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marybourg

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5. If you're on Medicare, you must not be correctable

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Nov 9, 2022, 11:13 AM

Nov 2022

to better than 20/50, or meet a few other standards for Medicare to pay for it. When you do meet the standards, why would you not go ahead? Cataracts used to be the leading cause of adult blindness before surgery was perfected.

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What made you decide to go ahead and schedule your cataract surgery? [View all] raccoon Nov 2022 OP

Doc rec intrepidity Nov 2022 #1

When doc said.. do it! I was finding it hard to drive. Srkdqltr Nov 2022 #2

Yes, and wow. I could see immediately after. onecaliberal Nov 2022 #3

My doctor said it was time. DURHAM D Nov 2022 #4

1% have complications 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #13

Thanks but there is no fix. DURHAM D Nov 2022 #14

Have you gotten a second opinion on that? marybourg Dec 2022 #18

If you're on Medicare, you must not be correctable marybourg Nov 2022 #5

When my vision was deteriorating thanks to cataracts, PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2022 #17

I waited to qualify for Medicare. nt in2herbs Nov 2022 #6

loosing my eyesight. AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #7

I retired and had the time to do it. El Supremo Nov 2022 #8

My vision in my right eye couldn't be corrected enough for me to see well. lark Nov 2022 #9

Doc recommended it Diamond_Dog Nov 2022 #10

I couldn't see at night worth a crap. I refused to drive at night. Plus, I couldn't wear Nay Nov 2022 #11

Annoying halos during night driving. elleng Nov 2022 #12

Same here! ShazzieB Nov 2022 #15

I'd been slowly growing cataracts for a couple of decades. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #16

I canceled my surgery today, I have vertigo. What an awful feeling! demosincebirth Apr 2023 #19