There are no guarantees in life.

You can make lots of plans for the future.  Sometimes the plans need to be postponed or cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances  such as health, finances, relationships, work etc.

Three years ago an optician told me that I had an early stage Cataract in my right eye. I wasn’t surprised because my mother had surgery for cataracts. The optician at the time said we will monitor it.

March 2018 I had moved to another location and had to see a new optician . He agreed that there was early evidence of a cataract developing and told there was nothing to worry about. I came away without being told to have it reviewed in 6 months and in actual fact there  follow-up was offered or recommended.

During the last 6-8 months I have been experiencing blurriness in the peripheral of both eyes. I have been cleaning…