Here we go again.

[sailorman]

Be fore i can be assessed t dtive again i need aeye test so jush hsd s specsavrers home visit.i knew the right eye had a cateract forming so now its botheyesplus a referalforan op. mobilityanthi affects my periffersl vision so no driving assessment untill after the op.that will be weeks away at best

 

[pvb]

My wife had an eye test recently and was told she ought to have cataract treatment. She was put in touch with a clinic in Chelmsford called SpaMedica, who were eager to do the treatment within days. SpaMedica treatments are paid for by the NHS. They seem to have very good reviews. For various reasons, she's decided to wait until later in the year. So you might be able to sort things more quickly if you ask to be treated there.

If you need cataract surgery in both eyes, presumably you'll only get one done initially, let it settle down, then do the other.

Facilities - SpaMedica Chelmsford - NHS

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[Stork_III]

My next door neighbour had both cataract done 2 weeks ago, day surgery, Spire Hospital, Cambridge. Doesn't need glasses anymore.

 

[PilotWolf]

A close friend, the one who I came to Boston to help with things before things went wrong has a degenerative eye disease the name of which I can remember at the moment at 30 yrs old .

She got a new prescription yesterday but is unwell again with a fever so can't fill it.

The sad thing is she ll likely be blind at a young age and she has absolutely beautiful eyes too .

My old adopted Grandpa here had his license suspended due to macular degeneration but then a temporary one was then issued until his surgery! He couldn't see $h1t so didn't drive anyway but that's crazy California for you.

W.

 

[PilotWolf]

PVB I hope that smilie was about the idiocy of California DMV not my friend.

PW

 

[pvb]

PVB I hope that smilie was about the idiocy of California DMV not my friend.

PW

It was indeed about your realistic view of the idiocy of California's regulations!

 

[Tomahawk]

Isn’t getting old such fun?

 

[Koeketiene]

Isn’t getting old such fun?

Bar the fact that bits of my body are staring to ache for no apparent reason, I love getting old(er) - beats the alternative.

 

[Charlie Boy]

Bar the fact that bits of my body are staring to ache for no apparent reason, I love getting old(er) - beats the alternative.

The options are poor

 

[harvey38]

I had my second eye done two weeks ago, the first two weeks before that, I had Zeiss lenses fitted and after 45 years of wearing glasses, it's a revelation.

Well happy.

 

[Dan Tribe]

I now understand what Leonard Cohen meant.
“My friends are gone and my hair is grey. I ache in the places where I used to play."

 

[AntarcticPilot]

My next door neighbour had both cataract done 2 weeks ago, day surgery, Spire Hospital, Cambridge. Doesn't need glasses anymore.

I've had both my eyes done and have gone from being around -11 to near normal. However, even though the replacement lenses restore near normal vision, it doesn't change the basic configuration of the eye - a short sighted eye is still a short sighted eye and is subject to various changes as a result. In my rather extreme case, that's thinning of the retina, which may, sooner or later, give me problems. I hope later!

 

[PilotWolf]

So I actually remembered to ask her what it was.

Retinitis Pigmentosa | National Eye Institute

She already has trouble seeing at night. It seems that the worse things happen to the nicest people. Always seemed the way when I was a paramedic too

W.

 

[Charlie Boy]

I was given a choice. I had been very short sighted but elected for a much longer focal point. It was (and is) great but I did have a retinal tear a couple of years later which involved an emergency vitrectomy

 

[sailorman]

Isn’t getting old such fun?

Not so farlift was good aand well sorted year ago sailing week ends and out shooting 4 rimes a dayqnd after dsrk too

 

[pvb]

Not so farlift was good aand well sorted year ago sailing week ends and out shooting 4 rimes a dayqnd after dsrk too

None of us knows what's just around the corner. We just need to keep fighting back against whatever life throws at us, and sailorman seems to be doing that splendidly! Keep up the good work!

 

[itsmeagain]

I’ve had cataract removal from both eyes on the NHS and you’ll be glad you had it done. It’s one of their most performed procedures. I’m now cleared for driving without glasses and can read pretty well without them too, having worn specs all my life.
More importantly perhaps, having had incipient retinal detachment twice now I’d encourage everyone to have an Optician’s checkup every two years minimum and annually over age 60 (free on NHS ). If anybody gets big specks suddenly appearing or flashing lights in the eyes then hot-foot it to A&E. It saved my eye when I did so.

 

[Daydream believer]

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[johnalison]

I’ve had cataract removal from both eyes on the NHS and you’ll be glad you had it done. It’s one of their most performed procedures. I’m now cleared for driving without glasses and can read pretty well without them too, having worn specs all my life.
More importantly perhaps, having had incipient retinal detachment twice now I’d encourage everyone to have an Optician’s checkup every two years minimum and annually over age 60 (free on NHS ). If anybody gets big specks suddenly appearing or flashing lights in the eyes then hot-foot it to A&E. It saved my eye when I did so.

That is certainly true, but you don't need to be alarmed. I had flashing peripheral lights that were due to a harmless vitreous detachment, still present in both eyes many years later. I also had a macular disturbance that was also benign, due to a different vitreous traction, and this disappeared after a few years. I didn't know what either was at first appearance and got myself referred quickly in both cases, which is what one must do.

 

[Tomahawk]

In the interveinig weeks I too have had a vitreoutomy. Eyesight in right eye marginally improved.