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  My eyes are pretty good -- well, actually, very, very good. At 75, I still do not need glasses (per my last eye exam three days ago). This only once in a while seems unusual to me when one friend or another complains about an eye problem or glasses or... eye cancer (yep, there it is, the big C associated with eyes). When my CHARGE Syndrome son, who lives at home with me, saw his own eye doctor the next day, I learned that it really is very rare to have normal near vision at my age. The doctor prepped my son for what she thought would be unpleasant news (that he would have to start wearing glasses now at age 45). Age 40 is kind of a magical line, she explained in language she hoped he would understand. Once you cross that magic line, you can pretty much expect to need glasses. "Uh, not always," I interrupted her. "I crossed that line 35 years ago, and, well, nada changed." She ignored me -- what could she really say -- and proceeded to check my son's eyes. Res...

    Never thought about...eye cancer...really! Yes, really.  Here are eleven warning signs of cancer you can see in your eyes  that you might be seeing and not realizing are important or might not even be noticing. For other posts about signs of cancer, click  HERE . For other Cancer Diary posts, click  HERE . Blog editor's note: As a memorial to Carl, and simply because it is truly needed, MSI Press is now hosting a web page,  Carl's Cancer Compendium , as a one-stop starting point for all things cancer, to make it easier for those with cancer to find answers to questions that can otherwise take hours to track down on the Internet and/or from professionals. The CCC is expanded and updated weekly. As part of this effort, each week, on Monday, this blog will carry an informative, cancer-related story -- and be open to guest posts:  Cancer Diary .   Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , a...