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question about cataract surgery
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10/17/23 12:19 AM
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hopalong
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do any of you who have had it have a sensitivity to light?
bright light has always bugged my eyes but now even the reflection off the gravel out front seems too bright.
is this just part of it? not really complaining since I have good sunglasses, more curious.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
[Re: hopalong]
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10/17/23 12:21 AM
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Hard Rain
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Yes definitely more sensitive to light.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
[Re: hopalong]
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10/17/23 12:21 AM
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IRBF2
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I wasn't that sensitive to light but you are more sensitive. It diminishes over time.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
[Re: hopalong]
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10/17/23 12:28 AM
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TR176
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Your eyes adjusted to seeing life through cloudy yellowish lenses, they now have clear light. Yours rods need time to adjust.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
[Re: hopalong]
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10/17/23 12:31 AM
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hopalong
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took extra long but it is dam nice to not have to wear glasses to see, fine print is manageable but may have to get some weak readers (1.25?) highly suggest it if ya need it.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
[Re: hopalong]
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10/17/23 12:32 AM
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TexDawg
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Absolutely more sensitive to sunlight. I keep a cheap pair of sunglasses near the garage door for when I go outside, even for a minute
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Re: question about cataract surgery
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10/17/23 12:37 AM
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Keystone
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Yes had cataract surgery a year ago never really wore sunglasses but yes I do now, also I had about a month a dry eyes...but it went away had to use eye drops for 3 weeks.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
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10/17/23 12:37 AM
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hopalong
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Absolutely more sensitive to sunlight. I keep a cheap pair of sunglasses near the garage door for when I go outside, even for a minute lol, that is why I got the shady rays. good but cheap sunglasses, 5 pr of those now with the promotion bs they have.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
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10/17/23 12:39 AM
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I would try to answer but I can’t see the screen to type.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
[Re: Keystone]
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10/17/23 12:39 AM
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hopalong
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Yes had cataract surgery a year ago never really wore sunglasses but yes I do now, also I had about a month a dry eyes...but it went away had to use eye drops for 3 weeks. I am still using refresh tears, still have an off and on floater in the right eye which was the problem eye for some reason. we good!
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Re: question about cataract surgery
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10/17/23 04:17 AM
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Yes…what I notice is the roadside yellow info signs are blinding at night.
Dry eyes…yep, especially after running around on the lake.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
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10/17/23 09:19 AM
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I had my cataract surgery 9 years ago, and for a while I was very sensitive to the light, but it slowly got better, but I still almost never go outside without my Costas.
Family is everything! Life is precious. We don’t have forever. We have now. This moment. We can choose to love our lives now.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
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10/18/23 05:19 PM
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"Great" news. I'm looking forward to the surgery in the next few years and bad as my eyes are right now sunlight bothers them. Except for throwing something in the trash wagon just outside the side door I don't ever go outdoors in sunlight without sunglasses.
Fishing, a man knows a serenity of soul and peace of mind that he finds in doing nothing else, and it makes no difference whether or not he catches anything. The mind of a true fisherman is not on petty subjects.
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Re: question about cataract surgery
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10/18/23 05:25 PM
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Re: question about cataract surgery
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10/18/23 05:39 PM
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If you're old enough for Medicare to be paying for your surgery, there is a scale they have, and your ophthalmologist has to grade you. When you hit a certain number then you can have Medicare pay (less deductibles). My guy seemed to be interested on driving at night and seeing lots of glare from oncoming lights, so I told him it was a big problem and boom, I got approved.
Family is everything! Life is precious. We don’t have forever. We have now. This moment. We can choose to love our lives now.
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