... all of a sudden got big floaters in one eye. I went immediately to my ophthalmologist and he said I had a vitreous detachment, which is fairly common in very near-sighted folks as we get older. It happened to my other eye about a month later. At age 58 I had cataract surgery in both eyes. Since I had weak retinal attachments, glaucoma, and a few other complications I went out and spent 4 days with a very high end, internationally known specialist that practices in Beverly Hills. (He works on the eyes of many movie stars, Brad Pitt was there the first day I was there.) Luckily for me, the doc was an old internet friend from another hobby and he took VERY good care of me. ( I paid almost nothing for the medical procedures, though the 4 nights at the Beverly Hilton and two days of travel both ways made up for it.)
That was in 2007. Since then I have had laser surgery in both eyes for posterior capsule opacity. I'm one of the unlucky 10% that gets such things.
The (probably) good thing is that due to my glaucoma I see the ophthalmologist every 90 days for a checkup and get a full retinal exam every year, so if anything is going on he will catch it. He also mentioned the no boxing thing. 
And since we are both shooters he told me not to shoot any rifles bigger than a .308 Win. due to my weak retinal attachments. At least I feel pretty good that the doc is keeping a pretty close eye on my eyes, and that Medicare and my supplemental insurance covers every bit of it. Not everyone is so lucky.
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