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PoindexterOglethorpe

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16. You are very fortunate that you never needed prescription glasses.

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 07:28 PM

Jan 2018

Cataracts are incredibly common. I'm sure they're the main reason old people generally used to go blind. No longer.

Whenever you finally need the surgery, your vision should be restored back to what it was before.

The only thing that can make cataract surgery a bit iffy is if you've had radial keratotomy or any other surgery to correct vision. Apparently that surgery makes it a bit tricky to figure out exactly what kind of lens needs to be inserted when the cataract is removed. Sounds like you haven't had any such thing.

I was so very nearsighted that I used to joke that it was fortunate that my fingers and toes were attached, because I'd never been able to find them otherwise.

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I've always been told 7 years is enough. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #1

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Seven years PJMcK Jan 2018 #3

It is required to keep them from three to seven years, Yonnie3 Jan 2018 #4

Here a "b" to replace that "d." I will write it off. rzemanfl Jan 2018 #5

Dern bifocals Yonnie3 Jan 2018 #6

I learned this week I have a fast growing cataract. Getting older sucks. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2018 #7

Boo Yonnie3 Jan 2018 #8

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I hit the big 70 last August. I celebrated by swimming a mile a day each day for ten days. rzemanfl Jan 2018 #12

Cataracts were the best thing that ever happened to my eyes. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #14

I'm glad that worked out for you. I did not wear prescription glasses until after I went on rzemanfl Jan 2018 #15

You are very fortunate that you never needed prescription glasses. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #16

I understand they don't recommend surgery until your vision can't be corrected to 20/50. rzemanfl Jan 2018 #17

The surgery recommendation, as I understand it, is based on PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #18

Thanks, and to keep with the thread I retain tax records seven years. rzemanfl Jan 2018 #19

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I have them back to 1977. sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #11

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