It has been a while since I posted anything on my blog so now is the time. Today was an interesting day as I finally decided it was time to visit an ophthalmologist to discuss my vision issues. This summer it will be 15 years since I had LASIK done on both eyes. Several years I
blogged about the experience after a few years had passed. For around 99% of the people who have it done it is a great thing. That was not my case. It could be worse as I knew many people in Saudi who got RK surgery done by the man who invented it. The ophthalmologist told me today that the people he sees that had RK done on their eyes have the most problems with starbursts (not eating the candy but in their vision) and bad night vision. My big deal is that I almost failed my driver's license vision test last fall. The other problem is that I don't see well at all when I am tired or driving at night. Watch out if I am tired and it is night as then I should probably not be driving. Another reason for visiting an ophthalmologist is that my mother has very bad glaucoma and since it is hereditary I need to watch for it. The good news is that I don't have glaucoma as the pressure in my eyes is just right. The ophthalmologist said that people who had RK complain about fluctuating eye sight like I do so he was a bit perplexed why I would have such issues as well. He did not get to the real reason but he did find out that I am developing cataracts in both eyes. I thought only old people had that problem, but I guess that is a sign that I need to wake up as I am old. The following images, one for each eye, prove that I have cataracts, besides just being cool photos. The primary reason in creating this post is just to show off these super fine charts...
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