Long story short- my wife has been driving nights and I have been driving days since April last year. We now split the time equally regardless of day/night.
Long story long- and I retired from the military in 2015 I was told I had snowflake cataracts due to exposures to a few things. although my eyes I had degraded some, I was still correctable to 2020 with glasses, no problem. Last year when we started driving trucks, I noticed my night vision wasn’t quite up to snuff, I was getting light halos and motion seem to really speed up at night. After arguing with VA, and paying for a civilian consultation. I finally convinced them to do cataract surgery on both my eyes on January 3. Yes both eyes had the cataract surgery on the same day. we took a week off to rest and heal, and then started driving again.
The results have been dramatic. The only glasses I need now are 1.25 readers now for up close vision. the halos and fast night motion are a thing of the past. I now have zero issues driving at night And my wife is allowed to join the living during the day again.
if you’re contemplating cataract surgery, I highly recommend it.
My wife is a vampire trucker no more!
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Mom had hers done this past summer. They were slow to heal and she was cranky as hell but they finally healed up.
Had mine checked and said I've got the beginnings of em.Flat Earth Trucker, YardMule89, Last Call and 1 other person Thank this. -
Eye surgery is a scary thing to me. I'm glad it all worked out so well for you.
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Wouldn't be surprised if in a week she says you can have days back. Night Driving= Open Fuel Lanes, No commuter Traffic, All the Mega Idiots and Flip Flop crowd are parked, Scales Closed, and have you ever noticed you've never seen one of those 100 vehicle pileups at night, no matter how bad the weather is.
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I was told 2 yrs ago I had a left eye cataract but was recommended that I wait till it was larger. Well that time has come. Vision appears a bit cloudy so we will start looking at eye surgeons.
Can probably pass my dot physical due next month so will most likely wait till after that just in case it doesn't take.Nahbrown, YardMule89, austinmike and 1 other person Thank this. -
I'm a wimp when you talk someone with a scapal slicing near my eyes or my family jewels !
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Did someone say Vampire?
I had lasic almost 10 years ago. Not a single regret!Magoo1968, RockinChair, Flat Earth Trucker and 3 others Thank this. -
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