Bear-cano

Hey, interesting story. I posted mine here as well. Interesting that they delayed surgery. I've been under the impression that with my pediatric (or congenital) cataracts, my vision as likely to get worse if they weren't operated on. Though the operation = removing the lens so I was left with pretty bad vision. (To be clear when they remove your lenses as a baby they tend not to put fake ones in their place til adulthood... or at least when i was a baby this was the case.

Anyway, is the blind spot the only way your vision is affected?

I'm also affected by my brain not really being able to stitch the images brought by each of my eyes together perfectly. I'm always favoring one or the other, though this is mostly done subconsciously like controlling which nostril you breath out of. Anyway, it kind of feels like your blind spot and effects my ability to focus on one thing sometimes, especially in darker environments where I'll get some double vision type stuff going on. It's not really debilitating but can be kind of obnoxious. Any experience with that?

Hey, I had cataracts in both eyes as a baby and had two cataract surgeries (lenses removed) when i was about 18 months old. I'm 28 now and just in the last year have gotten lens implant surgery in both eyes, which has corrected for most of my vision problems. I've gone from really terrible vision (roughly 10+ Rx in both eyes) to ~20/30 vision in both eyes... not great in low light and stuff but I get around fine. I wear reading glasses now most of the time I'm at my computer or reading and otherwise don't really need glasses. It's been really life changing. And reading this post and seeing other people's experiences has been cool too.

My eyes look more or less normal to others, though the pupil in my left eye was a little high of center on my iris. And I also had some strabismus, which is like being a bit cross eyed as well. Though through these recent surgeries and one other in college most of those issues are taken care of.

I'm curious what your vision is like. How do you see? Glasses or contacts help? Are you considering any treatments, or are there any possible?

I've spent a decent amount of my life being stressed out about my eyes for a bunch of reasons. How do you feel?

wow that's awesome! i'm to about 20/30 with retro-active lens implants now... also challenges in glare, dark, etc. but overall considering i could easily be fully blind i'm pretty happy. so great that you took care of it and have great vision!