Yea, medical advice is not important here. I'm just in the venting mode.

You are all correct, in the world of good news/bad news, the cataract is the good news. I already have some indications that the retinal problem may or may not be a situation of stopping further damage but that there will not be any possibility of repair of that which is already damaged. One can hope for a different diagnosis, but if this one is correct, what's left is the best your going to get