On 14 Dec 2005 17:37:24 -0800, "riverman" wrote:

By the way, what were the symptoms?

A cataract clouds the eye. It's like looking through a dirty window.
The dirtier it gets the worse the eye is. When they crack up the
cataract with a laser and implant a new lens, the eye returns to
almost perfect. My right eye was done two years ago and if I look at
something white with my left eye closed and then switch using my left
eye, the difference is amazing - from pure white to a dingy
white/almost gray. The change in colors is most amazing. I found
myself in the car coming home and closing my left eye just to see how
beautiful the colors where. I had a shield on the eye for a day, but
could see through the mesh. Pretty amazing procedure.

Dave