Getting Cataract Eye Surgery Done
Hey everyone, welcome back. Duke Teynor here.
So today I'm talking about something that caught me completely off guard— getting eye surgery. Specifically, cataract surgery. Now, if you're like Iwas a few months ago, you probably think cataracts are something that happensto your grandparents when they're 80 years old, right?
Wrong.
Turns out, cataracts can develop earlier than you think. And if you'vebeen noticing your vision getting blurry, halos around lights at night, orcolors looking faded... you might want to pay attention to this.
Let me tell you what I learned — because nobody really talks about thisuntil you're sitting in that doctor's office wondering what the hell justhappened.
So here's how it started for me.
I'm driving at night, and suddenly every headlight coming toward me lookslike a starburst. Like someone smeared Vaseline on my windshield. I'msquinting, leaning forward, trying to see the road clearly.
During the day, everything looked... I don't know... muted? Like somebodyturned down the saturation on life. Colors weren't as bright. Reading smallprint became harder. I kept thinking I just needed new glasses.
Then I'm working on music in the studio, and I realize I can't read thetext on my screen clearly anymore. That's when I knew — something's actuallywrong.
Now, here's what I didn't know: cataracts don't just happen to elderlypeople. They can develop from:
If you're over 40 and noticing vision changes — get it checked. Don't dowhat I did and wait six months convincing yourself it's no big deal.
So, I finally go to the eye doctor, and after all the tests — the puff ofair in your eye, the letter charts, the dilation drops that make you look likeyou're on something — the ophthalmologist sits me down.
"You've got cataracts forming. Both eyes."
And I'm sitting there like... I'm not even 60 yet. How is this happening?
