Keep close tabs on your vision for the next year or so. Following
cataract surgery a couple of years ago, I developed scar tissue
build up behind the new lenses.
-Jeff Scott
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I had cataract surgery a year or so ago and paid the extra cost for
distance lenses over the standard lens. I was extremely happy with he
results until after 4 or 5 months the vision in my right eye slowly
became blurry. A laser procedure helped slightly but now my left eye is
still 20/20 for distance and my right eye is near-sighted. I intend to
get one more followup appointment and if surgery is not an option I'll
just have to get glasses.
Something I discovered during this process was my thinking that 20/20
vision meant that you had excellent vision. All it means is that your
vision matches the average persons vision at 20 feet. If the average
person is blind as a bat at 20 feet and you have 20/20 vision then you
too are blind as a bat at 20 feet. If you can see better than the
average person then you might well have 10/10, 20/10, 10/20, or any of
the possible combinations.
Given competent surgeons, cataract surgery has little to fear. That does
not mean that there are not possible complications but they are usually
rare. As every individual is different so are the possibilities.
Good luck to all old pilots with failing vision. 🙁 Ageing is not a
linear process.
Larry Flesner
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