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From: suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-26 (Tuesday)
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:04:19 -0700
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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 <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> 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.