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Col that was my attitude too. I was extremely myoptic and astigmatic, the cataracts sent me blind. After the op I was astounded to have perfect vision. I could see things like the tiny twigs on top of a fully grown messmate etc. But it had to be forced on me.
Bob
I'm delighted for you that you have had such a successful result from cataract surgery. Having to suffer with near blindness for a couple of years must have been a lousy experience.
Like Alastair, I've chickened out of the prospect of corrective laser surgery. Because I don't find it inconvenient to have to wear glasses, and because I can see pretty well when I'm wearing them, I'm not going to subject myself to the risks associated with surgery (however slight they may be).
Col
I use glasses like these (http://www.lifewithease.com/clipon_flipup.html) when fishing, I'm gettin' a pair for the shop!!!
Weird, I can hit a 24" target at 300 yards with an 1850's musket, but can't read the damn paper... so I'll just shoot the paper!
Another interesting one.
Regarding the long wait for cataract surgery:
(Assuming that this was not due to the medicare crisis-----!!!)
When my late mom had cataract surgery some 15 years ago, (and in another country), she was told that this was an arcane practice dating from the earlier days of cataract surgery, when lenticular implants had not been developed. Because with the lenses removed by the surgery, your ability to focus was completely gone, and had to be replaced by impossibly heavy prescriptions, and these were good only for one distance, the practice was to virtually let you go blind from the cataract first, so that when removed, even the very ordinary vision you were left with was seen as an improvement.
In her case, the surgery was done as soon as she became significantly handicapped by the cataract, ie unable to read or watch telly. She did find the post op a problem, and took some time, and several changes to her specs, but once right, never looked back.
Great idea Mick!! :cool:
I use them cheepo glasses at work on the mine to read my daily instruction sheet and locations damned typists!! Flamin use the smallest bloody font possible! but hadnt thought of that idea...
Anyone know if theyve created a cure a pair of glasses whatever for total color blindness? thats a real pain in the proverbial :rolleyes:
Sorry for the delay in writing this, I was trolling through the forum and spotted the thread. My only comments firstly to Mick, you must have bloody good eyes to be able to see through those glasses and magnifyers.
Secondly, I went to my optometrist and said I think I'm a bit short sighted, he said look out of the window and tell me what you can see. I said I can see the sun, he said well that's 93 million miles, how much further do you want to look.
Thirdly a polish bloke went to his optician, the opto said can you read the bottom line on that card, the polish bloke said read it, I know him.