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In article <uu2rfa$1ti9t$1@solani.org>, 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 <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!

Yes, you can have corrective replacements installed, but insurance probably 
won't cover it.

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Let's go Brandon!