On 3/17/2016 11:31 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-03-17 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I think it's great my aunt was able to do things such as ceramics even
>> though she couldn't see much. She also refinished furniture. She never
>> let her blindness get her down. Sadly, about six months after her last
>> lasic cataract surgery (she could SEE again for the first time in nearly
>> 40 years) she died of a heart attack. She didn't get to enjoy her sight
>> very long.
>
>
> Bummer. It is a shame to go though something like that and not be able
> to enjoy it for very long.

Yeah, what a bummer! I remember Aunt Jean called me on the phone... she
had had multiple surgeries on her eyes over the years and finally said
NO! I've had enough! Don't mess with my eyes! This doctor said, "You
don't understand... I think I can help you." Her friend who drove her
to the doctor talked her into it.

She called me up, OMG Jill, I can see! You can't imagine how sad I was
to hear she died six months later. I got a Christmas card from her that
was postmarked the day she died. That was kind of creepy. One minute
she was writing out cards, put them in the mail, then she died.

> My wife had cataract surgery a year and a
> half ago, and a few months later she had a retinal hemorrhage in one
> eye, and then two months later a detached retina in the other. Luckily,
> it was caught in good time and she had it repaired. Recovery was a
> bitch. She had to sit or lie face down for 10 days. She regained 20/20
> vision. Not everyone does.
>
My still living 93 year old aunt had detached retinas in both eyes a
couple of years ago. She had to lie face down for over a week. She's
lucky one of her sons lives close enough (and cared enough) to check on
her every day and help her out.

Jill