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music friday: i can see

cataracts no more

Yesterday, I had cataract surgery on both eyes. If you've ever had this done, you know how I'm feeling right now.

I'm giddy. It's not just that I can see better than I did with contacts/glasses ... it's that I can see BETTER. Colors are far more vivid, distance vision is much improved, there is no more hazy film on everything I look at. It's amazing.

And the procedure wasn't bad, either. I made them give me lots of sedatives, but when they asked halfway if I needed more, I said no, I was having too much fun. The doctor had told me what I saw would be kinda psychedelic ... guess what, he was right! It was like having an old-school light show in my eyes. I'm pretty unknowledgeable about what he did, but they give you enough local anesthetic that you can't feel a thing, and between the bright light shining in your eyes and the accompanying light show, I never once thought "ugh, they're cutting into my eyes".

Whole thing took half-an-hour ... I spent more time in prep than I did in the operating room. The difference was apparent immediately ... as they were wheeling me out of the operating room, I told the nurses, hey, I can see your faces! I've been like that pretty much ever since (closing in on 24 hours now). I can see better than I ever remember ... my vision is now 20/25 in each eye, and I don't think they are done getting better. I need reading glasses ... for 60 years I was nearsighted, now I'm farsighted. It's impressive.

And colorful.

Comments

Arthur Keng

Woo! Congrats, Steven! Happy to hear the new peepers are bringing you so much joy!

Steven Rubio

Thanks, Arthur! I don't go on Facebook very often ... what's new in your life?

Arthur Keng

Still grindin'! Just got back from 12 days in Southeast Asia touristing with my girlfriend before she starts her medical residency at UCLA. It's 68 degrees in LA and I'm LOVING it after that, haha. But it was a great trip. Acting-wise, I have an episode of 'American Princess' coming up in July, I think, on Lifetime, and that episode of 'Game Shakers' I shot early last year finally aired on Nickelodeon earlier this month. Please give my love to Robin and the whole fam! You can see them so clearly now!

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