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Does Not Want Cataract Surgery

Posted on January 24, 2012, 1:41 pm by Dr. Sally Aldayeh

Posted in Cataracts

Edo wrote:

i am 68, i have congenital cataracts; according to the optometrist, my vision has changed little and he did not think it necessary to give me a new prescription for stronger lenses and referred me to an ophthalmologist. i know eventually i will need cataract surgery. my reading eyesight has deteriorated and i read with my prescription glasses coupled with an enlarging glass. i know there are reading glasses that are stronger than mine. why can i not get them prescribed so i can read without having the cataract surgery done? i do not want the surgery at this time - or ever. and i know, i have read and heard so many people tell me there is nothing to it. but i still will have to set foot in a hospital and that is where you pick up all this weird stuff. (i used to work there and also i was a member of the local hospital board years ago)

Dr. Sally Aldayeh's response:

Hi Edo,
Your cataracts are causing you problems reading at near, Reading glasses (magnifiers) are limited, eventually you will have to couple it with a magnifier. But even reading glasses plus a magnifier can eventually ONLY do so much. Cataracts are a blinding condition, which can only be treated with surgery. Good luck Edo

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