I was near sighted and with a pretty severe stigmatism in my left eye
(the eye that was my worst now sees the best). Of course my glasses
made me far sighted after age 45 so I have worn trifocals for the
last 15 years. That's the problem, I was so used to the trifocals
that I really didn't understand how far sighted I was. Not only that,
I could remove my glasses and clearly see anything from about 3" to a
foot away, and I would do this routinely when having to work on
something small and close.
Now that is all over. My vision is essentially like that of an older
man who has always had perfect vision but has become far-sighted with
the years. But unlike that man I haven't had 15 years to adapt to
it, so it is a bit of a shock. But all in all, it is a good trade
off, and I think I will really enjoy having normal vision.
I could have opted for what Lasik surgeons call "mono-vision" where
the dominant eye is adjusted for far vision and the less dominant eye
for reading. But I decided to go with sharp vision in both eyes.
Tom
On Mar 1, 2008, at 12:35 AM, Michael Bliss wrote:
Did you start off near sighted?
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Tom Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
First the good news: The Lasik surgery went great, 24 hours later I
was seeing 20-20 and my eyes don't feel bad at all, other than a
bit of dryness. The right eye sees 20-20 with a slight blur which
bothers me since my right eye is dominate, but the doctor said 20/20
is exceptional for the day after, and it will take a couple of weeks
for my eyes to really settle in.
Now the bad news: I knew I would be far sighted, but wasn't prepared
for a world blurred an arm length away in every direction! So I spent
the day buying reading glasses, I have an assortment from 1.25 to
3.00. I also stopped at a fly shop and spent an hour looking at
various old man vision options. I have settled on the following:
flip up 3.0 magnifiers that clip on my sun glasses, and a nifty
little device that makes a fly stand on its head while the tippet is
slipped neatly through a groove into the eye. In the future, I am
planning to get a fly box that has a holder filled with piano wire
loops on plastic handles (it looks a lot like a bobbin threader).
Each of these can be pre loaded with a dozen or so small flies. To
tie on the fly, simply thread the tippet through the piano wire loop
and pull the fly through. Pretty slick, especially since the fly I
use the most is an 18 or 20 pheasant tail.
I am now a 1 day expert in this stuff with no field testing, and would
be curious to hear what you other far sighted gents have been using
to help you see and attache a size 20 fly.
Tom
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