Path: ...!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 07:48:41 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 63 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 14:48:41 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9aeffeffef84a5a78e8c6e4b104db2b7"; logging-data="3826262"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18wIaYFn9kktKYAP9Mc4MJP" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:qM6+zs5cSjFL1YCFcDNPLw5wAS4= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4177 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. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.