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4. My optometrist I'll probably need cataract on my left eye.

Sat May 17, 2025, 05:08 PM

May 2025

My vision in my right eye is clear and sharp but a cataract has grown in my left eye and will probably have to be removed sometime this year. It really doesn't bother me as much as all the floaters in the left eye. I'm hoping an ophthalmologist will be able to do something about them.

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I've finally been given the crisp long distance vision I've longed for my entire life as a person with severe myopia. [View all] LiberalLoner May 2025 OP

Thanks for this positive news. I'm guessing cataract surgery is in my future. erronis May 2025 #1

I've heard that it's inevitable if we all live long enough. I needed surgery a bit sooner than normal because of Lasik LiberalLoner May 2025 #13

Had mine and everything you said is true. The colors are wonderful. Polly Hennessey May 2025 #2

I kept telling the doctor, it was like a miracle! I'm sure he thought I was a babbling fool! LiberalLoner May 2025 #16

Something like that happened to me customerserviceguy May 2025 #131

💙💙💙👍 LiberalLoner May 2025 #134

Much appreciated - mine are coming up imminently Alice Kramden May 2025 #3

I wish you the best of luck, it is an extremely routine surgery, although of course we are naturally a bit LiberalLoner May 2025 #18

I told the doctor Figarosmom May 2025 #80

Yes! LOL! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #135

My optometrist I'll probably need cataract on my left eye. LogDog75 May 2025 #4

I wish you the best of luck and I am certain you will have such a great result! LiberalLoner May 2025 #19

Interesting. defacto7 May 2025 #72

I was just reading up on floater ablation. defacto7 May 2025 #73

He may not be aware of the latest surgical advances, because ophthalmology and optometry are really LiberalLoner May 2025 #76

Yay. n/t defacto7 May 2025 #82

That's awesome! Congratulations! I have cataract surgery in my future and will ask about their lenses CousinIT May 2025 #5

Thank you! I have heard good things about that new lens and I am hoping you will have amazing results! Yeah, it's not LiberalLoner May 2025 #21

Good vision is priceless IMO. You made a good investment! n/t CousinIT May 2025 #91

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Me, too! EarthAbides May 2025 #6

I am so glad you had an excellent result too! They say those of us with myopia end up being the most grateful because LiberalLoner May 2025 #22

Actually EarthAbides May 2025 #43

I'm so sorry your vision worsened again...do you mean you became myopic again? LiberalLoner May 2025 #47

I think the clouding after cataract surgery is pretty common. My sister had it ... CousinIT May 2025 #98

Oh I have heard of that...thanks for posting..the lens I got is much less likely to cause that, don't know why. 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #100

Just a little bit EarthAbides May 2025 #123

I am sorry for the chemo...I had breast cancer a year and a half ago but only needed LiberalLoner May 2025 #126

You are making me feel really encouraged here. AllyCat May 2025 #44

you will love the results! It's normal to feel some apprehension, but this is such a routine procedure, and you will do LiberalLoner May 2025 #48

I have had over a dozen surgeries now for various things, and I can tell you, this is by far the easiest surgery, the LiberalLoner May 2025 #79

Crazy, isn't it? Ocelot II May 2025 #7

I'm so happy you have had an excellent result, too! I think I may get reading glasses that I won't have to take off LiberalLoner May 2025 #49

Isn't the immediate benefit totaly just crazy? marble falls May 2025 #8

It is! Really amazing! And I discovered how truly poor my vision had become! I am so happy with my vision! LiberalLoner May 2025 #50

I was giddy. Could not believe it when I took the cover off the first one. And to see detail at night. My surgery got .. marble falls May 2025 #53

How wonderful! My night vision also seems excellent, I do not seem to have lost any contrast sensitivity or anything. LiberalLoner May 2025 #81

It's shocking how quick and easy it - once one got past realizing they're using a scalpel on one's eyes. The actual .. marble falls May 2025 #124

It really was so quick and easy! It's true there is some natural squeemishness about the eyes. 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #125

Same here, -11 Diopters. After cataract surgery I could see my feet in the shower for first time, don't need glasses Silent Type May 2025 #9

Funny, Donald Trump's eyesight is fine, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2025 #36

LOL at the Trump joke! I'm so glad your wife also had excellent results! LiberalLoner May 2025 #55

I'm so glad you are thrilled with your vision now, too! I actually do wish I could have had an IOL placed LiberalLoner May 2025 #51

Ditto in my experience William Seger May 2025 #10

💙💙💙 I need reading glasses now, but really everyone my age does as well, so it's no big deal. LiberalLoner May 2025 #52

