Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: suzeeq Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-26 (Tuesday) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:04:19 -0700 Message-ID: References: <853053193.733262723.369231.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <0ha90j9da5hbmj43rhc20p3knqkuanc0s2@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:04:21 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="2037311"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.14.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:vc0DkEP+Xh4EpyhMcAhKNss1uxc= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-User-ID: eJwFwQcBwEAIBDBL7CGHPpx/CU1cg+OlhYc5HEVaMzDoNwxA+pLEtjiW81h7XvqthexR5w8kqBE5 Bytes: 4491 Lines: 64 On 3/28/2024 7:48 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: > On 3/27/2024 9:25 PM, suzeeq wrote: >> On 3/27/2024 8:58 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>> On 3/27/2024 6:05 PM, suzeeq wrote: >>>> On 3/27/2024 5:57 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>>>> On 3/27/2024 4:24 PM, The Horny Goat wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:23:29 -0700, anim8rfsk >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>>>>>>> The laser slicing open my eyeball to remove my cataract riddled >>>>>>>> lens and >>>>>>>> slide a piece of plastic in. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Oh, you mean on TV?  Nothing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I’m supposed to have that done in about eight years. I am >>>>>>> hoping not to >>>>>>> live that long. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am also hoping it goes well for you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yeah I had that done on one eye last July and was SUPPOSED to have >>>>>> had >>>>>> the other done in late August but they found stuff they didn't expect >>>>>> (mostly calcification) and it's now late March and I'm still waiting. >>>>>> >>>>> I had the cataract diagnosis three years ago.  Its taken this long >>>>> for me to get the money together to do it. >>>>> >>>>>> It's effectively like having two eyes each with a different >>>>>> prescription - I can drive but have to be careful or at least more so >>>>>> than usual. If I couldn't I'd likely go utterly bonkers. >>>>> >>>>> Much the same with me.  The only thing that saved me from >>>>> coke-bottle glasses is better materials to make lenses from.  As it >>>>> is the operation went well, the check-up today didn't reveal any >>>>> immediate problems, I have 20/20 in that eye now and have a >>>>> mid-April date for the operation on the other eye.  But I am/was so >>>>> massively short-sighted that trying to use both eyes now gives me a >>>>> splitting headache, so I'm wearing an eye-patch until then. >>>>> >>>> Did you get a lens with the 20/20 prescription in it? >>> >>> What lens are you talking about?  The one in my glasses frame or the >>> one implanted in my eye?  The one in my eye doesn't have a >>> "prescription" like framed external lenses and I have not had a lens >>> in the external frame removed or changed.  My left eye, without any >>> eye glasses prescription, has 20/20 vision according to the eye test >>> that was part of my post-op followup. >>> >> Sorry, I meant the new one in your eye, they do have them available >> now. It was confirmed last summer that I have cataracts beginning to >> form, but  not impacting my vision now. Hopefully I won't need surgery >> for several years. Congratulations on your improvement! > > You should discuss it with an ophthalmologist.  The implant lenses are > not like eye-glass lenses, there are a few different options that are > all pre-made.  No individualized prescriptions. Right, that's who I saw and noticed flyers for different options, but the prescription lenses are very expensive. A woman in my yoga class had surgeries a few months ago, and I think she needs glasses for driving but can get along without them for class.