Yeah apparently there are quite a few people in the hospital for it, so I really have no idea if the flu shot is helping me or not. No temperature at last reading so fingers crossed. I continue to be amazed at how much better I feel after having chicken and rice soup from our local Chinese place. I have had a quart every day for lunch and it’s the highlight of my day.
I’m a bit astounded that you could have had that much eye care in the past year with no one having picked up on the development of a huge cataract. From what I understand, they develop very gradually over time and do not come on suddenly. And they should be easily detected in a routine eye exam. In any event, it will likely be one of the best things to ever happen to you. There is a reason that it is the number one elective surgery in the country: it is relatively easy and painless (especially compared to the vitectomy), and once you remove the eye covering (a day or two following surgery iirc) it immediately results in a such a dramatic improvement in your vision that it will likely blow your mind. You won’t believe how different so many colors look once you are not looking through a cataract. And the best news is that they can now put progressive lenses in, so even the people with the most complicated prescriptions can often come away without the need for eyeglasses or contacts any more because the corrective lens is now inside your eye. When I got mine done they only had fixed lenses, so I went with monovision and it was perfect for about a year following the second cataract surgery. Then I had the successive detachments a year apart from each other and never came all the way back from the second one.
Yep, we have the same eyes, especially now that you have premature cataracts. At least this time it’s pretty good news.
Make sure you do your research on the doctor who does your cataract surgery and ask about any complications related to your detachments.
