I carry a little, flexible magnifying glass in my wallet, about the size of a credit card. I already wear contact lenses so I don't want to wear reading glasses too.
My Eye Doc said I have the beginning of them....."When you look at traffic lights at night, do you see Circles of Light? Or starbursts of light." The cataracts cause the starburst effect.
I always wore Very Dark sunglasses....blue eyes. I wear them less now and bright light doesn't bother me as much.....the Cataracts are causing this.
The Ice Cream Lady Wet her drawers........To see you in the Passion Playyyy eeee - I. Anderson
"It's kind of like deciding not to date a beautiful blonde anymore because she farted." - Top Cat
I was expecting to be kinda meh, but it made my nips stiffen - Jerjo
(Zamran) "that fucking thing man . . . it sits there on my wall like a broken clock " - Helix
Social Media is the "Toilet" of the Internet - Lady Gaga
How many here have had Lasik and what has been your experience?
I'm 74 and had a complete opthalmology exam less than a year ago. I too, like Buddhabreath, have transitions trifocals and love them.
Don't start worrying about cataracts yet, Luigi. I was told I don't even have the beginnings of them yet, so it is not an inevitably.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
I wear transition / bifocal (or whatever they are called) contact lenses most of the time, when not wearing glasses. My eyes are definitely getting worse and the contacts are not working as well as they used to, especially while driving at night. I am due for another eye exam this spring, so we'll see where it goes from here.
Yup, driving at night getting exponentially harder & harder as you age is unfortunately a given for 90% of geezer people, regardless of gender.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
I used to drive from Boston straight through the night to Chapel Hill for ProgDay starting at around 3 pm then getting there by 10 the next morning. No more; driving at night was getting harder and more stressful. Now I leave earlier, take my time, visit here and there, and then stop for the night. Much better.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
My issue with driving isn't bad night vision or fatigue. It's problems with my hips and back. About the max I can drive at one shot is 6 hours. When I was in my 20s and still in the service, I had a whole weekend off so I took off from the NJ coast on a Sat morning, drove to Ohio, visited w/my parents & friends, and drove back Sun morning. Didn't faze me in the least. Nowadays, a 10+ hour drive would have me virtually bedridden for half a day.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
I switched from bifocals to trifocals just after 50, and hated them. Trifocals are the reason I switched to multifocal contacts.
Cataract surgery is still pretty recent (5 weeks, 3 weeks) so I expect my vision will settle down over the next few months. But for now, lens flare is worse than it was with cataracts. That may be due to the lens design, which has several focal lengths in concentric rings. I don't think it will interfere with night driving, but I haven't been out at night since daylight savings. Had some night driving with one eye corrected, and the flare was noticeable but didn't feel like a problem. Multifocal contacts also had flare, so I'm used to it. But I can read and work without glasses, and have pretty decent distance vision, so I'm really happy with the cataract surgery results.
I think the subtext is rapidly becoming text.
For whites (other races a bit lower until 70 when the gap increases), the percent who get cataracts:
50 to 59... 10%
60 to 69... 20%
70 to 74... 40%
75 to 79... 50%
80+......... 70%
Women are twice as likely to get cataracts as men.
https://nei.nih.gov/eyedata/cataract
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I've been taking Tru Niagen every morning for the past two months and definitely notice an increase in energy & focus.
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no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
I haven't taken Niacin in a long while. I can't find the old Niacin that makes you hot and flushed anymore. I know most people can't stand that about Niacin tablets but I love it. The endorphin rush is great.
I can't find the old Niacin
I don't like the flush effects either, I used to buy it at Walmart. I assume they still carry it.
Niagen (NR) is different and doesn't induce flushing.
I like the flushing. My doctor thinks I'm crazy.
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