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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3383020" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>My cataract surgery was in 2013, so I don't know if things have changed, but when mine was done, Medicare paid for the surgery, but I had to pay extra for the lenses. I have astigmatism pretty bad in the right eye, so the lens there is designed for focusing anywhere from a foot or two up to about 5 or 6 feet. The lens in the left eye is also a special lens in that it has a "flexing" part of it that works like a membrane moving back and forth. (Don't ask me to explain that.) That eye is for long distance.</p><p></p><p>Basically, the brain is a marvelous thing in that it compensates with the two eyes being focused differently, but still giving one clear vision.</p><p></p><p>I don't remember having to do eye drops so much, but I did a number of times a day, but the drops weren't really expensive. I also don't remember there being any prescription medicine, except perhaps for a pain med that I never needed. I do have reading glasses, but the main time I need to use them is when reading text with some low or kind-of funky lighting. Never had a need for an eye patch.</p><p></p><p>However, the wife sure got tired of doing all the driving, especially with me being a "passenger-seat driver."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3383020, member: 7900"] My cataract surgery was in 2013, so I don't know if things have changed, but when mine was done, Medicare paid for the surgery, but I had to pay extra for the lenses. I have astigmatism pretty bad in the right eye, so the lens there is designed for focusing anywhere from a foot or two up to about 5 or 6 feet. The lens in the left eye is also a special lens in that it has a "flexing" part of it that works like a membrane moving back and forth. (Don't ask me to explain that.) That eye is for long distance. Basically, the brain is a marvelous thing in that it compensates with the two eyes being focused differently, but still giving one clear vision. I don't remember having to do eye drops so much, but I did a number of times a day, but the drops weren't really expensive. I also don't remember there being any prescription medicine, except perhaps for a pain med that I never needed. I do have reading glasses, but the main time I need to use them is when reading text with some low or kind-of funky lighting. Never had a need for an eye patch. However, the wife sure got tired of doing all the driving, especially with me being a "passenger-seat driver." [/QUOTE]
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