Cataracts!? Are you effing KIDDING ME!?.
I’m 34. THIRTY FOUR. And my new eye doctor just told me that the problems I’m having with my vision (glare, night-vision problems) are primarily because they are such a light color, but also because I have CATARACTS.
AND I have problems with my right eye drifting outward.
How the $#@^*( did my last eye doctor not catch this shit?
She says my last eye doctor should be shot because he didn’t do anything for my eye health, he just prescribed glasses.
He didn’t educate me about omega-3’s which I need because I’m female, probably low-thyroid, and light-colored eyes are more prone to drying out. He didn’t tell me that I needed glare-coating on my glasses because I have light-colored eyes and basically live in a brighter, more glaring world than people who have more pigment to protect the insides of their eyes. She did say that I don’t have any sun-damage to the whites of my eyes, so the cataracts are probably an injury from abysmally low estrogen levels after the births of my four children and my thyroid is more than likely low since I had my last baby and that is leading to protein deposits which clump in my lenses.
I’m not happy. I’m really trying not to cry because I went to visit this doctor to try to get contacts for the first time in my life, and I’m wearing them now.
Being able to sit here and read the screen without frames in the way and baby-smudged lenses is really, really wierd.
I’m going to walmart in a little bit to get some eye-drops (she said I had to use the ones that are like real tears, 3 to 4 times a day) and some UV-protective sunglasses.
I really really really really really want some ice cream. But I’m not going to do that to myself. I’m having fish, salad, and pretzel-crisps dipped in roasted-red-pepper hummus. Then I’m going to buy myself a REALLY PRETTY pair of sunglasses because I’ve never had any.
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Wow, I’m so sorry to hear about this. Hang in there, girl! Be glad you have a good doctor now who knows what they’re doing and can help you take better care of your eyes. I also have very light colored eyes, and no one has ever told me about the Omega-3 info or glare coating, either. I am definitely going to check into that myself to prevent problems down the road!
I agree with abajeb. Be so happy that you have found a GOOD doctor. Through many of the health problems I’ve had throughout my life, it has taken me 3 and 4 tries to get the right doctor. I’ll be praying for you, and please don’t eat the icecream…. hahahaha.
Didn’t buy the ice-cream. But I did buy everybody who was with me a pair of UV protective sunglasses - even the toddler. Now I’m drinking a cup of coffee because I freakin’ WANT it when I should be drinking a glass of water.
I’ll go get some water.
I’m happy you have a good doctor now. I can only imagine how you feel about finding out you have cataract at such a young age.
Great purchase with the UV protective sunglasses and great job not getting the ice-cream.
If it’s of any help, my mom had cataract surgery and it was a breeze. No problems and she said the clairity of her vision afterwards is amazing. Whatever it takes - take care of them eyes and yourself. And, if you really, really need ice cream - blue bunny sells a low fat single serve variety (at least here in Wisconsin) that is only 120 - 140 calories. Only buy one though. Or Baskins Robins if you have them has new low cal low fat stuff - get yourself one scoop. A treat - when controlled - once in awhile is not a bad things. ((((HUGS))))
I won’t be getting surgery for several years - they don’t do that until it impacts your vision in such a big way that glasses or contacts don’t help anymore.
I’m just a little nearsighted, have a slight astigmatism, and apparently now enough of a cataract to cause some blurring and some problems with lighting.
No big deal - I’ll live - it’s not the end of the world, it just freaked me out a little because I didn’t expect it. At least not for about 20 more years.
Thanks for being there for me.
Oh and the treat: I ended up sticking a chocolate-cherry cobbler in the oven this evening so I at least had to put the work in to MAKE the goodie to GET the goodie. And the kids will eat most of it so I don’t have to worry about overindulging.
Oh, and then there’s the “drift.” Apparently my right eye doesn’t align, but since the drift is left to right and not up and down, it’s not a big deal.
Sigh.