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Anthony S.
Guest
Hello to everyone, I feel guilty because I know people have
probably written similar questions before, but here goes...
I'm 25 and I recently went to get a new pair of glasses, and
the technician told me that I was in the beginning stages of
having cataracts. It really, really disturbed me, mainly
because the only thing I knew about it was the fact that
eventually it can cause blindness which frankly terrifies
me. I am pretty ignorant on the whole issue of cataracts,
and unfortunatly the optomtrist (sp?) didn't care to answer
the questions I had because he was in such a rush. He was
like, "Oh, everything's fine, you just have the start of a
cataract on your eye." I've been searching the web, but I
end up getting some fairly technical information about how
cataracts come about, and things, but not a great deal of
info on treatment, prevention, and when (or if) surgury is
necessary. In other words, I'm lost and don't know how to
handle the problem. Anyway, my point is just that I'd really
like to hear from anyone with problems like this, as I have
a lot of questions about the problem and don't know if
there's anything to prevent the cataracts from growing, or
get rid of them, etc. I just am scared and probably sound
paranoid by worrying about it, but the thought of blindless
has always scared me very, very much. Thank you _so_ much in
advance for any information or thoughts you could offer. My
e-mail is [email protected] , and anyone can feel
free to message me. Thanks.
Best wishes, Anthony
probably written similar questions before, but here goes...
I'm 25 and I recently went to get a new pair of glasses, and
the technician told me that I was in the beginning stages of
having cataracts. It really, really disturbed me, mainly
because the only thing I knew about it was the fact that
eventually it can cause blindness which frankly terrifies
me. I am pretty ignorant on the whole issue of cataracts,
and unfortunatly the optomtrist (sp?) didn't care to answer
the questions I had because he was in such a rush. He was
like, "Oh, everything's fine, you just have the start of a
cataract on your eye." I've been searching the web, but I
end up getting some fairly technical information about how
cataracts come about, and things, but not a great deal of
info on treatment, prevention, and when (or if) surgury is
necessary. In other words, I'm lost and don't know how to
handle the problem. Anyway, my point is just that I'd really
like to hear from anyone with problems like this, as I have
a lot of questions about the problem and don't know if
there's anything to prevent the cataracts from growing, or
get rid of them, etc. I just am scared and probably sound
paranoid by worrying about it, but the thought of blindless
has always scared me very, very much. Thank you _so_ much in
advance for any information or thoughts you could offer. My
e-mail is [email protected] , and anyone can feel
free to message me. Thanks.
Best wishes, Anthony