And likely 99% effective, but you don't want to be a 1 percenter. On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:12 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> It’s not a long term fix, and they make that pretty clear. > > -D > > > On Jun 4, 2020, at 4:10 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > A guy I worked with has Lasik around 15 years ago in his late 20's and > tells me he's due to have it again.... > > Curt > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 3:12 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: Never > understood the one eye for near, one eye for far stuff with Lasik, either. > It would seem like that would really mess you up. > > > > Had a former business partner who popped for Lasik, did it with one of > the best guys around, and one of his eyes was bad, in that the surgery did > not cure his eyesight or correct his astigmatism. Made him legally blind. > > > > With Lasik, they won’t go back in and make corrections until your > eyesight is stable for at least 30 days. Since you have to wait for > everything to heal, he was unable to drive or work for some time. To be > honest, I don’t know if it ever got corrected because I got bought out > before it was over. > > > > That turned me off of Lasik right away. > > > > -D > > > > > >> On Jun 4, 2020, at 2:15 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < > 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
