Bionic Eye #2

[Rick K5IAR]

Fantastic!  Congratulations on your new "babe watching bionics"!

Rick/K5IAR

[k4kyv]

Mine gives me good focus from about 12" to maybe 3'.  I never use glasses to see the computer screen, and normally don't use them for casual reading unless the print is extra fine.  Things at a distance are  blurred, but with glasses, vision is near 20-20.  I can drive during the day without glasses but need them at night.

One of my problems is astigmatism, which I always had, ever since I was a kid.  It is caused by imperfections in the shape of the eyeball, so it must be corrected with glasses.  The replacement lens has nothing to do with it.

I was told that after surgery one has about a 50-50 chance of a membrane forming over the rear surface of the new lense, creating the same kind of cloudy vision as the original cataract.  That can be quickly corrected by buning it away with a laser, which should be a quick, simple procedure.  So far, that has not happened to me.  Reportedly, it may take several years to occur.

[The Slab Bacon]

Thanks rick!! It is pretty kool!!

Don,
      Interesting that yours is focused close in. Did they give you an option in the choice of implants?? I have an ever so slight astignatism in the right eye that was done 8 years ago, but itz not enough that I want to put any correction in front of it. (I didnt have it before the surgery) However the left eye that was done a month ago is absolutely perfect. (I guess the technology iz gettin better)
I have heard about the membrane / film problem, but I havent seen any sign of it yet and it has been 8 years for the right eye.

It iz very kool now to have depth perception again, especially when poking around in a boat anchor chassis with a meter probe or slobbering iron!! No more "oooppps, I hate when that happenz!!"

                                                     The Slab Bacon

[WU2D]

"Don,
      Interesting that yours is focused close in. Did they give you an option in the choice of implants?? "

Something just does not sound right with that.

Mike WU2D

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

Naaa, vision is now so good I dont have to stare. Hell, I can grab a quick look before she even catches me!! 

Now you'll need surgery to help you run faster.

[k4kyv]

"Don,
      Interesting that yours is focused close in. Did they give you an option in the choice of implants?? "

Something just does not sound right with that.

Mike WU2D

No, I think the surgeon thought that was the best compromise for my vision.  I don't think it was a game of chance, because both eyes focus at the same distance.  We discussed the procedure in detail beforehand, but I was never offered a preference to have lenses that focussed at far distances vs close distances.  But I am satisfied with the result, because I rarely have to use glasses, only for close, fine work, or when I need sharp, distinct vision at a distance.  I do have to wear them at night when I drive, because otherwise it is difficult to read signs, and I tend to get disoriented.  I also use them for watching TV or cinema.  But I actually see the computer screen more distinctly without them. I wear bifocals, and the screen is too far away for the reading lens, and too close for the distance lens.  I had a prescription for a special intermediate lens just for the computer, but I see it well enough without the glasses that I never had the prescription filled.  I refuse to wear tri-focals.  I once (before surgery) had a pair of glasses with "progressive" lenses, but those things were a pain in the ass even after I got used to them.

[WA1GFZ]

Don,
I got a pair of progressive lenses a year ago. I hated them at first.
Last Marlboro I threw my old glasses in the corner of my truck dash as I was getting out. I wanted the progressives to read fine print in the flea market. Later that day I thought I lost them so was forced to wear the progressive glasses. It was a number of weeks before I noticed my old glasses in the corner of my dash against the windshield.
I had trained my brain by then and got used to variable gain and all straight lines bent. Now I like the crazy things.

[KB2WIG]

I've been wearing the progressive style lense for the last four years. They were a bit tough getting used to, but after a while no problem. I'm at the point where the reading/close in work causes me to take the glasses off. I found that I was getting neck pain because was raising my head to see things. One's vision changes at different rates and the q point of vision progressively moves so the glasses need to be replaced.... $420.00  gack .....    klc

[W1RKW]

Does Lasik work with bad astigmatism as opposed to plain near sightedness?

[WA1GFZ]

I think so Bob they just slice off a bigger hunk.
My Brother's wife just had it done a few months ago and she did very well. I think some place in Newington area. They checked out a number of places and this one had the newest process.