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cataract surgery #7338677
08/24/21 06:46 PM
08/24/21 06:46 PM
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Posts: 12,988
Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Lion Offline OP
Don't call me Mister, Mister
Nittany Lion  Offline OP
Don't call me Mister, Mister

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Central Pennsylvania
Who has had it done and did it help? I am scheduled for consultation on Thursday. My eye sight has really gone down hill the past two months. I can't see well enough to read my trapping magazines or a newspaper. I have to blow things up to 150% tp read posts on the internet. I sure hope cataract surgery is the answer, I got new glasses a couple weeks ago and they did not help one little bit.


I got myself a seniors' GPS.
Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination,
it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338685
08/24/21 06:52 PM
08/24/21 06:52 PM
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Texas Hill Country
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Texas Hill Country
I've had it done on both eyes.
No it did not help.


Sit on your horse on top of a ridge, look out across the country and tell me there is no God.

Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338688
08/24/21 06:53 PM
08/24/21 06:53 PM
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Posts: 6,547
NC, Orange Co.
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One of the best health decisions I have made.

My experience......... Cataracts Anyone


Life Member: NCTA, VTA, NTA, TTFHA, MFTI
Member: FTA NRA NWTF
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338689
08/24/21 06:55 PM
08/24/21 06:55 PM
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 16,512
Oakland, MS
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Oakland, MS
Back when cataract surgery was still pretty new, my great grandmother got her eyes done. For as long as I could remember she wore THICK eyeglasses. Then she got one eye done, and as soon as she could went back and got the other done. She lived another 20 years after that and never wore glasses again.


~~Proud Ultra MAGA~~
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338698
08/24/21 07:01 PM
08/24/21 07:01 PM
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Pa.
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Pa.
Yes, had both eyes done, and it helped immensely. I had turned 60, and had worn contact lenses for years. It got to a point where my vision was off, and no amount of tweaking with lens changes would help. Eye doctor said I had mild cataracts, and did surgeries one eye at a time, over 3 months. They actually remove the natural lens in your eye, and implant a lens with vision corrections built in. I no longer needed contacts, ( or glasses ), other than to read. Three appointments per eye, surgery lasted less than 10 minutes. You’re awake the whole time. My insurance paid for all this, but honestly, I would have paid for it myself after seeing how much it helped.

Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338713
08/24/21 07:11 PM
08/24/21 07:11 PM
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Posts: 3,035
wyoming southeast
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wyoming southeast
I got a Ford never had problems! Ha no had it done on both eyes and wish I could have that kind of surgery on the rest of my body. Got where I could not shoot with iron sights and not great with scope everything was like looking through a window screen. healed quick and eye sight is so much better now and can read a lot better in good light.

Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338716
08/24/21 07:19 PM
08/24/21 07:19 PM
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Posts: 1,116
Killingly, CT
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Killingly, CT
Had it done at 47. Was very high anxiety for me. No way I was gonna be awake. When done, I was amazed. After glasses for 39 years, I couldn't believe the clarity. Still need readers, but for distance....WOW.

Since then, I've had a torn retina in right eye and almost detached retina in left that required surgery. Dr said tall people (6'6") with cataracts before age 50 are 100x more likely to get torn retinas. I didn't disappoint. But all is good now.

Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338719
08/24/21 07:26 PM
08/24/21 07:26 PM
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Lakeland,Minnesota
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Lakeland,Minnesota
Wife has had both eyes done in the last year.Worked wonders for her.
Tom


If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping.
Tom Olson
MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338726
08/24/21 07:34 PM
08/24/21 07:34 PM
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,779
Northern lower Michigan
Feedinggrounds Online happy
trapper
Feedinggrounds  Online Happy
trapper

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Northern lower Michigan
I had injury induced cataracts. Many years of welding and chemical splash, along with debris removal. Yes I wore safety glasses, an yes you still get stuff in eyes. Cataract surgery saved my eyes. 20 years now, polarized implants based on lifestyle questions I was asked. Before surgery it was like looking through a foggy windshield.


you're only allowed so many sunrises... I aim to see every one of them!
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338731
08/24/21 07:39 PM
08/24/21 07:39 PM
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Posts: 12,988
Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Lion Offline OP
Don't call me Mister, Mister
Nittany Lion  Offline OP
Don't call me Mister, Mister

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Central Pennsylvania
Thanks for the replies, this is encouraging, I wonder why it didn't help Cedar Hacker. Feedinggrounds description of looking through a foggy windshield is a good description of my vision now.


