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Cataract Surgery at age 43

Last Thursday, February 18, 2021, I had a cataract removed from my right eye and received a new, multifocal lens, which allows me to see better than I have in over 30 years. It's insane how much the inability to see from that eye was hindering me mentally. I first started noticing that my vision was declining in that eye about 2-3 years ago. My thought at first was that it was related to my contact. I thought it was buildup. But it was frustrating because I would change contacts and within a matter of days, I would notice the same issue. It appeared to be just a small smudge on my contact. I've been wearing contacts since I was a sophomore in high school, so I was familiar with the occasional smudge. This didn't seem any different, except that it was happening far more regularly. Eventually I decided it was due to the toric (for astigmatism) lens that I had, as prior to those I was wearing regular contacts and it didn't seem to be as bad. So I made an appointment and sw
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Mother's Day Kind of long.. I’m about to be real here.. I knew I wanted to be a mom when I grew up, and for as far back as I can remember, that’s all I EVER REALLY wanted. I loved my dolls when I was a little girl. I remember pretending they were real babies, as I’m sure most little girls do. I loved real babies and I wanted to hold them whenever I had the chance. I loved babysitting and was lucky enough that there were a couple families, that for a time, I was a regular for. After I got married, our first calling in our first ward was in the nursery. That made me super baby hungry, and despite the fact that we had already talked about waiting a couple years, I just couldn’t. So, by the time our 1st anniversary rolled around, I was 6 months pregnant. Rylie was a dream baby. Very ideal as a first. So easy going, mellow tempered, slept really well at night. We could not have been happier. Or so we thought. A little over 2 years later, Alyssa was born. She was probably the cutest baby
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