Well finally the thing I have hinted at a few time this year has happened. I had cataract surgery yesterday. Things seem to have gone very well. My eyesight which had become diabolical through my left eye is crytal clear again. I now just have to make sure that I dont rub the eye or otherwise knock it for the next two weeks and use the antibiotic drops and all should be well. I find it hard to express how much this has hung over me these last few months. I have a irrational fear of eye trouble so this has been difficult. As is often the case with these things though once I was at the hospital things were much less traumatic than I feared. Now I can start to plan for next year. I intend to go on a training camp in the spring and road race again(I havent this year because of my lack of peripheral vision to my left). I am also probably going to treat myself to a new bike. Something expensive and carbon I think.
Stan Cox P.s. I'm only 42 and this has all happened in less than a year.
Well finally the thing I have hinted at a few time this year has happened. I had cataract surgery yesterday. Things seem to have gone very well. My eyesight which had become diabolical through my left eye is crytal clear again. I now just have to make sure that I dont rub the eye or otherwise knock it for the next two weeks and use the antibiotic drops and all should be well. Stan Cox P.s. I'm only 42 and this has all happened in less than a year.
Sympathy. My eyesight started to go horribly when I was 47 and is still deteriorating pretty rapidly. I now have to use three different focal lengths of glasses for close work. Fortunately my eyesight has gone long - I actually focus past infinity now, but not sufficiently badly that I need to wear corrective glasses when cycling. It's only a matter of time, though...
Well finally the thing I have hinted at a few time this year has happened. I had cataract surgery yesterday. Things seem to have gone very well. My eyesight which had become diabolical through my left eye is crytal clear again.
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That's wonderful news. Hope you don't have any more eye problems again.
Well finally the thing I have hinted at a few time this year has happened. I had cataract surgery yesterday. Things seem to have gone very well. My eyesight which had become diabolical through my left eye is crytal clear again. I now just have to make sure that I dont rub the eye or otherwise knock it for the next two weeks and use the antibiotic drops and all should be well. Stan Cox P.s. I'm only 42 and this has all happened in less than a year.
Sympathy. My eyesight started to go horribly when I was 47 and is still deteriorating pretty rapidly. I now have to use three different focal lengths of glasses for close work. Fortunately my eyesight has gone long - I actually focus past infinity now, but not sufficiently badly that I need to wear corrective glasses when cycling. It's only a matter of time, though...
Freaky isnt it. I had always taken my excellent vision for granted and it was a hell of a shock when it started to go. You suddenly realise how difficult life would be if you couldnt see. I have spent all season wondering if it could be my last but I'll be back next year. I have never been so happy looking forward to a winters riding. 🙂
I've worked in optics for the last 13 years and level of skill and results from cataract surgery has changed immensely in that time. In the early days of cataract surgery a patient was left without a lens in their eye. This meant they would always have to wear horrendously thick glasses. It has to progressed to the point now where not only does the patient have their lens replaced the surgeon (if it goes well and it almost always does) will often try to reduce any existing distance prescription. People that had always worn glasses (before the cataract) can end up only having to wear spex for reading.
I hope your continue to pleased with the results Stan.
Regards
Paul F
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and level of skill and results from cataract surgery has changed immensely in that time. In the early days of cataract surgery a patient was left without a lens in their eye. This meant they would always have to wear horrendously thick glasses.
In the early days meaning pre Ridley, 1949! Intraocular lenses have been standard for years. The big advances have been in foldable lenses and phacoemulsifiers so the incision can be minimised and photodisruptors to open the clouded capsule and avoid a second operation.
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It has to progressed to the point now where not only does the patient have their lens replaced the surgeon (if it goes well and it almost always does) will often try to reduce any existing distance prescription. People that had always worn glasses (before the cataract) can end up only having to wear spex for reading.
Refracting the patient and correcting their vision in cataract surgery has again been standard for years.
and level of skill and results from cataract surgery has changed immensely in that time. In the early days of cataract surgery a patient was left without a lens in their eye. This meant they would always have to wear horrendously thick glasses.
In the early days meaning pre Ridley, 1949! Intraocular lenses have been standard for years. The big advances have been in foldable lenses and phacoemulsifiers so the incision can be minimised and photodisruptors to open the clouded capsule and avoid a second operation.
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It has to progressed to the point now where not only does the patient have their lens replaced the surgeon (if it goes well and it almost always does) will often try to reduce any existing distance prescription. People that had always worn glasses (before the cataract) can end up only having to wear spex for reading.
Refracting the patient and correcting their vision in cataract surgery has again been standard for years.
Tony
Thanks all. All I know is that it seems to have done the trick for me. I am bloody relieved that I have had this now with the foldable lenses etc and therefore no need for a stitch in the eye. Here I am a day later at home watching telly without glasses which I havent been able to do for a while.
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Well finally the thing I have hinted at a few time this year has happened. I had cataract surgery yesterday. Things seem to have gone very well. My eyesight which had become diabolical through my left eye is crytal clear again. I now just have to make sure that I dont rub the eye or otherwise knock it for the next two weeks and use the antibiotic drops and all should be well.
In the early days meaning pre Ridley, 1949! Intraocular lenses have been standard for years. The big advances have been in foldable lenses and phacoemulsifiers so the incision can be minimised and photodisruptors to open the clouded capsule and avoid a second operation.
Although interestingly, in the states these advances have started to spill over into normal vision correction but here we keep playing with lasers. Given that my eyesight is so bad that I fall at the outer limits of what is considered operable with LASIK (And the best they would hope for is the minimum driving standard!) I'm quite interested in any advances that might offer a permanent improvement in vision.
Although interestingly, in the states these advances have started to spill over into normal vision correction but here we keep playing with lasers. Given that my eyesight is so bad that I fall at the outer limits of what is considered operable with LASIK (And the best they would hope for is the minimum driving standard!) I'm quite interested in any advances that might offer a permanent improvement in vision.
Have you considered that by partially correcting you could get away with thinner and lighter glasses rather than hoping to go totally without?
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Have you considered that by partially correcting you could get away with thinner and lighter glasses rather than hoping to go totally without?
I currently wear contacts as a way of "going without", but given that the surgery is a one-time trick, I'd rather opt for something that eliminates (Or nearly eliminates) the problem rather than take what's currently on offer and rule out the possibility of a better correction later.
When I first started to develop short-sightedness I read up on the options available. Success rates seem to have improved a little but other than that there seems to have been little major progress in the last 10 / 15 years.
I currently wear contacts as a way of "going without", but given that the surgery is a one-time trick, I'd rather opt for something that eliminates (Or nearly eliminates) the problem rather than take what's currently on offer and rule out the possibility of a better correction later.
When I first started to develop short-sightedness I read up on the options available. Success rates seem to have improved a little but other than that there seems to have been little major progress in the last 10 / 15 years.
Its unlikely to change much. The problems with large corrections are down to biological variability in the healing. The initial correction can physically be done just as accurately but because more tissue is removed, the change in correction due to healing is more variable.
