If not for modern medical science, I would be blind. Ten years ago today, the retina in my left eye detached. A piece of plastic was sewn onto the top of that eye, and the vitreous was removed.
Within a few months, both of my eyes developed cataracts, and I now wear the ultimate contact lenses — internal ones. They’re fixed focus, with one eye better for close-up sight and the other optimized for long distance vision.
But now there’s a promising new cataract replacement technology under development. It’s coming too late for me, but for those of you who have yet to experience the world in amber, you’re in luck.
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It’s a very nasty procedure, with examples on YouTube.
What price eye see? To much for me! Even with that, I’d be begging them for a vitrectomy since you keep raving about how nice it is to see sans floaters! My left eye is so jammed with them I might as well have cataracts.