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So, most of my surgery plans for 2025 fell through. Ended up with a pacemaker that I'm not happy with and a left knee replacement that I'm working getting redone as it was poorly done.

But first: I'm having cataract surgery in January on both eyes (two weeks apart). I'm very hopeful that it will improve things. I see fine but never have enough light, especially when working on bikes.

My right shoulder is still not fixed which is hampering me a LOT and I'm still limping on my left foot. I have rehab'ed my left shoulder pretty well so it doesn't hurt, but I need to protect it so it doesn't get bad again.
 
Something they don't make clear when replacing lenses with artificial ones due to cataracts is that the natural lens has the ability to focus while the replacement ones are fixed focus and can be either near or far focus requiring glasses for the other. You may want to keep one eye natural. My eye doctor (who obviously only had dollar signs in her eyes) didn't advise me of this and offered to replace my perfectly good one extolling the benefits of built-in corrected vision without mentioning the down side.
 
hhh said:
Something they don't make clear when replacing lenses with artificial ones due to cataracts is that the natural lens has the ability to focus while the replacement ones are fixed focus and can be either near or far focus requiring glasses for the other. You may want to keep one eye natural. My eye doctor (who obviously only had dollar signs in her eyes) didn't advise me of this and offered to replace my perfectly good one extolling the benefits of built-in corrected vision without mentioning the down side.
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Unfortunately, I have no good eye. I can see OK with both but need much more light and it's getting worse.

I've done quite a bit (hopefully enough) due diligence on it. I was offered a lot of options.
1) Insurance covered, no cost, surgeon with a knife, need close and distance glasses afterwards.
2) No insurance coverage, surgeon with a knife, need either close or distance glasses but not both, astigmatism not fixed
3) No insurance coverage, surgeon with a laser, astigmatism not fixed and need glasses for that but not for close or distance.
4) No insurance coverage, surgeon with a laser, astigmatism fixed and no need for glasses.

#4 is $10,772 per eye. Having the eye with the worst fogging and astigmatism done first. If not happy, won't do the other.

I had a long discussion on the good and bad of each. I'm still freaked out by being more or less forced into a pacemaker which appears to be slowly killing me - long story - my trust level is way down on doctors!
 
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