Back to wearing glasses - ICK!

[pomtzu]

Karen - you might want to consider polarized lenses rather than just tinted, with all of your eye issues that you already have. Polarized will block 100% of UVB and UVA rays, which can cause permanent eye damage and lead to MD. Tinted offers NO protection against these rays.

Just saying......

[Taz_Zoee]

This thread is making me feel guilty about making a doctor appointment. Looks like I'll be doing that next week.
And maybe I'll get new frames. Maybe that will encourage me to wear them more???

How is the knot in your eye Ellie??

[pomtzu]

This thread is making me feel guilty about making a doctor appointment. Looks like I'll be doing that next week.
And maybe I'll get new frames. Maybe that will encourage me to wear them more???

How is the knot in your eye Ellie??

Cindy - if this thread got you moving toward taking better care of your eyes, then it served than more than just a rant on my part! Once your vision is gone - it can't be replaced! And new frames are more fun than using old ones too - there are so many different styles to choose from that are so attractive and fashionable.

The knot is still sitting there right in the middle of my eyelid. I'm keeping up the hot compresses and massage to try to break it up, but so far it's not working. I really don't want to have it incised - they make an incision on the inside of the eyelid to drain it. Doesn't sound like much fun, but since I had both eyes sliced and diced to remove the cataracts without any problem, then I guess I can do that too.

[Karen]

Cindy - if this thread got you moving toward taking better care of your eyes, then it served than more than just a rant on my part! Once your vision is gone - it can't be replaced! And new frames are more fun than using old ones too - there are so many different styles to choose from that are so attractive and fashionable.

The knot is still sitting there right in the middle of my eyelid. I'm keeping up the hot compresses and massage to try to break it up, but so far it's not working. I really don't want to have it incised - they make an incision on the inside of the eyelid to drain it. Doesn't sound like much fun, but since I had both eyes sliced and diced to remove the cataracts without any problem, then I guess I can do that too.

Gosh, we will say a quick prayers that it dissipates without Sir Jury if possible. Sounds like no fun. Do they have any idea why it happened so you can avoid whatever caused it in the future?

[pomtzu]

Gosh, we will say a quick prayers that it dissipates without Sir Jury if possible. Sounds like no fun. Do they have any idea why it happened so you can avoid whatever caused it in the future?

This is how it was explained to me.........

You have ducts in your eyelid that produce oil, and your natural tears keep it flowing properly. When you have dry eyes as I do (even using moisturizing drops). then your eyes aren't moist enough to keep it thinned out, and it can coagulate and clog the oil duct resulting in a hardened area - the knot. Doc say there is a procedure they can do involving the tear duct so that you retain more of your tears, and that usually is done also when they drain the affected area. Having both procedures done should eliminate any further problem. It's all done in the office and I wouldn't have to go to the surgery center, and he says it's painless. Guess I'll have to take his word for it for now.

[Asiel]

Wow...just caught up to your post now. That sure leaves me wondering what to do about having that other eye done. I had no clue cataracts could come back, probably would never have had the other eye done had I read this last year I can have a go at it once but not if they come back. I don't know why the optometrist said he couldn't give me a stronger prescription instead of having the cataracts removed. I think I'll ask when I go to the eye surgeon for my appt. (in his office) at least they don't throw you in the hopsital for the appt ...idiots. Wonder why no one mentioned the possibility of them coming back..?
Even with the cataracts removed I'll always need polarized glasses if I go out, so I'm beginning to wonder if having the cataracts removed is so necessary.....wouldn't mind if it was done in the office like you, not worse than the dentist...maybe if I'm lucky the hospital will float away
Can you tell the date is looming and I'm having second thoughts...

[mrspunkysmom]

Wow...just caught up to your post now. That sure leaves me wondering what to do about having that other eye done. I had no clue cataracts could come back, probably would never have had the other eye done had I read this last year I can have a go at it once but not if they come back. I don't know why the optometrist said he couldn't give me a stronger prescription instead of having the cataracts removed. I think I'll ask when I go to the eye surgeon for my appt. (in his office) at least they don't throw you in the hopsital for the appt ...idiots. Wonder why no one mentioned the possibility of them coming back..?
Even with the cataracts removed I'll always need polarized glasses if I go out, so I'm beginning to wonder if having the cataracts removed is so necessary.....wouldn't mind if it was done in the office like you, not worse than the dentist...maybe if I'm lucky the hospital will float away
Can you tell the date is looming and I'm having second thoughts...

Having just re-read the thread, I don't think Pom said her cataracts came back. She's having eyelid-tear duct issues with a blocked tear duct (ouch).

Cataracts, as in the whole lens, can't come back. And a stronger presciption won't help. Prescription lenses help focus light as it passes through your cornea and natural lens so that it hits the back of the eye right on. If your lens is clouded with cataract material, light won't get through unimpeded no matter what. Think of a cataract like FOG. We can see light and dark, but the details are not visible.

If the basics of the surgery haven't changed, the doctor cuts a very small hole in the cornea and removes the anterior (front) lens capsule. The contents of the lens capsule is the removed, leaving the posterior lends capsule, hopefully free of lens material. The PC is used as a hammock to seat and secure the lens implant, which I believe is also tied into place in the eye. Months later you are evaluated to see if the cataract material on the PC has grown. If necessary, a laser surgery is performed to cut a hole in the PC so it will fall off and vision will be restored.

I was very young when mine was performed, so there is a possibility of cusping, the lens material growing around the implant.

If your doctor says you need the surgery, you should do it. The lens material clouds over and blocks or distorts light. Colors fade; clarity diminishes. I was unable to drive at night for a long time because all of the lights overwhelmed any night vision.

Believe me when I tell you that the annoyance or anti-reflective lenses with polarizing material is worth the trade for vision. Without it, I, and many others here, would be legally blind. Mine were so bad they were done 6 weeks apart.

You probably don't think you need it now, but wait until the second eye is done.

Good Luck!

[Karen]

Karen - you might want to consider polarized lenses rather than just tinted, with all of your eye issues that you already have. Polarized will block 100% of UVB and UVA rays, which can cause permanent eye damage and lead to MD. Tinted offers NO protection against these rays.

Just saying......

Thanks - all my lenses have had UV protection for as long as it has been available, I will also check about UVB, it may have it, not sure. Thank goodness for plastic polycarbonate lenses. I have always been conscious of being in the sun, and shielding my eyes as well, as even as a child my folks made sure were were careful about that, as I am also very pale ( we all are) and sunburned easily. I'd say I feel like a poster child for skin cancer, but not as bad as Paul, as he's already had some removed, and has annual check for it. Irish skin like his is notoriously vulnerable, even if he has dark hair.

[Alysser]

Man, I didn't know so many people hated contacts. I JUST got them and can't imagine life without them!! I am blind as all heck, so I guess I'll have to deal with glasses again once I get older!! I will admit, some things about them suck. I got hit in the eye by a dogs tail at work (don't ask me how, I was kneeling on the floor and WHACK! a wagging tail came into my eye!) and my contact fell out, I panicked because I didn't have my glasses and had to drive home in the dark with one eye. It was really irresponsible but it worked out ok.

I can imagine how much you'd hate going back to glasses, that truly does suck. I hope the knot clears up soon! Glasses aren't so bad, you might be surprised how fast you get used to them again