Read that cataract surgery was a quick 10 minute fast food kind of deal. Wrong.
First, had to deal with my dry scratchy eyes, which again assumed to be some age thing. Wrong again. It turns out we have these things called Meibomian glands which secrete an oil film so your tears don't evaporate. Like acne, mine had gotten clogged with gunk. Yes, bunch of whiteheads inside your eyelids.
Apparently the eye drop business makes a killing not telling you the cause. And you know something is up when you have to work at finding proper high res images on Goggle.
Fortunately, fixable. If nutty enough.
(via Jiro on iPhone)