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  • C 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.

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    ShiroKuro
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    @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!!

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      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.

      "If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between s**t and syphilis in the dictionary."-David Sedaris

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

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

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          CHAS
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          @AdagioM Thank you.

          "If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between s**t and syphilis in the dictionary."-David Sedaris

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            Hugs, @chas .

            When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie AumĂ´nier

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

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                Steve Miller
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                Wow. Sounds rough.

                Hope everything resolves quickly!

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                • R RealPlayer

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

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                  CHAS
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                  @RealPlayer Some of my clothes changed colors ??

                  "If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between s**t and syphilis in the dictionary."-David Sedaris

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

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                    @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!

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                      Mary Anna
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                      Good gracious, Chas! I'm so sorry you've been through all of this. It sounds like you have good doctors, so I hope things go better from here on out.

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