Getting My Eye Checked

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Once a year I have my eyes examined. Every other year, I buy new glasses. Before I hit forty, I didn’t wear glasses at all, but two things in our bodies always know our age. They are our knees and our eyes. Mine knew when I hit forty, and I swear I didn’t tell them. Several years ago I was told that I have a small cataract in each eye. I also learned that people with blue eyes have less sun protection and, therefore, almost always end up with cataracts. I figured out the sun was hard on my eyes when I was a kid. So I started wearing sunglasses when I went outside. My cataracts are very tiny and not blocking my field of vision yet according to my doctor. But lately the vision in my right eye has been a little blurry. I notice this when I read. The eye also feels a little funny. I don’t really know how to describe it, but I’m “aware” of my right eye now. I went back to visit my optometrist, since I figured the problem was with my new glasses. He disagreed and sent me for a CT scan to check the macula. It came back with good news. My macula is terrific. He still doesn’t know what is causing the change in my right eye, so this morning I’ll be seeing (lol) an ophthalmologist to get it checked out. I’m guessing he will find that I have an allergy. Allergies have been bugging my breathing a lot lately. Why should my eyes be any different?