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ShazzieB

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15. Same here!

Reply to elleng (Reply #12)

Wed Nov 9, 2022, 05:56 PM

Nov 2022

When I try to drive at night, everything looks like this:

I haven't had the surgery yet; I'm scheduled for January. My eye doctor keeps telling me my eyes aren't "that bad" yet, but I could go ahead and do it if I want, and I do not have the patience to sit around and wait for my eyes to get worse and worse.

Fortunately, I have insurance that will cover it now, xo I don't have to wait.

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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