Getting Old (Page 3): Vitamin A and E have some effect on the eyes and skin. But their use should be limited. These are fat soluble vitamins. What ever your body doesn’t need or use is...

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Horseart wrote:

I have a question for you….

Vitamin A and E have some effect on the eyes and skin. But their use should be limited. These are fat soluble vitamins. What ever your body doesn’t need or use is stored in fats and the liver. There are commercial prep eye drops but this doesn’t seem any more beneficial. Why spend money on needless eye drops that are marginally effective.

jimfl938 Loc: Acworth, GA

A few years ago I had cataract surgery in both eyes and I was able to throw my eyeglasses away. It has been almost 10 years now. Today I am 85 years old. That did not happen for you?

RKastner Loc: Davenport, FL

jimfl938 wrote:

A few years ago I had cataract surgery in both eyes and I was able to throw my eyeglasses away. It has been almost 10 years now. Today I am 85 years old. That did not happen for you?

Nope...Admittedly I could have waited for the cataract surgery. I wasn't that bad, but I was needing glasses. I was 62 then but the doctor that I wanted to do them did my LASIK and I knew I was retiring soon and I knew he would be too. He ended up retiring last year. May I could have gone longer if I had waited but then I'd have been wearing glasses then.

Tote1940 Loc: Dallas

Talk to Ophtalmologist who will do cataract surgery when they are mature and warrant removal
I was lucky, astigmatic and near sighted since childhood, glasses, contacts, bifocals and even reading glasses with contacts!
Mine was able to place implants that give me 20-30 vision past 2 feet, no astigmatuc correction!
Sure need OTC reading glasses and dioptre adjustment on cameras but the world again in sharp focus.
Good luck!

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Scruples wrote:

Vitamin A and E have some effect on the eyes and skin. But their use should be limited. These are fat soluble vitamins. What ever your body doesn’t need or use is stored in fats and the liver. There are commercial prep eye drops but this doesn’t seem any more beneficial. Why spend money on needless eye drops that are marginally effective.

Thanks for the feedback. Some may have thought differently many years ago, but that was then. I wanted to know about now and I knew you'd know.

W9OD Loc: Wisconsin

I would beg to differ about the depth perception. A REAL depth perception test, you would not do well.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Horseart wrote:

Thanks for the feedback. Some may have thought differently many years ago, but that was then. I wanted to know about now and I knew you'd know.

Thank you. Water soluble vitamins are not stored in fat. When you take too much of Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Folic Acid etc. what the body doesn’t need it excretes through the kidney. Taking too much creates very expensive urine.

I am a strong advocate of some is good. More is not better! If any thing, a once daily multi-vitamin with minerals will be so much better than the expensive brand named version for $50.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Scruples wrote:

Thank you. Water soluble vitamins are not stored in fat. When you take too much of Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Folic Acid etc. what the body doesn’t need it excretes through the kidney. Taking too much creates very expensive urine.

I am a strong advocate of some is good. More is not better! If any thing, a once daily multi-vitamin with minerals will be so much better than the expensive brand named version for $50.

I'm glad I asked! Thank you!!!

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

Variation on an old one: "I complained about wearing glasses until I met a blind man."

RKastner Loc: Davenport, FL

agillot wrote:

If it is mostly for reading , Walmart or ? , a pack of 3 for under $ 10 .60 minutes did a show on that , $ 100 frames cost $ 5.00 at the wholesale level , dont be a sucker .

Not just for reading…need for distance vision too.

mhicks49

One week from today I will be three quarters of a century old. I've worn glasses since I was 16. I'm so used to them I don't even think about them. My last pair cost me $631+$88 for the exam. I didn't like the left inflationary influenced cost but I can see well with them and I am thankful. I take the glasses off when I go to bed and put them on when I get up.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

mhicks49 wrote:

One week from today I will be three quarters of a century old. I've worn glasses since I was 16. I'm so used to them I don't even think about them. My last pair cost me $631+$88 for the exam. I didn't like the left inflationary influenced cost but I can see well with them and I am thankful. I take the glasses off when I go to bed and put them on when I get up.

When I turned 75, I thought 3/4 of a century sounded so much worse than 75, but I soon got over it and now, what seems like only a few days later, I am 86 and I'm over that too. How thankful we need to be when we have something that works well for us. It's wonderful.

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

I've worn glasses since I was about 50 and had two cataracts. I just turned 60 nine months ago and in November (?) found out I had basal cell carcinoma between my nose and left eye. Fortunately I was offered (I begged for) a non-surgical option (I likely would have lost my eye) and Medicaid is paying for chemo pills ($10,630/Mo!!!!), which I might have to take forever unless.... The meds have worked fascinatingly well and the doc referred me to a specialist in reducing dosages, which is good because the side effects suck (charley horses, altered taste, hair loss)! Since I also have astigmatisms I STILL have to wear bifocals :(