Goldfinch
08-06-14, 21:18
Hi, I am not sure if this would be better on the health anxiety forum, but I think it's just part of my normal anxiety - life seems to be throwing me one challenge after another at the moment. I got new glasses in February but noticed about a month ago that the distance vision in my left eye wasn't completely clear. I went back to get it checked and the optician said that I have the early stages of a cataract in that eye. As it was so early he hasn't suggested I have anything done about it, so I'm not due to go back for another sight test for two years. I now can't stop brooding about it. I know cataract is treatable, but I can't keep my mind off worst case scenarios - I'm self-employed (so no sick pay or benefits) and am committed to work till I'm 70 (another 12 years) to pay my mortgage. I'm a copy-editor so I really need good vision! I'm hoping that the NHS would agree to fund treatment as soon as my work began to be affected. On a more positive note, this has been a bit of a wake-up call for me and I'm going to concentrate on living as healthy a lifestyle as I can and eating all the right foods and taking the right vitamins. If at all possible I'd like to slow the progress of the cataract I've already got and avoid getting one in the other eye as well! Does anyone else have similar worries?