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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 690072" data-attributes="member: 18958">I went to an opthamologist several months ago and was diagnosed, too. I was shocked. *What did I think, I was bionic? Over the past year my vision seems worse and worse. Up until recently I had only noticed the change in needing progressively stronger, readers. Now distance is affected--the TV is blurry.For maybe 6 years I have had fear driving at night, particularly on dark highways, with headlights approaching. (I live in a place where just out of town it is country, and there are no streetlights.) I had never related this night vision thing to cataracts.The eye doctor said that people in their 60's like me, need 10x as much light at night in order to see, but that it varied person to person, how bad it was. He was my age and said he did not have this night vision problem but his wife who was 10 years younger, did.I am now going back to work, it seems. I work long days. 10 hours. With summer, it will not be a problem, because of the long days. But by October, it will be dark when I leave home and dark when I leave work. The entire drive (45 min) is through deserted country roads. I am fearful. I believe that M would drive me and pick me up, but I do not think I will have the confidence to drive myself in the dark. Especially with rain. I am getting scared already.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 690072, member: 18958"] I went to an opthamologist several months ago and was diagnosed, too. I was shocked. *What did I think, I was bionic? Over the past year my vision seems worse and worse. Up until recently I had only noticed the change in needing progressively stronger, readers. Now distance is affected--the TV is blurry. For maybe 6 years I have had fear driving at night, particularly on dark highways, with headlights approaching. (I live in a place where just out of town it is country, and there are no streetlights.) I had never related this night vision thing to cataracts. The eye doctor said that people in their 60's like me, need 10x as much light at night in order to see, but that it varied person to person, how bad it was. He was my age and said he did not have this night vision problem but his wife who was 10 years younger, did. I am now going back to work, it seems. I work long days. 10 hours. With summer, it will not be a problem, because of the long days. But by October, it will be dark when I leave home and dark when I leave work. The entire drive (45 min) is through deserted country roads. I am fearful. I believe that M would drive me and pick me up, but I do not think I will have the confidence to drive myself in the dark. Especially with rain. I am getting scared already. [/QUOTE]

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