That is such a wonderful testimonial JMCKUSICK May 2025 #11

Thank you so so much! 💙💙💙💙. I am looking forward to playing with my soft pastels again once both eyes are LiberalLoner May 2025 #56

I spent the two weeks between the surgeries dflprincess May 2025 #12

What I noticed was that the eye that hadn't been done ... William Seger May 2025 #46

Yes, I had noticed that too, I kept closing one eye then the other, to see the difference! Now both eyes are LiberalLoner May 2025 #57

How is your close vision? usonian May 2025 #14

I do need reading glasses, but I don't find them a hassle at all. If you have a lens like I have, LiberalLoner May 2025 #63

I also had great success with cataract surgery wryter2000 May 2025 #15

Yes, miraculous is the word I use, too! So glad you had an excellent result as well! LiberalLoner May 2025 #64

I have been so happy with mine! LisaM May 2025 #17

I'm so glad you also got a great result! 😍 LiberalLoner May 2025 #65

Your story is the same as mine minus the Lasik. llmart May 2025 #20

Thank you for sharing your experience, I am so glad it was a great one, too! LiberalLoner May 2025 #66

Having my first eye done next week. Arrgh May 2025 #23

I wish you the best of luck in the repair of the retinal tear, and cataract surgery! I am sure both will be a great LiberalLoner May 2025 #83

Cataract surgery was amazing to me... SeattleVet May 2025 #24

It really is amazing, and such an easy surgery to undergo! I am so glad you and others have kindly posted that LiberalLoner May 2025 #84

Had my cataracts taken care of, a couple of years ago. Paladin May 2025 #25

Thank you for posting this, to encourage others facing surgery! I am so glad your result was also excellent! LiberalLoner May 2025 #85

Wow, great news. Thanks for sharing this info here on DU. n/t iluvtennis May 2025 #26

😍😍😍 LiberalLoner May 2025 #86

So glad you made it to the bright side LL 👀 Clouds Passing May 2025 #27

Thank you 😍😍😍 LiberalLoner May 2025 #87

i'm really happy for you. this is wonderful! nt orleans May 2025 #28

Thank you! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #88

I've been hesitant. Everyone says to get it over with. mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 #29

Everyone who says have the surgery as soon as you can, is giving you excellent advice! I hope you will schedule the LiberalLoner May 2025 #89

Thanks for posting your story. My neighbor MotownPgh May 2025 #30

Oh my goodness, I am so sorry something went wrong for your neighbor. My doctor gave me a bottle of LiberalLoner May 2025 #90

I feel terrible because he takes care MotownPgh May 2025 #99

I hope so much he will be okay! Please let me know, I am concerned for him. He sounds like a good person. LiberalLoner May 2025 #105

The VA told him to come to the ER MotownPgh May 2025 #132

I hope all goes well for him from now on! LiberalLoner May 2025 #133

Had it done in 2014 at 54 after a near life time of being legally blind. Itchinjim May 2025 #31

I am so so happy for you! 😍😍😍😍. Good vision is priceless! I do feel my vision is now the best it has ever been. LiberalLoner May 2025 #92

Also had a great experience with Cataract surgery MissouriDem47 May 2025 #32

Isn't it wonderful? 💙💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #101

Great news! Good info as well. Makes a big difference in quality of life. nt Evolve Dammit May 2025 #33

😍😍😍 LiberalLoner May 2025 #93

Amazing, isn't it? murielm99 May 2025 #34

It is amazing! Best of luck to your husband, and how fun it will be for him to experience the improvement in vision! 💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #97

Dear LiberalLoner, one of the things I thank the universe for is my ability to see. I celebrate your vision and will ShazamIam May 2025 #35

Thank you so much! 💙💙💙. Good vision is such a precious gift in life! LiberalLoner May 2025 #102

Sorry mine is not perfect (all my trees have leaves, but not birds & nests, if you know what I mean) .BUT... Hekate May 2025 #37

I am so happy for you, thank you for sharing your positive results! 😍😍😍💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #103

Can I send you a direct message about this? I have a similar issue AllyCat May 2025 #38

I was scared of the surgery, too; medical stuff freaks me out. I hate it. But - Ocelot II May 2025 #74

Thank you so much for posting and helping reassure others facing the surgery! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #95

Oh, yes, please do, anyone else who would like to as well, please do! I hope to be comforting and LiberalLoner May 2025 #94

when I went back for the second eye, I told the doc I felt like I had been looking at the world through a yellow lens TNNurse May 2025 #39

Thank you so much! Life changing surgery I think! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #96

