Sounds good! I still don't understand how one implanted lens can correct for both far and near vision - will have to dig deeper. I was never interested in the one eye for one, the other for the other idea - gives me a headache just thinking about it.
I like your choice, just don't understand how it works (the old manual focus photographer in me want's to understand the optics of it). On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:00 PM G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- 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
