Readers might be wondering why there were no new posts the past two weeks. I had cataract surgery on both my eyes. After my daughter was diagnosed with an eye problem and referred immediately to the eye specialist at the general hospital and several procedures done on her eyes, I went in to see the eye doctor with my other daughter. She was given a clean slate while I found out that I had a cataract in both eyes. I never knew I had them as my vision was good. But under the instruments, it did show that I had them.
If my daughter as a passing remark told me that she saw a shadow in her eye, taking the vision exam by reading the eye chart or optotype at the eye hospital revealed that she had indeed a problem. As for me, my visual acuity passed the mark. It was only when the doctor observed the inside of my eye using instruments that he detected the cataract. The last time I went for an eye examination was in 2012 and it did not show then.
Even after being shown images of my eyes, I could not visualize the extent of my visual impairment. Only after the doctor performed the procedure and showed me the before and after images of my eyes did it astound me.
As cataracts progress, the clumps of protein clouding your lens may turn yellow or brownish. This results in all the light coming into your eye having a yellow tint. It’s almost as though you are wearing “blue-blocker” sunglasses, as advertised on TV, which block blue and violet light. This changes how you see color and reduces your ability to tell the difference between colors. (Source: https://www.healthline.com/health/cataract-symptoms#yellow-tint)
After corrective surgery for cataracts, you may be surprised to see the world with all of its colors again!
I began to wear glasses when I was 15. Now I can do away with them. I have only Agathiyar to thank for bringing us to the Eye Hospital in a timely manner and have us discover the problems that silently lurked behind our eyes. Agathiyar later came to tell us that he had arranged for both of us to undergo the treatment saying உன் விழிகளுக்கு சிகிச்சை அளித்தது நான்தான். I guess he wants us to continue serving him and me to continue blogging hence the reason to speedily correct our eyesight. We have to thank him too for delaying my daughter's participation in a student exchange program with a university in South Korea postponing it to autumn, which has allowed her to undergo her treatment locally prior to leaving.
Thank you Agatheesa.