We have been home for a couple of weeks now. John has been recovering from having cataract surgery on both of his eyes. It is amazing what Doctors can do these days.
John is completely thrilled with his sight. He says he can see better now than ever before. We did our research and made sure we picked a surgeon that had a lot of experience and was very highly recommended. Your eyes are not an area that you want to go cheap on. Dr. Filutowski does excellent work!
In addition to being able to see better because the cataracts are gone, the new lenses that were implanted are a perfect prescription to give him 20/20 vision. He did decide to go with monovision so that he doesn't have to wear reading glasses. One eye sees perfectly for distance and the other eye sees perfectly for up close reading or computer work. Somehow the brain figures things out and they work together in harmony.
He will wear glasses while driving to give the eye that's used for reading the extra boost to see long distance.
Other than that, he's amazed with how sharp and vibrant everything appears now.
Because we don't have health insurance, we had to pay for the surgery out of our pocket. It ended up costing us right at $7000. John felt really bad about us having to spend the money, but I told him that this is exactly the kind of thing you should spend money on. What could be more important than your health?
And the best news of all, he can see to drive at night now! Thank goodness because I have been doing all of the night driving and that gets old!
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