Eye surgery always sounds scary so these things may help, Bob. Any eye surgery that isn't done immediately is not as worrisome as one that must be, so let that help. If you were losing retinal integrity or had a pressure that was immediately worrisome you'd have been in immediately. Many eye surgeries these days are non-invasive. They can still have some after effects for a while, and any sequential surgeries can knock the stuffing out of a person for a while. Hopefully, yours is non- invasive. Most invasive surgeries are done pretty immediately so that is relieving. Personally, I found the ALT (green) laser approach for glaucoma very comfy, and there is a red laser type that is supposed to be even more so. For the second my Mom-in-law said she felt nothing during or after, while a cousin's wife who has very sensitive eyes to the point where she yells when getting drops swears it is horrid, but she is unusual that way. I've had half of each eyeball done with ALT for glaucoma. There isn't much too it, though it stung (but not terribly) when the laser gets near the nerves at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock points. Takes about 10 minutes to do 150 hits. Then there is post-op steroid use to reduce having too much pressure increase. The first use stung. The next uses did not. The average time before repetition for a glaucoma laser surgery is 2 years but some can go forever. For some they hold as well as for others. I did get pretty exhausted starting about 2 days afterward, but my eye surgeries were a month apart and only a bit more than a month after an invasive abdominal surgery so i was already knocked out some, meaning you may not have that result. I was greatly helped by spending the bucks for amber Fit-Over glasses to wear over my own glasses because I had trouble with sunlight and anything bright for a few weeks afterward. I still use them for other uses. They are spendy but very well made and I consider them worth it. Turning down my computer's brightness level helped. In Mail under edit you can click open "speech" and have the computer read selections to you. Using clover f for finding key words is very useful when the eyes don't work together well, because skimming in very hard with one eye. In your Mac under System Preferences you will see Speech. When loading a voice I find that the most recent, Alex, is the best by far. Now, I just need to find the hidden thing that lets you hear what you are typing. It reduces typos when the eyes are not working well but is never easy to find... Okay, it is in Universal Access in Preference, and is the ONLY segment they actually have in large print. Oh, that reminds me: for large print: For most things you can use clover + but that does not work for all. For some things you may need to use clover + option but be warned that makes things squirrel around the monitor when you use your trackpad or mouse. That is something they hope to fix with a later system but so far no luck... Be warned also that although PDFs have increase and decrease options under "view" that the print gets much fuzzier when larger so some article pdfs might be unusable unless you print them out and use a magnifier. In Word you may find Zoom useful. I always use the 200% setting. Oh, and you can set the print sizes in mail for your own writing, too, as well as font. I find that Papyrus is the font which is easiest to read with fewest reading errors from eye problems. That's in Format. If this doesn't help you then hopefully it will help some other FML member. Meanwhile, luck to you and wish me luck. I may need repeat laser surgery in Spring. Luckily, my pressures were a little better at my appointment on the 30th of Dec. So, maybe not. We'll know in March if either or both eyes need it this year, too, unless things change before then. [Posted in FML 6209]