Thanks, guys. The optico painted a far more grim picture, and it seems I was being stressed out for little reason.
Hey Kev,
It sounds like we might suffer from some of the same conditions, eg. cataracts (as mentioned above), although mine were more advanced than yours, and old age, but you are more advanced from me on that one.
Hope you don't have the same hearing problem I have. I have two types of deafness; one real, the other selective. The selective one can be a problem, often I don't hear what I don't want to hear and that is bad news from the doctor. I would get home from the GP or the cardio specialist, Helen would ask how things went, usually I hadn't listened well enough (to the Doc) to tell her anything useful.
Result is now Helen attends the GP or specialist if I'm attending on anything important, she hears everything the Docs have to say, she also know to ask a lot more questions that I would.
So if you have someone, preferably female, to attend some of your appointments with you ........... just me thinking out loud.