You might ask your surgeon whether you're a candidate for a full-vision
lens called Restore. It works fantastically for me. They've made huge
advances in the technology and care since I helped my mother through her
cataracts.
On 1/16/2013 8:56 PM, Tabbycat wrote:
>
> I've gone from a young man with 20/7 vision (yep -- almost impossible)
> to 20/15 with glasses.
> When my distance vision began to deteriorate in 2005 (right when the
> eye doc said "I don't think your vision will deteriorate"), I started
> making the rounds of LASIK docs. They all said I wasn't a good
> candidate, because I would have to trade off my then-excellent
> up-close vision for the improved distance. And as I aged, that
> up-close vision would be much worse, they promised.
>
> So I got glasses while I noticed lots of former four-eyed critters,
> like Bob Dancer, dumped theirs and got zapped. So not fair.
>
> Well now my up-close sight is going to crap. Time was the cat sniffing
> my face was perfectly in focus; I could to read a miniaturized 10-7
> Double Bonus strat card with no help, no problem. Good thing I
> memorized it, cuz it's pretty tough to read now.
>
> No cataracts (yet), but seems I'm just continuing my steady ride down
> Blurry Road. Maybe before I go totally blind they'll have replacement
> lenses that work.
>
> They have artificial hearts. How hard can it be?
>
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