This sort of hit home with me. My wife was incubated as a baby in pure oxygen. This is a practice that was stopped when it was realized the damage it does to the eyes. As a result she has had to deal with severe nearsightedness, severe astigmatism and as a result stretched retinas. She has been seeing a retina specialist regularly (several times a year since the age of 30ish and has had many retina surgeries. Her vision has been around 20/600 in her good eye since she can remember. Something like 20/800 in her other eye. Needed a doctors note all her adult life to keep her drivers license. Coke bottle glasses don't even do it justice. I always joked she could use her glasses in a pinch to start a fire. She had cataract surgery last year. VERY risky in her situation but her retina specialist approved it. The change was so drastic she could stop wearing glasses except for cheaters for reading (like me). This was just slightly emotional this was for her. At 57 she looked at the world like a baby. for the first time.then she saw me. You can imagine my concern.
I'm still here so I guess it was OK. Amazing what they can do. Skip From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Eric Frank via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 7:37 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Eye can see a C&C A bit late on this one, but just to add another plus (both my cataracts were corrected during the last 10 months). Cat's Paw was already beautiful (to me) before the operation, and the sails were already close enough for me to see they were mostly badly trimmed. But for the first time in years, I can see buoys as far away as my wife can (she has excellent vision). This has really made a qualitative difference in my pleasure while sailing. Eric Frank Cat's Paw C&C 35 Mk II Mattapoisett, MA On Aug 2, 2014, at 9:49 AM, "Stu" < <mailto:stumurra...@gmail.com> stumurra...@gmail.com> wrote: Late last year, I was diagnosed as having severe cataracts in both eyes and they were 'ripe' for surgery. After months' of waiting, I have had the cataracts removed from both eyes and new lens inserted.? Approximately 30 minutes per surgery and a wait of several weeks between each. Multiple visits to the doctor for follow-ups and gallons of drops in each eye -- I think my brain is getting water logged. But the good thing about it all -- after close to 60 years of wearing glasses, I now have better than 20/25 vision in both eyes.? Still need glasses for reading and won't get them prescribed for another 4-6 weeks.? At the same time, I should have the prescribed glasses restriction removed from my driver's license. I can't believe how beautiful everything looks and the amount of detail that I have missed. If you have cataracts, get them looked after as soon as possible -- you will be surprised at how beautiful your C&C really looks. ? Stu
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