away and it reappeared. Then I noticed what I think were weaker meteors in my peripheral vision but not in the central area. I may be closer than I think to needing the surgery. I go the end of this month to get an exam.

    Thanks Eyrie for that info as I am trying to get my flight physical back. The unusual thing is that the ophthalmologist I am going to see is an AME( FAA Aeromedical Examiner).

    • Hmm. If it wasn’t (lack of) dark adaptation, I’d make sure the doc took a good look at your retinas. I had a different issue and needed retina surgery in both eyes to correct and/or prevent further waviness in my visual fields. (If I want to see if a piece of lumber is straight, I have to check with both eyes and split the difference. Or grab a straight edge. Sigh.)

      Our county doesn’t have eye specialists beyond cataract surgery, so I have to travel once a year to get my retinas checked. (Post-op, I was a frequent flyer at the nearby hotel. That was more interesting than fun.)

  13. Eyrie- Thanks, that’s what I discussed with the doc yesterday on both counts!

    Bill- You might want to move that up! Loss of the center vision is NOT good!

  14. Glad you’re getting that fixed. I had both done right at one year ago and went with single focal lenses; distance in my dominant eye and near in the other. I’d discussed multifocal lenses, but I can do the stupid brain optical trick and I am 20/15 with no need for readers.