It's a bit annoying. I'm a little ahead of you at 51. When the lens shit hit I was like DAMN IT (and I've always already had glasses since like 5th grade anyway, nearsighted plus astig in one eye).

To be honest, the way I look at it is I've had a few dumb close calls (like near-misses where could have been in a BAD wreck or what have you) so I view every day after 50 with stuff still working more or less as a bonus as I coulda died a few times already. Not sure if this perspective helps or not LOL.

Edit: One interesting thing, I think our brains out-evolved our bodies. I.e. we used to die before everything crapped out generally. Lens hardening never would be thing if living till 30 was old, for example.

It's a bit annoying. I'm a little ahead of you at 51. When the lens shit hit I was like DAMN IT (and I've always already had glasses since like 5th grade anyway, nearsighted plus astig in one eye).

To be honest, the way I look at it is I've had a few dumb close calls (like near-misses where could have been in a BAD wreck or what have you) so I view every day after 50 with stuff still working more or less as a bonus as I coulda died a few times already. Not sure if this perspective helps or not LOL.