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  • AdagioMA Offline
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    AdagioM
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    I’m glad for you, @CHAS and hope that your vision continues to improve.

    My retina specialist told me that there was a 50 percent chance I could be blind in my left eye after cataract surgery. Then he paused and said, “that’s one in two.” Yeah, I can do the math. So I waited a few more years until my vision was so awful it was making my work life stupid. It’s turned out mostly great.

    Under promise, over deliver?

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      pique
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      Hoping for the best possible outcome for you, Chas.

      fear is the thief of dreams

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        RealPlayer
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        Glad you're having positive outcomes, Chas!

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          CHAS
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          Thank you to each of you.
          My vision in that eye is still bad, but improving. The colors are wild. A football field is a wild obnoxious yellow green. I suppose it will resolve.
          "Under promise, over deliver. " is probably widespread in the eye business. Wonder whether it relates to liability concerns.

          "The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” - Shakespeare

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            Quirt Evans
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            Just saw this, I hope you're getting better, Chas.

            The eye doctor told me I am starting to get cataracts, like almost everyone my age, but that I have a few years before I need the surgery.

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              Just saw this, I hope you're getting better, Chas.

              The eye doctor told me I am starting to get cataracts, like almost everyone my age, but that I have a few years before I need the surgery.

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              CHAS
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              @Quirt-Evans

              Thank you.
              My vision in that eye made big improvements the first two days after the surgery. I expect the improvements to slow. I do tell Bob he is looking better every day.
              Missing physical activity. Was warned about bending and lifting.
              Wonder whether a good sneeze would make the eye a projectile. 🙂

              "The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” - Shakespeare

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                Thank you to each of you.
                My vision in that eye is still bad, but improving. The colors are wild. A football field is a wild obnoxious yellow green. I suppose it will resolve.
                "Under promise, over deliver. " is probably widespread in the eye business. Wonder whether it relates to liability concerns.

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                @CHAS I was shocked when I saw some of the colors I chose for some of my knitting designs!

                Under-promise, over-deliver: That just makes us consider the worst case scenario, and usually it’s better and we’re grateful instead of angry.

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                  The ophthalmologist who did my mom's cataract surgery used to present an African violet in bloom to his patients when they came in the day after surgery to have their bandage removed. Mom couldn't believe how different colors looked!

                  @CHAS , so glad to hear things are progressing for you.

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

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                    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.

                    "The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” - Shakespeare

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                      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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                      @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 can 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.

                        "The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” - Shakespeare

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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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                            @AdagioM Thank you.

                            "The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” - Shakespeare

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                              Hugs, @chas .

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

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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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