New lenses (after Cataract Surgery)

[teele1]

one thing for sure...white is a lot whiter after surgery

 

[SSL]

one thing for sure...white is a lot whiter after surgery

Good to hear! I'm going in a week from today for the left and two weeks later for the right.

 

[ebb]

Jim the DR asked when i was going to do my left eye and I told him "not until my vision gets much worse." he said close your left eye and look at my lab coat with your right eye. Not reverse eyes, I was surprised that with my left eye the coat was yellow and with my right eye it was bright white. You right 100% about whites being brighter.

 

[Jim Ziegler]

I had my right eye done 4 weeks ago. It's been blurry the last couple of weeks and the Dr said I have a film right dead center. She said they will scrape it with a laser and everything should be good. No floaters or dry eye and everything else looks great.

 

[butchlambert]

I had my right eye done 4 weeks ago. It's been blurry the last couple of weeks and the Dr said I have a film right dead center. She said they will scrape it with a laser and everything should be good. No floaters or dry eye and everything else looks great.

I had the laser on my left eye on Wednesday and now i have a floater in it. Ain't bad though.

 

[teele1]

Jim the DR asked when i was going to do my left eye and I told him "not until my vision gets much worse." he said close your left eye and look at my lab coat with your right eye. Not reverse eyes, I was surprised that with my left eye the coat was yellow and with my right eye it was bright white. You right 100% about whites being brighter.

yup uncorrected eyes see white like a manila envelope, but corrected eyes see white like brand new white t-shirts. almost too bright

 

[msalm]

I remember reading an article on this surgery many years ago about the Dr that really perfected the lens replacement surgery (National Geographic possibly?). He was doing multiple hundreds of patients in Africa per day, one eye each day per patient. Many patients had been blind for years and it was overwhelming the following day when they came back to remove the patch. Very powerful reading.
It was also an article that touched on health care costs as he was able to do all those surgeries for less than $10 ea (done for free for the patients). The lenses were $5.00 each. Dr’s w/out borders type of deal. At the time I think $5000 was quoted for the same operating here in the states…

It’s an incredible surgery, it’d be nice if it wasn’t such a racket though. At the time I don’t believe laser surgery was a thing though.

 

[Stumpy1]

I remember reading an article on this surgery many years ago about the Dr that really perfected the lens replacement surgery (National Geographic possibly?). He was doing multiple hundreds of patients in Africa per day, one eye each day per patient. Many patients had been blind for years and it was overwhelming the following day when they came back to remove the patch. Very powerful reading.
It was also an article that touched on health care costs as he was able to do all those surgeries for less than $10 ea (done for free for the patients). The lenses were $5.00 each. Dr’s w/out borders type of deal. At the time I think $5000 was quoted for the same operating here in the states…

It’s an incredible surgery, it’d be nice if it wasn’t such a racket though. At the time I don’t believe laser surgery was a thing though.

I am pretty sure you are thinking about the Himalayan Cataract Project.

Help us create a world in which no one is needlessly blind

Cure Blindness Project is working to eradicate avoidable blindness in under-resourced areas of the world by helping people retain and regain their sight.

cureblindness.org

Since decent sight is so central to our hobby, my wife (also a competitive shooter) and I have been donating to their mission for a good number of years. As you learn more about what they do, you find that even kids have cataracts due to poor nutrition and other causes. This surgery gives them back their lives.

If you are so inclined, they get a 100% rating from Charity Navigator.

Frank

 

[SSL]

First eye done today. Little blurry yet, of course, but I can see a difference already.
I guess it's true that we grow to resemble our dogs.