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After my father passed away, I inherited some money. I had cataract surgery on my eyes. Basically it’s just a lense replacements. It was $5000 per eye, it was the best money I’ve ever spent besides my vehicle, that I paid cash for. So I don’t have a car payment now. But I digress…
If anybody has any money stashed away, I highly recommend getting your lenses replaced. It’s been about seven years now, and I can see perfectly. I can read print on medication bottles and packaging at Walgreens. Or otherwise…
I will never regret spending that money on my eyes. It’s been the gift that keeps on giving. I highly recommend.
PS what they did for me is something called mono vision. One eye is for up close and the other one is for far away. So I don’t need bifocals. But I think you have to have a certain type of vision discrepancy for that. Just saying.
Thanks for sharing your experience getting cataract surgery. I'm ready! I have been putting off reading books, Bible and doing crafts.
I highly recommend it! Just make sure you find a really really good doctor so you get quality care. I am so grateful that I was able to afford to get my eyes done. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself besides fixing my teeth. Lol.
There's a local eye doctor and one in Raleigh. I plan to meet with both to help me decide which one to use. Funny thing is I put it off this long because I didn't want to have anesthesia with the extra weight. IDK why I thought it would be safer for smaller person. Anyone can have complications. Fast forward a year and I've had three emergency surgeries in a month. Guess I didn't need to wait after all.
To answer your question yes. I went to Perkins and Delaney in Arizona. He’s one of the best eye doctors in the west.
Anyway, yes, they will just replace your lenses. I did not have cataracts. They do one at a time, and once the eye heels then they will do the other eye. It takes a couple weeks or so, to get both done.
You’re awake, but not really. They put you under sedation, but it literally takes less than five minutes for the whole procedure.
The monovision you cannot tell any difference. Your brain calculate everything for you. The only way you would know a difference is if you were to close one eye, right or left. My left eye is up close small print, my right eye is far away vision. I don’t know what the technical term is for all that. I guess it just depends on what your personal vision is though. That’s just what I qualified for and what worked for me.
Anyway, back in the day it was $5000 an eye. But to this day, I have no regrets. My vision was so bad, I had to wear contacts and glasses to drive. Always had an eye infection and just irritable eyes.
With all the money that people spend on frivolous things, just putting a few dollars away each month, and saving up would be worth every penny. I don’t have to worry about contacts anymore, losing glasses, finding glasses, and just the overall frustration of feeling inadequate when you can’t read some thing when you need to.
This is the office I went to. It’s been almost 7 years now, and I could still see better than most people. I’ll be 60 this year so I think I’m kind of kicking ass in the eye department.
https://www.goodeyes.com/eye-centers/mesa/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=clinic-mesa&utm_content=website