Cataracts Treatment

Question by ModelFlyerChick: Am I at greater risk of getting fired because of this?
As of November 2008 I’ve been missing anywhere from 2 – 4 days every month taking my dad (he’s 71) to eye appointments for cataract & laser surgery. Most of this time was taken as paid vacation days. Anyway, noone mentioned anything to me about FMLA at that time and I thought it was only available to pregnant women. A week ago, HR told me I had to file FMLA paperwork verifying my dad’s condition. I had the paperwork filled out by the doc and turned it in to HR as requested. …and now I’m worried that I actually gave my employer a reason to fire me, especially considering:
1) How slow business is. MUCH slower than normal.
2) There are major changes coming that will remove the in-house created software 100%. I was originally hired to takeover maintaining and upgrading this software. Over the 3+ years I’ve been employed other responsibilities have been added and will continue on as they are part of getting the jobs done.
Yes, I’m in an at-will state.

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Answer by Lauren F
FMLA gives you the right to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to take care of yourself or a family member who has a serious illness. It can be used in a bulk of time, like after a woman delivers a child, or it can be used in smaller amounts of time, like you have. If you apply for and are approved for FMLA, the company cannot fire you for taking leave for these conditions. These are reasonable absences and not a reason to fire you.

However, FMLA won’t protect you if there is a general layoff or shutdown or your product line is no longer sold. So, I would talk with your boss if you think the duties you now perform are at risk of not being needed anymore. It is always good to have a career plan and a way to grow your skills, and this is a good chance to have that discussion.

Simply ask him/her for advice on your skills, what opportunities there might be for training and development, and what other things she/he thinks you might be able to do for the company. Make sure you tell them how happy you are there, and that you want to continue to grow. It is great if you can find something they dislike doing and learn how to do it for them.

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Question by johnny trash: would you rather go blind because of cataracts?
or have me jab forks in your eyes?

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Answer by Lucky
How about if you miss what your aiming for and squirt me in the eyes….?

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Question by K A: my uncle is developing cataracts? can it be because he doesnt get his sleep?
my uncle is developing cataracts. he works at night and sleeps during the day or i should say tries to sleep during the day because he has three little kids that wont let him sleep peacefully so he usually wakes up before getting a good sleep and then he feels pressure on his head and eyes so could this be the reason y he is developing cataracts at the age of 45 only???

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Answer by formerly_bob
Sleep deprivation doesn’t cause cataracts – the cause is usually genetic, damage from exposure to too much UV light, or aging (which doesn’t apply to a 45 yr old). The good news is that the cloudy lens can be replaced with an artificial one that usually gives people better vision than they had when they were kids – often far better than 20-20.

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Question by Ashley Jenkins: My dog cries loud from my boyfriend. im worried because he now has what could be a cataract in his eye?
He’s been living with me and my dog for seven months. I’ve never heard my dog cry the way he does around my boyfriend. It scares me and ill even scream. I don’t do well with loud noises. It’s usually for no reason. But he tries to pick him up and Hell cry as if he’s in pain. I have been getting inflamation of the heart from the stress. Is it possible that my dog developed the eye problem from stress?

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Answer by Zen
err, i have no clue

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Question by chessteachr: If a 79 year old female has a “vitrectomy” because catract fell into eye is that normal?
1st doctor did cataract surgery part of catract fell into the eye(said the middle part was super hard).Then she had to have second surgery”vitrectomy” to remove it.But in 2nd operation her new lens had to be removed.Doctor has this and that excuse.Is that grounds for medical law suit?

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Answer by Jennifer G
Actually, I work doing medical transcription for a group of eye surgeons, and I have seen it before where a piece of the original lens is retained or drops into the vitreous, necessitating the need for a pars plana vitrectomy and lensectomy. This is a risk of the original cataract surgery, but I would get a 2nd, even 3rd opinion if there have been additional complications. The fact that there was a retained lens fragment without additional complications, probably won’t make for a very strong case. (this also happened to my aunt…and they replaced the secondary lens at the time of her vitrectomy)

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