Different days, different lighting, different outcome.

Yep, the eyes age like knees and shoulders, and rarely stay like they are 25.

Addendum: I do take eye vitamins, and HOPE they work.
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I am not even 60 and had to have cataract surgery and a partially detached retina repaired already. Only in my right eye. Just a little near sighted in my left and no cataract. Eye surgeon things it may be from years of boxing and getting jabbed in my right eye. Now i see almost 20/20 distance in my right but can not longer read without glasses.

I'm planning on paying for upgraded lens, kinda have to (astigmatism) But does medicare not pay for ANY of the procedure when getting upgraded or just not the upgraded lens?

I finally had to get glasses to pass the eye test for my drivers license a year ago. I don`t need them to read anything and never wear them inside except when I watch TV. I have floaters in my left eye and a slight cataract. The glasses absolutely saved me last year when we had to spend so much time in Dallas when my grandson was in the hospital. There is no way I could have ever driven over there at night and been able to read the freeway or street signs. I feel like I still have pretty goods eyes since the only time I absolutely need to wear them is when I`m driving at night in an area where I'm not familiar with.

Medicare still pays some when you get the upgrade. The upgrade is costing me $7,000 at Baylor Medical. This is in addition to what Medicare pays.
The EOB has not posted but the claim shows facility paid $1,709.99 for the left eye.

I was good until I hit 50... Been downhill since... But I ain't giving up the fight... Dan

I got bifocals last year, maybe have worn them a total of two days, just can't get used to them.

Bifocals cost me the worst infection I ever had. I launched the boat and tied to a t-head. When I went back to the boat I turned right about a foot too soon. Scraped my shin really bad. It took six weeks of anti biotics to clear it up.

I had cataract surgery last year. I had 20/15 in both eyes until I hit 45, then it was readers, then stronger readers and finally glasses. After cataract surgery, I'm good with 20/20 in both eyes. No more prescription sunglasses!

Anybody go with the Toric lens for astigmatism? Any eyeball techs on the OT?

Cataract surgery is in my near future.

I had LASIK surgery probably 25 years ago. Fixed the issues I had at distance. That still good. Up close is the issue now. Worse in lower light. I Wear +1.75 readers. I went to Berkeley to see what they could do. No LASIK for this. Lens replacement was the needed solution. They gave me contacts for one eye. I struggled to put them in at their office. I came home, put them in the medicine cabinet and there they sit. Kept with the readers.

Lens replacement was about $10K. Doc said give it a few years and insurance will pay for a good part of it.

Getting old is not cool…..lol.

That ain’t a lie. I had no clue red dot astigmatism was a thing until all my expensive red dot sights turned into red pixelated blobs. Having to swap an aimpoint PRO for a green ACOG. Unfortunately trijicon doesn’t have green pistol sights