I didn't know that. I was only kidding with the Specsavers ad.
Is the eye problem cataracts or something more serious ?
You haven't had cataract surgery yet? Yes, no?
We've been through this. I had my left eye done long ago, early for my age, '08-'10, can't remember exact year. Quick, painless, it worked.
However, I was dissatisfied with the star effect looking directly at light...automobile lights at night, no longer could see a nice round moon in that eye, etc. My right eye wasnt too bad, I decided to wait on that one. So, I waited. It's kind of like a lot of things, not cleaning your bedroom, your garage, gradually things get worse, more messy. Yeah, you're stepping over things, incrementally things get more messy, but in a way you don't notice just how messy, until you do. I was legally blind in my right eye. Literally, if for some reason my left eye got blocked while driving, or perhaps I needed to rub that eye on account of an itch, I could not see to drive from my right eye. It could be disorienting in general day-to-day. It was bad, something had to be done.
Having waited so long, it can cause atrophy, hardening of tissue. Doc said it was a "3rd world case". "This is not going to be easy", he said. I was worried. Could I lose my eye? My eyeball, glass eye outcome. He would/did not commit to that not being a possibility, stating regardless of my waiting so long, though slim, surgery comes with risks. My case, tissue hardening, healing could be problematic. I considered a no go, better my own eyeball where I couldn't see than a glass eye where, well....I couldn't see. The wife as my advisor, always looking out for my best, I decided to move forward and have the surgery.
The morning of the surgery, bright and early....not to scare anybody...pre-surgery getting ready to be rolled in, I asked the doc when do I get the meds to sort of put me under? Not totally, but....1st time around I was pretty much out, only remember seeing sort of kaleidescope colors from time to time, slight pressure, but more like a dream than anything else. This surgery?...I would be fully awake, just a bit of something to relax me. He explained, it is better this way, cognizant, I could move my eye as directed during surgery. Whoa, I considered a no-go, right there. I knew I couldn't do that.
Piece of cake. I guess the little something to relax me worked, fitted with black shades rolling out of surgery I began to sing Ray Charles, "I got a woman, way up town, she's good to me". Disappointment, came. Looking at the moon, I was seeing double, two moons, and some weird streak of light in my peripheral. My fault, I thought, I waited too damn long. Approximately a week, week and a half after surgery, I went for a sit on the porch. Went back inside the house, said wait a damn minute. Went back out, looked at the moon. No double vision, no streaks, no star effect from that eye. I'd already noticed the vivid colors post op, almost overwhelming, yet beautiful, but this was a turning point. I could see, in fact better with this eye than that done long ago. Absolutely glad I didn't pussy out and moved forward with having it done. Piece of cake. Could have gone either way, me having waited so long.
If you haven't had it done, you should consider it. Waiting or putting it off increases risks.
