People over 50 take note - I just had emergency eye surgery

[RebelOne]

58. I had cataract surgery on both of my eyes this month.

I had gone to an eyeglass center for an examination so I could get glasses. I totally flunked the examination. The doctor than asked me if I had heard of cataracts. Yup, sure had. Well, that was my problem.

I then went to an eye clinic for another examination and that confirmed I had cataracts.

So March 4, I had surgery on my left eye and the right eye was done 2 weeks later. And what is amazing is that the surgery was completely painless and I was partially awake during the procedure. The only pain I felt was when the nurse stuck the needle for the IV into my hand.

It is like a miracle. To borrow the words from a song: "I can see clearly now. The rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way."

The only problem is that I used to be nearsighted, but now I am farsighted. My eye surgeon said that is very common. He wrote me a prescription for eyeglasses to correct the problem.

Fortunately, I have Medicare, so that covered 80% of the cost, but unfortunately, I don't have supplemental insurance, so I had to pay about $600 out of pocket. That wasn't bad because if I hadn't had Medicare, I could never have paid for the surgery.