Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-26 (Tuesday) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:57:13 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 76 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 21:57:12 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9aeffeffef84a5a78e8c6e4b104db2b7"; logging-data="4025023"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+TIvXhIilIeIfKL9y+o1Gm" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:QlZZRUANpNGESzk0F+QRQbTUym4= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4859 On 3/28/2024 8:04 AM, suzeeq wrote: > 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. Its not so much the lenses but the surgery that costs. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.