Cataracts Getting Worse

Here they wait till the cataract is ready for surgery. It cannot be done before that.

Boy do I commiserate with you @marlina . I was told the same thing last year because the insurance company won't cover the surgery unless you're almost blind as a bat. My appointment is for 5/18.

My husband just went to the doctor to have his eyes checked and discovered that he has cataracts Well, that explains it, he says. Trouble is, it will be at least a year before they can operate, there is such a back log of cases!

My grandmother was suffering from the same many years ago. i think she was in her 70s when she had the surgery.

WHile I know I already have cataracts, I don't think mine are that bad yet. I also have floaters which for me mean that the vitreous in my eye is loose and only holding on by a fiber on my retina. Or at least that's how it was explained to me. I may not end up needing cataract surgery, but something else, but hopefully not for many years yet if at all. The vitreous is usually held on by fibers all around the surface with two main fibers one on the optic nerve and the other the retina. If the one on the retina goes a person goes blind. But, there would be loads of other complications first. I hope you get your cataracts done soon and find like most do that they can see better than they ever did before, unless you already had 20/20 vision before they began to cloud your vision.

If you have a tape player or CD player, get books on CD or Tape at the library. I listen to them while I paint and drive. I have cataracts too. Mine are getting worse too. I changed doctors last year and wasn't happy with the new one. I may have to go back to the old one. My problem with him is he sends people around Lake Ontario for Cataract Surgery. (a two hour drive) why not local? Oh well I will have to do something!

I have been in the same position. I recently had a cataract operation on my right eye and expect the left eye to be operated on next.

I feel for you but I still have my right eye that I see pretty well out of but my left one has a cataract and last time the retinologist refu sed to take it out as he was worried about my good eye. this time Im go ing to as k to be referred to a different eye doc tor.

Good luck, I know that once they become ripe you can get them done, one eye at a time. Its a rather costly procedure. I teased my mother that we would sell hers on kijiji after she passes!

why another year for surgery.It was not ready then?

I see people having this issue, I do hope they are at the point you can just get it over with, so you can see!

Sorry to hear about your eye problem. I hope your eyes okay now.

I hope you get approved for the surgery so you can go back to enjoying a good book!

I hope he can perform the surgery soon so you can see better.Wish you the best.

I had cataract surgery a couple of years ago first one eye then a few months later the second eye. It was difficult to see anything and even then I still had to wear glasses.

Im sorry to hear this. That has to be very difficult for you. Hopefully you can get the go ahead on the surgery soon. My mom had bad cataracts until she got the surgery - now she just needs reading glasses for super upclose things. Let us know howit goes.

I have very bad vision, so I can relate with how important it is to see. I do hope they can make you better. Uncertainty is the worse.

It seems that all of my friends are having it done... and apparently it is a pretty easy procedure!

Cataract operation these days looked so easy; some patients can go home right after it it done.Good luck!

True. Better have it checked before it'll get really worst.I too have difficulty in reading. I am also using eyeglasses even while watching television shows or movies. My father has glaucoma and there are instances that it could be inherited.