Cataracts Treatment

Question by Jake F: Should I get prescription reading glasses?
I really don’t know what to do.

Since I was 11 (14 years ago as I am now 25) or maybe younger I have been wearing glasses. The problem, if indeed it is one, is that during that entire period I have been wearing my distance glasses for absolutely everything including extremely close work and reading music.

Thus, I believe that both sides of my vision are bad. Reading street signs even with my distance glasses is tough, and yet if I take them off I can’t read this computer screen.

If I get reading glasses, will it take some of the strain off of my eyes? (I am referring to the notion that reading with reading glasses would be better than reading with distance glasses.)

What I don’t get is that, when I tell an optician (optometrist? whoever does the eye exam at the eyeglasses store…) that they are for distance, they don’t pick up that since I walked in wearing them that I am wearing them for absolutely everything and that that might be a bad thing.

I asked her about reading glasses and she said “oh you’re still young and you should let your eyes focus naturally while reading” but I forgot to tell her that they are already crap since I have been wearing my distance glasses for everything, and so you should give me reading glasses because that’s what I came here for. But instead I just sheepishly took her comment and ended up leaving with, well, not what I wanted or what I thought I needed.

So basically should I get prescription reading glasses and would it help me?

(The ones at the checkout counter at the drug store don’t work for me, probably because I also have a stigmatism.)

And no, for the time being I am opposed to surgery unless they can knock me out at the door and have me wake up without remembering it. But supposedly they can’t know you out because your eyes move uncontrollably.

I have seen videos of the surgery where they are holding your eyes open with clamps, and I think it is also necessary to do so for laser surgery. I’m not letting anything like that near my eyes if I’m aware of it. And if they have to tie you down to the bed to keep you from batting the doctor’s hands away, then that’s akin to torture. (And even if they tell you that you won’t be able to see it, that’s not true either. A friend of my mom’s had cataract surgery and he could see the curved needle coming down to sew up his eye even though he couldn’t feel it.)

But supposedly they have to keep you aware because, if they out you to sleep, your eyes move all around and they can’t do the surgery.

Well, sorry if this turned into a flaming rant but I will leave it this way to show how concerned and/or scared.

Best answer:

Answer by Thiective
No problem, as for moving your eyes while sleeping is called rapid eye movement, or REM. Here is an easy solution, get your eyes checked by an optician at a store which sells glasses, at a clinic, not so sure about the drug store, or at the hospital. From there, the optician or the employees will tell and prescribe the prescription glasses you need. The reason I suggested this is because I was worried on whether I need to use glasses or not, turns out on one side its 0 while the other is 25. My cousin isn’t so lucky and she has 50 and 50 on both sides, and we’ve suggested to get her glasses after seeing an optician. As for the laser surgery, I guess its not all that bad, as long as you look good wearing glasses, in my personal opinion, don’t take it, my dad did, and it took me one or two years to get used it, since he looks more better with the glasses on.

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Question by michael: how much should a cataract surgery cost?

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Answer by ◄|| G ||►
Depends which doctor you go to. Depends which country you do it at. Depends which currency you are using…………….. I would guess rough estimate and most common in the United States around $ 5000

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Question by ineedhelp: what should I expect when getting an ocular CT?
Dr has no idea why I’m seeing glare, lights blur or create starbursts both day and night… so I’ll be getting an OCT. He said I don’t have glaucoma or cataracts and that’s a good sign…What kinds of eye problems require oct scans? What should I expect when getting it?

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Answer by ☮☮☮the world is mean☮☮☮
expect the worst mwha hahaha HA!!!!!!

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Question by Love Machine: When should I tell the OD?
When should I tell the optometrist that I am currently no longer a patient of her practice?
I like her but the ophthalmologist drives me nuts.

I am taking my mom to see the optometrist tomorrow for eye measurements before CATARACT surgery.

When should I tell the optometrist that I am no longer a patient in her office?

She knows me, my family and that’s why I am hesitant.
Two weeks ago, I gave her, the optometrist, a children’s book for her and her young kids.
She wrote a thank you card and mailed it.
She and her kids really loved the book.
She signed the card without her title of Dr.
What should I say to her?

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Answer by ♣Ireland♣
If she doesn’t ask, do tell! If she does, just say you wanted to try another one out.

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Question by Wendyw: Should I have my poodle put to sleep?
I have a poodle who will be 17 years old July 13th. She sleeps all day and then moans all night. She can eat and drink but pees and messes all over the floor to the extent that we had to put her in a cage. We really don’t have room in our current home for this but we couldn’t let her ruin the carpets in the house. We have recently purchased another home and will be moving there in July. My husband said she can’t stay in the house….only in the yard. He has been very patient with her thus far but she is causing stress for us all. Plus we have two children…a 4 year old and a 9 month old. I really love my dog and cry every time I think of putting her to sleep. She is too old to start staying outside…we are from the south and it gets too hot in the summer. I think she doesn’t know who I am sometimes but does at others. She is deaf and had cataracts on both eyes but she still gets around great. Any suggestions?

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Answer by Trouble’s Mama
It sounds like it may be time.. I’m sorry..

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