Both eyes are corrected with implant lens for both near and far vision, as well as individual correction for astigmatism [according to my eye surgeon, everyone has astigmatism, how much is individual].
FAA will not approve you for flight physical if you have one eye corrected for near vision and one eye for far vision, so your choice would likely b same as mine.. After years of Arizona sun, UV light at altitude, and welding... cataracts were "well developed" and I am now amazed at how bright everything is... my first purchase was a really good set of sunglasses. ha.. Because I went for the full boat ride, it wasn't cheap. But, IMHO, worth it. If you wish to see the procedure being done... call it up on a youtube search... several video are available to view. Procedure takes about 20 minutes... 3 days for the eye to clear up as the meds and lubrication clears... then, vision becomes more intense by the day.... Dr. only does one eye at a time... with 2 wks to a month between, so you have time to do the necessary brain adjustment to get used to seeing clearly. The Dr. I chose has been doing it for 28 years, so he has done thousands of eyes. Staff have all worked with him for years, so they made everything go smoothly... all in all, successful experience. On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:43 AM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > OK - cataract surgery is in my near future, but haven't done the research > into the options yet. Are you saying that the implanted lenses are like bi > or tri focals? Or do you have one eye for far and one for close? > How do your lenses work? > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:31 AM G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > > wrote: > > > Personal viewpoint on progressive lens. > > I tried them, with careful fitting by skilled eye specialist, and then > went > > through 3 different sets of glasses, trying to get a fit I could live > with. > > Total failure. Because of the lack of definition between near and mid and > > far they were a personal danger. > > Working with precision machinery was a disaster. Rather than being able > to > > shift eye position to adjust for distance, it required continual head > > reposition in a "hunt and peck" system of trying to find usable > > magnification.... > > The interim fix was to switch to lined bifocals, with desired focal > length > > set to my useful length. That provided a nice crisp shift horizon between > > near and far magnification that "progressive lens" never gave.. > > Also, the focal area of the lined bifocals was much wider which gave side > > vision improvements. > > > > In December, last year, had cataract removal, both eyes, and fitted lens > > implants which corrected far and near vision, as well as astigmatism. > After > > about 2 weeks, I now do not need to wear glasses at all... total > success... > > although not cheap... I now have 20/20 in each eye and my wallet is much > > lighter. > > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 5:58 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > Mine have 3 distances. Close, medium & distance. I have no idea,what > > they > > > cost as i got them through insurance at work. I have had them for > years. > > > Only issue i have ever had is driving a,lawn tractor & look back to > > side > > > to check mowing swath. I do know people who have trouble with them > but > > > until this thread never thought about them i have corneal disease in > my > > > right eye so i get MD level eye care. > > > > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > > > Wickford RI > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 8:13 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 15:53:48 -0500 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > > > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > From what the doctor told me, progressives is just another name for > > no > > > > > like bifocals. > > > > > > > > "No like", huh? Does that really describe your feelings toward them? > > :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > I was looking briefly on the Internet for a picture showing the > > > > distribution of focal lengths across the typical "progressive" lens > > > > which I had seen before, but I couldn't find it. > > > > > > > > I had thought the focal length was continuously variable from the > > > > top-middle of the lens to the bottom, but such is not the case. There > > are > > > > typically three central "zones" with progressively shorter focal > > lengths > > > > as one goes from the middle-top to the bottom of the lens. There are > > also > > > > two "zones" to the sides of the central "zones" which have a > different > > > > focal length for peripheral vision. > > > > > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
