Eye Surgeries

I know it amazing how they can operate on eyes now and fix them so you don't need glasses anymore. It is a little scary though as some people have ended up with blurred vision for life. Now my husband is going to undergo cataract surgery on both eyes. One will be just 5 days before his birthday and then they will wait 2-3 weeks to be sure his eye is properly healed before they do the other one. They showed us the tiny little new lense the will put in his eye. It is amazing how small it is. They make the tiniest little slit in the eye and vacuum out the cararact and take out the old lense and put in the new one. You end up with 20-20 vision but they recommend some sort of glasses, probably for reading. You have to be there 3 hours ahead of time, it takes 20 minutes for the surgery and wait an hour after before going home. Kind of a long time but well worth it. Right now he is restricted so that he can't drive at night until his eyes are fixed and this has been very upsetting and traumatic for him. It makes us both understand how older people feel when the take away their license and car keys.