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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jan 30, 2015 - 04:54pm PT
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My eyesight improved vastly when i tried the virtual reality porn glasses...It's like being in the mix...
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Roger Brown
climber
Oceano, California
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Jan 30, 2015 - 05:09pm PT
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Yea,
Old eyes. My Cataract's were so bad I couldn't see 20/40 even with glasses. Had Cataract surgery on the second eye yesterday. 20/20 left eye-20/30 right eye now, today, without glasses. They put in new lenses. Amazing
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 30, 2015 - 06:53pm PT
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hey there say, all... oh my, i am still worried about one of my sons (in late 30's of age) that did this, about 1 1/2? ago... just learned that he had this done, so that he'd not have to wear contacts or glasses... :(
me, yeah, i wish he had done this as, you only got one set of eyes, and it is a risk, just for adjusting vision... yet i understand why he'd try, or be tempted to, for such 'freedom' after hearing all this 'success' stories...
me, and my daughter, and i think it is her son, as well, well, we are so near-sighted (think my son was this bad, too) that we can't see more than 'three feet, about, to distinguish facial features, etc--and--even at two feet things are blurred... however, this is part of life, and i think my folks showed a good example of just be patient with your body, and get on through life, and be thankful...
but now, see, i am worried about how this will fair for him, later, etc...
i remember locker's story, and one or two others, though, their experiences were not as bad... and then, i have known of one other, that so far, is okay, as well (though this guy is still young and had it done about ten?? years ago???)
thanks for sharing, everyone...
hope things went safe, well, and okay, for pud...
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2015 - 07:50pm PT
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It turned out the only surgery I was a candidate for was "monovision lasik"
where they tune one eye in for distance and the other for near vision.
A non-reversible procedure that depends largely on your brain's ability to be "tricked" into balancing these two new lenses in order to give you relatively clear vision. Reading glasses will likely still be needed for fine print.
Possible side effects include :blur or fog in distance or reading vision, glare and halos, especially at night, reduced night time vision, especially driving, reduced depth perception, an uncomfortable feeling, or even transient diplopia (double vision)caused by temporary strabismus (cross eyed)
With four children to raise I could not afford to have even one of these side effects and a few of them would basically leave me unemployed.
The possible risk did not outweigh the benefits and I chose to continue to rely on readers for the time being. Hopefully future technology will catch up and reduce these risks to an acceptable level, at least for me.
Hope this helps!
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Jan 30, 2015 - 07:54pm PT
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Thanks Pud, I did realize after i first bumped this that you were talking about just near sight correction, that's a bit trickier. If you need an outstanding Opthamologist who's really on top of new developments, pm me.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Jan 30, 2015 - 10:18pm PT
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fwiw, my contact script is all about monovision. Left eye far worse than right so left is corrected for the near and right corrected for distance . Completly adjusted to it. I understand LASIK would yield same vision. Readers are still needed, but outside only need shades, so I'll do LASIK when my ship rolls in.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Jan 30, 2015 - 10:29pm PT
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This is a little off topic, but as a college prof I started wearing distance glasses at about 40 in 1977 or so, and continued to wear them after retirement in 2000. However, as I became an old man in his mid 70s my distance vision improved naturally so that I don't need glasses most of the time. When I get up in the morning and look out across the prairie my vision is nearly perfect.
Perhaps the only benefit of ageing!
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Jan 31, 2015 - 08:25am PT
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Jgill that's very interesting. Do you need reading glasses?
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Jan 31, 2015 - 08:33am PT
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pud i adore
the title of your thread.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Jan 31, 2015 - 12:11pm PT
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Do you need reading glasses?
I don't have to use them, but most of the time I wear simple magnifying lenses - cost about $6 at Walmart. My mother also had the experience of distance vision coming back in her 80s. I didn't believe her at the time!
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jan 31, 2015 - 12:57pm PT
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Man, I tried 'progressive' lenses for a while, and hated 'em. Just couldn't deal with the weird peripheral vision & depth perception- cruising through the backcountry requires clear sight of the object you're looking at, while having peripheral vision around it. Those damn progressives just didn't work for me- just about got myself killed scrambling around some formations in JT 'cuz I misjudged the terrain...
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Jan 31, 2015 - 01:30pm PT
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I developed cataracts. When my ophthalmologist replaced my lens to remove the cataracts, he fixed my distance vision to 20/20 in one eye and 20/25 in the other: much better than prior. I still need reading glasses, but I can see very well in most light. Also, I don't see star bursts when I look a lights in the night.
One cool thing about new lens is that they are clear, the way my natural lens were when I was twenty. Every thing that I thought was white turned out to be light yellow. For two weeks I had my new eye seeing white and the other, old one, seeing manila.
During the surgery, patents are sedated but wide awake. It was pretty trippy to see through my eyeball as the new lens was being unfolded, like a dreamy underwater movie scene. On the second surgery, I was so comfortable, I fell asleep, then startled awake. The doctor freaked: "That was an earthquake through my magnifying lens. I had just removed the vacuum from your eyeball." They use ultrasound to break up the old lens and then suck it out. They can do all the work through a 2.5 mm incision, even installing a new 5-6 mm lens, all rolled up: no stitches. My wife went down the street for a Starbucks. I was out of post-op and ready to leave before she got back. Cool medicine.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Jan 31, 2015 - 07:19pm PT
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wow jgill maybe if one's eyes get better later in life well that's something to look foreword to.
Post op Locker, looking gud lol.
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