Oh, that is such wonderful news!!!! huggggggs. Enjoy your new view of niyad May 2025 #40

Thank you so so much! 😍😍😍💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #104

Thank you! This is just what I needed to hear - especially which lenses you got! colorado_ufo May 2025 #41

You are very welcome! I am a big fan of the lenses I got! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #108

i had mine removed during covid on advice of my healt care worker. AllaN01Bear May 2025 #42

I am so glad you were able to get better vision! 😍😍😍💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #121

me too. AllaN01Bear May 2025 #127

Cataracts were the best thing that happened to my eyes. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2025 #45

I was blind very early on too, just like that! I am feeling the same way you are now, these lenses are wonderful! 💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #122

I'm having my right eye done next week... GiqueCee May 2025 #54

I wish you the best of luck and I am 100% sure your results will be great and all will go well! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #107

i had both mine done as well but i traded crisp far vision samnsara May 2025 #58

The crisp vision is worth it though, at least I feel it is! 💙💙💙. My whole life I have wanted great distance vision LiberalLoner May 2025 #106

Glad it Rebl2 May 2025 #59

That's great you have clear vision now, too! I was given very good instructions...I slept in my recliner for the first LiberalLoner May 2025 #70

I had my left eye done on April 28. tblue37 May 2025 #60

Very good! How is your vision, now? I hope it is excellent! LiberalLoner May 2025 #69

At my 1-day follow up appointment, my formerly weak left eye, which I often had to shut while I tblue37 May 2025 #130

👏💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #138

Good for you! A friend had his cataracts removed, had a similar experience. I finally got a hearing aid. 58Sunliner May 2025 #61

How wonderful, for both things! I hope your hearing is excellent now! LiberalLoner May 2025 #68

Pisses me off big time that Medicare will not cover the more advanced multi focal lenses. Ziggysmom May 2025 #62

Me too. Pisses me off they won't cover vision correction, dental care, hearing aids....but I'm very far left I suppose, LiberalLoner May 2025 #67

isnt it grand . ? AllaN01Bear May 2025 #71

How wonderful! 💙💙💙 yes I do think this is such a great thing, this surgery! A miracle! LiberalLoner May 2025 #113

I had mine removed earlier this year...it's amazing! COL Mustard May 2025 #75

I'm glad you had a great result, too! 😍😍😍 LiberalLoner May 2025 #114

Welcome to the club. bif May 2025 #77

Thank you so so much! 💙💙💙. I am excited to be able to see colors clearly! LiberalLoner May 2025 #115

As the saying goes Figarosmom May 2025 #78

😍😍😍👍 LiberalLoner May 2025 #116

I will have to have both eyes done LittleGirl May 2025 #109

I hope your surgery and your husband's treatment will go very well! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #117

Thank you! nt LittleGirl May 2025 #137

Happy to read your post. Ironically I am scheduled for 10 am cataract surgery in the morning FloridaBlues May 2025 #110

🙏🙏🙏 I am sure you will have a perfect outcome! Please let us know how it went! 💙💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #118

Thank you I will! FloridaBlues May 2025 #128

Just waving hi, hope you are doing well today! 💙💙💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #145

I can say yes somewhat improved at least not looking through a glass of milk today! FloridaBlues May 2025 #147

Hoping your vision improves daily! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #148

Yes it is! 👀 FloridaBlues May 2025 #149

That's wonderful news! Is it 100% yet or does it still have a ways to go? 🤗 LiberalLoner May 2025 #150

Had the cataract surgery yesterday today things are still blurry/cloudy but he says will start to clear up few days FloridaBlues May 2025 #140

Excellent news! Yes, it does take a few days at least to settle down, vision wise...are you comfortable, I hope? 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #141

Yes comfortable. Just impatient to see better! FloridaBlues May 2025 #142

Thank you for letting us know! For me, I had great vision in a day and a half but I have heard it usually takes three LiberalLoner May 2025 #143

P.S. AI said this about the average timeline... LiberalLoner May 2025 #144

Had mine done dcmfox May 2025 #111

That's so wonderful! 💙💙💙 I'm so curious what your life is like there, if it is different from here. LiberalLoner May 2025 #119

I had the same experience. Moosepoop May 2025 #112

Isn't it so wonderful? I'm glad you are enjoying your excellent vision now, too! I wish I could have had the LiberalLoner May 2025 #120

Thanks for sharing your positive experience senseandsensibility May 2025 #129

I hope you will have excellent results when the time comes! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 2025 #136

Congrats, Liberal L peggysue2 May 2025 #146