In Feb, I was diagnosed with cataracts and offered surgery. I have never had any surgery so I was shocked and turned down the offer. She shrugged her shoulders and said let her know when I was ready. By April, I was more than ready as my vision was getting increasingly worse. I work on a computer all day for myself, and my vision is obviously crucial to my income. I finally got scheduled to start the process, in the meantime I have had to stop driving completely because I can't see traffic lights, road signs, traffic signs, and anything that is in the shadows along the roads. It is pretty scary how close to me some things got before I even knew they were there. I can't see contrast, so Word and pdf documents are a big blank white square. I can't read labels on groceries, I couldn't even tell the difference in a bag of shredded cheese vs sliced cheese in the grocery store last week. I can see big stuff, like a restaurant, but I can't see the sign on the building to tell me it was Chic-Fil-A. Everything appears as if I am looking through a very dirty yellow tinted window. Any sort of light is very painful. So as I did the pre-op workup for my surgery in July, everything came to a screeching halt. I have severe anemia (HCT 27.1, HGB 7.6, iron 25, iron sat 5%, Ferritin .7), my doc will not give medical clearance to do cataract surgery until the cause of my anemia is determined and resolved. I have to get my iron levels up. As a result of my first ultrasound to start investigating, they found some things that appear to need surgery to correct...it looks like it will be months before I can see properly again. I am a 47 year old female, no diabetes, no drugs or steroids, no trauma. Was told there are multiple cataracts, both nuclear and subcapsular posterior in both eyes. Certain family members have them, but not until they were quite a bit older than me. I have taken alot of Ibuprofin over the years along with Excedrin for headaches. Could these have contributed to the cataracts? I am at a loss as to what to do now, I am having to start turning customers away because I can no longer see well enough to do the work, and I am having to rely on family to drive me where I need to go and fill out paperwork for me, read grocery store aisle signs, etc. Anybody have some advice for me? I am about to close my company because of this and it is my only source of income.