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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 24, 2023 16:42:58 GMT
I am not the least bit worried, especially when Dr. Ren told me it can all be fixed with laser surgery when necessary.
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Post by casimira on Jan 24, 2023 18:02:42 GMT
That is good news Kerouac. Good ol' laser surgery I will take any day. After revisiting this page and seeing Whatagain's pics I got very squeamish.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 25, 2023 0:40:25 GMT
…perhaps the need for reading glasses is compensated by a natural farsightness in other people? Nope! I had perfect vision till I didn’t. Drugstore readers became necessary for close work though I could still see at distance. Gradually my readers became stronger and stronger and then I noticed my distance vision was headed downhill. Quite by accident, I discovered that my old 1.5 readers were perfect for distance! I am so farsighted now that not even the stars are in focus. But I still need the 3.5 readers.
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 5, 2023 8:09:40 GMT
Don't want to sound smug, but I'm amazed at the results of the cataract operation I had on Wednesday. The cataract was in the eye that's always been shorter (and seemingly ever shorter) sighted, and since I've had varifocal glasses for some years, it hasn't been noticeably troublesome. But I thought it was time to get it properly referred, and after some waiting got an appointment for assessment on Wednesday last week, at which they booked me in for just a week later. It was nowhere near as I'd been squeamish about, just a bit uncomfortable and tedious (couldn't even wiggle my toes without it being noticed), just bright lights exploring every angle and machine noises as the ultrasound broke up the cataract. At one point I could see, in the sharpest definition, my own eyelashes (from the inside, obviously). And they provided tea and biscuits afterwards. Barely two days later, it had all settled down enough to have near-perfect distance vision in both eyes for the first time since I can remember, and everything from about 1.5 meters out seems that bit brighter and sharper. The only trouble (apart from fiddly eye drops every few hours for the next six weeks) is if I want to do a quick Google on my phone about something mentioned on the TV, I have to hunt for my glasses. I fear one of those neck-chains may be in my future.... My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 5, 2023 8:27:38 GMT
Excellent news Patrick. Good to hear.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 5, 2023 14:43:32 GMT
Very good news. But I already knew that cataract operations give remarkable and quick results. Of course I had to hold my mother's head in place for her (2nd) operation because there was no way she was ever going to sit still. I was ruthless while she tried to squirm.
When my parents were living in Florida, it was already a huge industry. Both of my parents had operations on the same day. There were so many customers that the clinic drove minibuses more than 100km to pick up people and take them home (since you're not supposed to drive after the operation).
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 5, 2023 15:29:22 GMT
Oh, Patrick ~ that is very good news! I'm amazed at the bravery of people who steel themselves to get that operation. I desperately want my eyes to be fixed back to their youthful sharpness, but am terrified of the operation.
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 6, 2023 7:23:43 GMT
I desperately want my eyes to be fixed back to their useful sharpness, but am terrified of the operation. I don't want to be an evangelist, but I've always been squeamish about the thought of anything being done to my eyes, and I needn't have been. I imagine practices and procedures vary, but (a) the anaesthetist had all the distraction techniques for the initial injection (numbing drops, relaxed chitchat and then asking me to look at a distant corner of the ceiling so that I couldn't see what he was doing, and then it was over and done with) (b) disposing of the cataract itself was painless - just tedious, though it might only have taken 10 minutes or so, machine noises, bright lights and water. They cover your face, all but the eye in question, so your other eye can't see anything. Overall, not as bad as some dentistry.
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