Get your eyes checked!!!

[CHAS]

About a month ago the doc that did the first surgery told me I have super thick tough cataracts. They cannot break them into pieces to take them out well. She sent me to a doc trained to take the entire cataract out at once.

Today I had surgery #1 for cataracts on my left eye. It went well, but the doc could not get a lens in it. He is sending me back to the doc who did surgery #3 for the right eye and put a lens in.
Expected to get a lens in today, but low expectations keep the world turning.

[ShiroKuro]

@CHAS Oh dear! Does that mean you can't see out of the eye that's missing the lens?

Hopefully they will be able to resolve this for you quickly!!

[CHAS]

Thank you, SK.
Spent January to June of this year with no lens in my right eye. I could see things across the room if I resolve them with a magnifying glass. Before the current techniques were developed cataract surgery removed the entire lens in one piece like what I got today, then coke bottle like glasses were used. I drove and did some mountain biking with no lens in my right eye. The doc told me I could. I found driving with one lens was a stupid thing to do and quit.
I poked the right lens out of some Walgreen's reader glasses and read with my left eye and the remaining lens.

[AdagioM]

@chas You’ve been through a lot with your eyes! I hope you get a lens in there soon.

[CHAS]

@AdagioM Thank you.

[wtg]

Hugs, @chas .

[RealPlayer]

I met an artist, Dorothea Tanning. She was a famous Surrealist. Cataracts drove her crazy because the colors were all wrong.

[Steve Miller]

Wow. Sounds rough.

Hope everything resolves quickly!

[CHAS]

@RealPlayer Some of my clothes changed colors ??

[AdagioM]

@RealPlayer That’s interesting that she would know the difference. I found that the color change was so gradual, I had no idea that they were wrong. Until I had the first cataract surgery and could compare between the two eyes.

Also, did you know that you can get secondary cataracts? It’s a cataract of the lens capsule that holds the lens. Earlier this year I noticed that my vision was hazy, and it quickly got worse. A quick YAG laser zap fixed it for me last month. Whew!