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Old June 17th 08, 06:37 AM posted to rec.crafts.jewelry
Brian[_2_]
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Default Eye Surgery question.

Sterling,

Just a quick comment regarding Lasik. I had around 20/200 vision
previously, but with good near vision. After lasik, I have 20/20 in my
dominant eye, and 20/15 in my non-dominant eye. This causes some eye strain
when viewing things at a distance. Unfortunately, its such a small
difference the Dr. won't fix it with the laser, but can take care of it with
the glasses I wanted to get rid of.

The other problem was that the next day, when I went in for my follow up
appointment, the first thing the nurse I saw did was hand me a pair of
reading glasses. She told me that the regular corrective lenses helped my
eyes accommodate to the near field, but now that I didn't have the lenses, I
needed the readers.

Before the surgery, I was offered the option of having one eye near and one
eye far visison, but I chose stereo vision because of the fine electronics
work I did for a living. I've heard from some people who love the 'split'
vision, but after spending a day with one broken lens, I knew it would drive
me nuts.

Your mileage will vary. Offer void where prohibited. All rebates will be
retained by the dealer. And all the other legal mumbo-jumbo. Good luck
with what ever you decide.

Brian


"Sterling" wrote in message
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Séimí mac Liam,

Did you have the surgery? If so, has the surgery impacted you ability to
facet
or focus work up
close?

I am curious, since I have very very bad eyes and have considered Lasik or
one
of the other
procedures (which I know is not the same as cataract surgery but gives the
same
results) and I
wanted to know if I will loose my ability to focus up close?
When I am making jewelry, I usually take off my contacts or glasses so I
can see
all the fine
details that are missed when I am wearing a corrective lens. I just
wondered if
you noticed
anything different? I realize that everyone is different - I just wanted
your
input on your
specific experience.

Sterling



"Séimí mac Liam" wrote in message
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Have any of you had or do you know someone who has had cataract surgery?
Someone who does close work, preferably a faceter, who has had a multi-
focal interocular lens implant. I'm looking for feedback to choose which
lens before surgery scheduled for May 20th. Any feed-back you can give
will be most helpful.

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Saint Séimí mac Liam
Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve
Prophet of The Great Tagger
Canonized December '99




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