Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ubiquitous Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-26 (Tuesday) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:35:06 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <853053193.733262723.369231.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <0ha90j9da5hbmj43rhc20p3knqkuanc0s2@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:35:07 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="642786ed325a71a8a04ddcc9de1b04ed"; logging-data="3850333"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX184/fxCoQtdjJob9QyxcYdG72Wa8z4ilxc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:389Mys8KCSnXVHOqw9hLYC9D+qE= X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.12N (x86 32bit) Bytes: 3800 In article , suzee@imbris.com 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: >>>>> 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! Yes, you can have corrective replacements installed, but insurance probably won't cover it. -- Let's go Brandon!