I got myself a seniors' GPS.
Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination,
it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338738
08/24/21 07:47 PM
08/24/21 07:47 PM
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Central, SD
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Central, SD
I’m in the same boat I can see a mule deer a mile away going up a ridge but typing on my iPad is tough most days, just got new glasses also no help eyes water often. Buddy had it done never complained after that.


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338768
08/24/21 08:10 PM
08/24/21 08:10 PM
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Priest River, Idaho USA
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My wife had one eye done two weeks ago second eye today. She highly reccomends it.


"They Say Nothing is Impossible,
But, I Do Nothing Every Day."
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338770
08/24/21 08:17 PM
08/24/21 08:17 PM
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Northern lower Michigan
Feedinggrounds Online happy
trapper
Feedinggrounds  Online Happy
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Northern lower Michigan
Originally Posted by Nittany Lion
Thanks for the replies, this is encouraging, I wonder why it didn't help Cedar Hacker. Feedinggrounds description of looking through a foggy windshield is a good description of my vision now.

Night driving was miserable and painful.


you're only allowed so many sunrises... I aim to see every one of them!
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338783
08/24/21 08:27 PM
08/24/21 08:27 PM
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Yukon
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Yukon
I had it done in one eye last winter. Easy operation and my vision is almost perfect!


do unto others as you would have them do unto you

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Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338837
08/24/21 09:16 PM
08/24/21 09:16 PM
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Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Lion Offline OP
Don't call me Mister, Mister
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Feedinggrounds wrote,"Night driving was miserable and painful." And when it is raining at night it is almost impossible,


I got myself a seniors' GPS.
Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination,
it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338847
08/24/21 09:22 PM
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Northern Michigan
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I like what I am reading. I went to the eye doc a couple weeks ago to get an exam because my eyes are getting worse......was told I had cataracts forming and will likely need surgery within 5 years, maybe less. These check-engine lights just keep on coming. Golden Years my a**!


Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338851
08/24/21 09:25 PM
08/24/21 09:25 PM
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Adirondacks, NY
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I've had both eyes done. Piece of cake.

Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338890
08/24/21 10:03 PM
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I had both eyes done five years ago, and see great now. I was surprised how bright and white everything looked without the yellowish cataracts.

The worst part is when they inject the anesthesia into your eyes.

Jim


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Re: cataract surgery [Re: James] #7338924
08/24/21 10:44 PM
08/24/21 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by James
I had both eyes done five years ago, and see great now.

Jim


You may have better vision, but at this stage in your life, you'll never see any better.
It's the difference between listening to Jimi, and hearing Jimi. grin

Re: cataract surgery [Re: Nittany Lion] #7338964
08/24/21 11:22 PM
08/24/21 11:22 PM
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Texas Hill Country
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Originally Posted by Nittany Lion
Thanks for the replies, this is encouraging, I wonder why it didn't help Cedar Hacker. Feedinggrounds description of looking through a foggy windshield is a good description of my vision now.


NL, things were brighter after surgery but it did not improve my vision. The lenses used were Alcon Labs. AcrySof 1Q, UV with blue light filter and prescribed power.

I also had and still have non progressive maccular degeneration which is more than likely hereditary. It has remained the same for the last 15 years.
Often times at night when I look at a star or light in the sky, I see two when there is only one. Sometimes they are vertical and sometimes horizontal. Using a spotlight for animals eyes is sometimes the same thing, instead of seeing two I will see four. They are always vertical. I have just learned to live with it over the years.

My oldest son was born blind.


Sit on your horse on top of a ridge, look out across the country and tell me there is no God.

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