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jan rohrbough

cataracts

I am 57 and I have worn glasses for nearsightedness for 51 years. A couple years ago my dr said he couldn't make my glasses any stronger for my difficulty seeing distance, but he didn't say why and I was too shocked to ask why. Last year he told me I needed cataract surgery. Again I was shocked. I was sure I was too young for this, but my distance vision was not good so I had the surgery including implants. 2 months ago I got my D diagnosis, but I had not been tested since 2003- - so how long I have actually had D , I don't know. My night vision did not improve. Driving at night in strange places is out of the question. What I am wondering is if any of these problems is related to Diabetes. Anybody else have similar problems? Now that I have been D diagnosed for only 2 months, is it time for a dr appt?

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Lauren Permalink Reply by Lauren on February 27, 2008 at 12:09am
(sorry for this reply being so belated) So...three years ago I went to see my eye doctor (my dad) because I thought I would just need glasses to be able to read the board in class. Turns out I had cataracts (at 17! yikes!)...which later led to my diabetes diagnoses. Anyways, I have the same problems as you with night driving, but I still think you should probably go get it checked out by the doctor. For me some "film" or something started to grow over the lens implant (apparently because that's how it was "healing" itself) which made my eyesight worse for a little while, but they fixed that with some laser-thing. The laser procedure didn't take very long at all and there wasnt really any recovery time needed. So, definitely get it checked out if you can.

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