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Eye Surgery question.
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. -- Saint Séimí mac Liam Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve Prophet of The Great Tagger Canonized December '99 |
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Eye Surgery question.
Séimí mac Liam wrote: 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. I went into cataract surgery blind (pun intended) I did not even know it was possible to have different lenses put in. I was given implants that corrected my eyes to normal vision but I lost my able to see close. I should say that I was very near sighted and did not have to even wear visors to facet. I have adapted by using different strengths of reading glasses and visors. Given the choice of normal vision and using reading glasses I would go with the normal vision. The reading glass thing gets old fast but the ability to see normally out ways the inconvenience. I know that a member of Orchid ,Brian Adams from New Zealand, was considering have close up lens implanted as part of his cataract surgery. I don't know if this is what he did but is very open about sharing information. I would try and email him. http://www.adam.co.nz/index.html michael |
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Eye Surgery question.
Michael wrote in
: Séimí mac Liam wrote: 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. I went into cataract surgery blind (pun intended) I did not even know it was possible to have different lenses put in. I was given implants that corrected my eyes to normal vision but I lost my able to see close. I should say that I was very near sighted and did not have to even wear visors to facet. I have adapted by using different strengths of reading glasses and visors. Given the choice of normal vision and using reading glasses I would go with the normal vision. The reading glass thing gets old fast but the ability to see normally out ways the inconvenience. I know that a member of Orchid ,Brian Adams from New Zealand, was considering have close up lens implanted as part of his cataract surgery. I don't know if this is what he did but is very open about sharing information. I would try and email him. http://www.adam.co.nz/index.html michael My choice is between the hinged Crystalens and the concentric ringed Restore and reZoom lenses. The opthamologist's concern is reports of muddy vision from the concentric ringed lenses. He, and I are attempting to find a jeweler or facetor(or anyone who does very close up work) who has had the concentrics implanted to see what their experience has been as to muddiness of vision, ability to focus, clarity, etc. -- Saint Séimí mac Liam Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve Prophet of The Great Tagger Canonized December '99 |
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Eye Surgery question.
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 ... 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. -- Saint Séimí mac Liam Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve Prophet of The Great Tagger Canonized December '99 |
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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 ... 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 ... 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. -- Saint Séimí mac Liam Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve Prophet of The Great Tagger Canonized December '99 |
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Eye Surgery question.
"Sterling" wrote in
: 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 ... 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. -- Saint Séimí mac Liam Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve Prophet of The Great Tagger Canonized December '99 Sterling, What I had was not Lasik. I had interocular lens replacement for cataracts. Both eyes have been done, now and I see better than I have ever seen in my life. I was severely myopic before the surgery. To ensure good near vision, I opted for the fixed focus lenses. I also had astigmatism in both eyes and got a Toric lense which corrected that as well. I will still need glasses for distance vision. I pick those up today. Before surgery I had my best vision out to 6" then everything got real blurry. Now I see very clearly between 6" and 24-30". I can watch television on the big screen and if it is High Definition I can see it OK, but not quite clear. Color perception and contrast are better than I have had for as long as I can remember. In the center of my vision I have no haloes, double vision or asterism from lighted objects at night. The surgery is, to all intents and purposes, painless and takes about 15-30 minutes per eye, with a further hour or so before surgery getting drops put in your eyes. My recommendation is that if your opthamologist says you need the surgery, proceed without delay or apprehension. I thank everyone for their input, especially Dr, Mac. -- Saint Séimí mac Liam Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve Prophet of The Great Tagger Canonized December '99 |
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