I can see!

Few years ago, getting the annual eye checkup I was told I had a cataract in one eye, other one eventually.   Of course the first thing one thinks of is "I thought this was for old folks?"  Then you realize two things.  We are getting older and secondly I learn, 9 out of 10 of us by age 65, will have cataract issues.

My dad a few years back (he's in his mid 80s) had both eyes with cataracts surgically removed and he was ecstatic.  He'd had glasses his entire adult life and now for the first time, his eye sight was great!   They put in new lenses and a lot of folk's problems are solved. Told me it was painless, etc so I had zero concerns going into this.

Over the last two years I've had to wear my glasses at night while driving.  My depth perception has been affected and on a motorcycle at high rates of speed, it can fuck with you a lil bit.  Felt like I was losing my mojo riding, especially at night. So early last week I went in for surgery to get things in check.  Upon return I made a post  on Social Media about it and was surprised a lot of my friends had the same thing...   most when they were way  younger...  40s, and 50s, for various reasons. Huh... didn't see that coming.

Only catch to all this is Insurance covers it all, but that is for the basic lense options.  I've opted for the 'supa dupa' option and that's an additional $4k per eye... but .. .I plan on getting 25+ more years of use out these damned things and well worth it!

Well, we head to Dallas for the surgery and I'm not really concerned due to how they explained it'd all work. I check in, then back to a room with a surgical table set up , but over to the side is a chair with some contraption.  They put some type of rubber deal around my eye that holds in fluids, put about a shot glass of fluids in there with my head back and I'm now looking through some device and getting a psychedelic show for a minute or two in that eye.  What I didn't know at the time was that was a laser, that is abasically breaking up the cataract itself.  Then, over to the surgical table, IV in the arm, they give me some drugs and ......  yeah.... out.  

I emerge from the room and Lucy is like "damned that was quick!".  From going in there to leaving ... thirty minutes flat.   They tell, me to take some eye drops 4 times a day, don't rub the eye, no swimming , etc, etc.. but ..that's it.  Within two days I'm on my motorcycle (with a full face shield of course) and ...   no issues.  Went in two days ago for a checkup, and have the other eye scheduled for next month!

As I type this I've got a pair of lower power readers on but i can see/read the screen without them.  Everything else farther away, almost perfect with no glasses. Guessing after next months surgery ...   everything ....  will look amazing!