I called in at the cataract clinic at the local community hospital last week to check on progress. I'm now on their database and they were just waiting for my file to come over from the Royal Eye Hospital for assessment and organising a date for surgery...can't wait !
Anyone here got any stories about the treatment either to themself or a relative ? I spoke to a couple of our bike club members and their comments were amazing, one guy hadn't realised what colour the carpet was until then. I'm not in the slightest concerned about the treatment, I've suffered over 24,000 laser shots to rectify retinal bleeding, which is now clear. If you can take that, you can take anything ! I'm pretty certain that treatment caused my cataracts.
I understand a plastic lens is slipped into the eye, how do they evaluate the strength of the lens or is that not necessary as the natural, cloudy lens is no longer there. I know there is a private operation where the lens is later heat cured to your particular 'prescription' and I might have gone for that option had my appointment not been close.
Anyway, £3k buys a lot of motoring and boy's toys !
Any part-time eye surgeons out there care to comment ?
Ted
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