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GiqueCee

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13. My wife and I were commenting on the snow this morning...
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 10:02 AM
Feb 2025

... up here in central Vermont it's been exceptionally fine, with little, itty-bitty flakes you can barely see. We've got an inch or so right now, but it's still coming down... I think.
I've got a cataract consult coming up. Not wild about anyone going after my eye with a scalpel. What if they have the hiccups? Well, I've been through worse.
There are glasses you can get that reduce the glare of night driving. I'm definitely getting a pair. At our age – I'm guessing you're gettin' up there, too – the pupil doesn't contract as quickly under bright lights, hence the glare and near blindness of driving in the dark. When I find the source I had saved before a power blip erased it, I'll let you know.

Have a nice day!

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We have the whitest snow I've seen in years. [View all] multigraincracker Feb 2025 OP
Congrats! Maninacan Feb 2025 #1
Awesome Duncanpup Feb 2025 #2
I'm still loving mine three years later! marble falls Feb 2025 #3
They put in a lense so I don't need glasses for distance too multigraincracker Feb 2025 #7
Crazy, isn't it, the surgery takes 15 minutes and the acrylic lens is unbelievably clear, only down spot ... marble falls Feb 2025 #8
Gave me an iv and put me out. Remember nothing. multigraincracker Feb 2025 #16
They say that to all of us, and mine looked like they've called her out of a high school volley ball game ... marble falls Feb 2025 #24
I checked out my Surgeon and he is multigraincracker Feb 2025 #25
My doctors at VA have been largely young, but amazingly good! The sytem I am involved with in central ... marble falls Feb 2025 #26
Everyone should be as lucky as us. Two words. multigraincracker Feb 2025 #27
Exactly: everyone should be able to get the care we do. marble falls Feb 2025 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author Topomi Feb 2025 #4
after surgery Topomi Feb 2025 #5
My cataract experience MissouriDem47 Feb 2025 #6
Re driving...cataracts have issues with lights at night. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2025 #9
I too had cataract surgery several years ago giving me mono vision, one eye for close-in vision, the other for distance. Bumbles Feb 2025 #10
Coming up on two years Just Jerome Feb 2025 #11
There are glare reducing glasses you can wear when driving at night. ananda Feb 2025 #12
My wife and I were commenting on the snow this morning... GiqueCee Feb 2025 #13
Didn't have a problem with glad as much as I could multigraincracker Feb 2025 #17
I've got tri-focal safety glasses... GiqueCee Feb 2025 #22
Congratulations! I have a cataract now that needs removing. Please, any tips or advice on what to expect? LiberalLoner Feb 2025 #14
Find a good doctor. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. multigraincracker Feb 2025 #18
Thank you so so much! This cataract is driving me nuts. Everything is blurry. LiberalLoner Feb 2025 #21
Had mine done a couple years ago... MiHale Feb 2025 #15
Thanks. I did go out and followed behind multigraincracker Feb 2025 #19
It was like a block party here... MiHale Feb 2025 #20
Congrats! I get my first eye done on March 4. LuckyCharms Feb 2025 #23
Best of luck and try to follow dr. Orders. multigraincracker Feb 2025 #28
I'm actually scared because... LuckyCharms Feb 2025 #29
I've had a host of eye problems and eye surgery's. multigraincracker Feb 2025 #31
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