Hi everyone,

My cataract surgery went incredibly well. I now have 20/20 vision in
both eyes, but thge cataracts were hiding how bad my near vision
(age-related) had become. I'm now using +2.00 power readers for the
computer and +2.50 power readers for the phone.

I will still have to wear glasses with prisms in them for my esotropia
as the prisms change the focal point of light for my eyes, causing them
to relax, and my not getting splitting headaches. I use those glasses
when driving as focusing constantly far afield causes my eyes to wander
and set strained pretty badly.

Now to get a handle on my diabetic retinopathy and I'll be good.

The worst part is the light sensitivity I have right now because I had cataracts for so long and my corneas aren't used to being in full light.

-- Sean

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Re: Surgery
By: digimaus to All on Fri Nov 14 2025 00:18:38

I will still have to wear glasses with prisms in them...

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Mortar M. wrote to digimaus:

I have this image of you facing the Sun and rainbows shooting out of your eyes.

Not so much that but I do see halos around lights at night due to the prisms and there's no way to fix that. You just have to learn how to deal with
them,

Speaking of glasses, I need to ask the eye doctor when I can go get a new prescription for my "regular" glasses.

Right now, I am sitting at Taco Bell using my tiny 12.5" Dell Latitude
E7240 laptop wearing 2.50 power reading glasses and I can see the screen perfectly. So wonderful to have perfect vision again.

-- <8D~



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