All kindsa good stuff!

Yeah, looks like cataracts here, too. When I was having my eyes examined for new glasses, my ophthalmologist said that he could detect the very beginnings of cataracts. Although, he said, I probably wouldn't have to worry about it for ten or fifteen years. But that was a good twenty years ago. Some years later, I had my eyes checked again by his son, who had taken over the practice when his father retired. I mentioned the possibility of cataracts; he checked, and said that he couldn't really see any signs of such. So, whoopee!!

But I know my eyes have deteriorated over the years, and last time I had my eyes checked (new glasses again, different ophthalmologist), he said yes, definitely, and that I would probably have to do something about them in a year or two.

Symptoms:   not double vision, but things at a distance have a sort of fuzzy, extra edge. And—there is one small, red light (LED) on the front of the telephone/television/internet cable box about eight feet across the room from me right now, and with my glasses off, it turns into six small red lights in a sort of circle. Also, with my glasses off, it's a bit like looking at the world through a dirty window.

All the signs, I'm afraid. But, wotthehell! I was 79 on my last birthday!

Definitely a candidate for the Large Print Edition.

Don Firth