I go over year.
I go over year.
Every year. I'm so very glad that they don't have to put belladonna in my eyes to dialate them, they just use the weird green machine to look at my optic nerve and blood vessels. I'll happily pay the extra $40 out of pocket to be able to see for the rest of the day.
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
If/when you have cataract surgery, get the multi focal lenses, you'll never need reading glasses again. Usually insurance will not cover the upgrade, so it's $800 or so an eye. Worth every penny.
I got cataracts at 50. It became most noticeable when driving at night. My vision was a little cloudy. I had one eye done, then a few weeks later they did the other. I was expecting less fog, what I wasn't expecting was the more vibrant colors. Everything was brighter. I came home to find that my livingroom walls were not the off-white color I thought they were, they were bright white. Every other color popped without the yellow filter that my eye had become.
I still wear glasses because I'm a perfectionist, but I don't need to anymore except for things closer than an arms length. I even got by drivers license changed to no longer require glasses. The image I've attached is supposed to be a gif, but I may not have uploaded it correctly.
My M-F gig is in the medical device industry working with MD's pretty closely and due to this, I've become a bit more selective when it comes to who I'll let treat me, where I get the treatment, and what tools they use. I was filtering the MD's...Not schooled in the US = out, didn't due their residency in the US = out, use certain brand / model of equipment = out, certain implants = out, certain hospitals = out. As I was scanning the list of Dr's, I came across one that I worked for (In a Start-Up) about 5 years prior, and scheduled an appointment. I decided that if he recognized me, that would help. He knew who I was when he walked in the exam room. I asked more in-depth questions, and he took the time to answer them and guide me to the design team for the implant I chose.
Many of us spend a crapload of time researching what muffler bearings are best...do the same thing with the MD, the Hospital, and the manufacturer of the device(s) going into your body. Go to the FDA website and see if the company got a Warning Letter and read it. You may be inspired to change your decision.
Answer to thread title: yesterday. 
Yesterday for me.
Did you hear the one about the optical tech who fell into his lens grinder and made a spectacle of himself?
Last week. Saved me a lot of money because apparently the cataract in my right eye now prevents my vision to be corrected to the FAA-mandated 20/20 unless I have surgery, but the OD still thinks it might be a bit too early. Hey, at least it saved money for flying lessons atm. Back to motorsports, I think (yes, I can see well enough for that..)
Speaking of glasses and corrections, does anybody have any experience with Paragon CRT contacts? They're supposed to shape one's cornea (if I understood this correctly) to counter/fix myopia.
wspohn said:Yesterday for me.
Did you hear the one about the optical tech who fell into his lens grinder and made a spectacle of himself?
That’s a good one.
One of the joys of living with EDS is having central serous retinatophy. It's rare that I go 90 days without seeing the eye doc.
I go every 12-18 months. My prescription changes very slightly, if at all. I can still use glasses from ten years ago if necessary.I've been wearing glasses for 60 years, so I'm used to them.
Marjorie Suddard said:I'm back from eyedoctorland, and he confirmed that not only is my distance vision better, it's common after a certain age and usually paired with deteriorating close-up vision. (To put it more succinctly, your focal distance changes.) So yay, me--I have barely any correction for distance these days, but readers got another boost. And I have a tiny cataract in one eye. So now I am expecting a random package with hairnet, support stockings and grippy socks to appear in my mailbox any day now.
Margie
"Your focal distance changes". Ah! Photography speak. That I understand.
wspohn said:Yesterday for me.
Did you hear the one about the optical tech who fell into his lens grinder and made a spectacle of himself?
Nicole Suddard said:In reply to Msterbee :
I switched to contact lenses in middle school and have worn the same brand ever since - a much better solution for an active lifestyle, but still annoying to deal with. I get headaches from wearing glasses, too, so the contact lenses are the lesser of the two evils for me. Every year I get closer to considering lasik surgery.
She did like you and eventually warmed up to contact lenses. She needed them to play water polo in high school and stuck with them for most things after that. My eyes are my livelihood and life. (Photographer and designer) I will not put them at risk with Lasik. Even if it is minimal.
I've been procrastinating while my only pair of glasses' lenses are delaminating or losing their anti-something coating or something like that. I've worn glasses since grade school, had flings with contacts but they're inconvenient since I need reading glasses with them. I wear contacts for track days because my glasses don't fit well through my helmet's eye hole, but I'd rather not. Maybe my next pair of glasses will be a bit smaller so they'll fit inside the helmet.
In reply to Claff :
Just how big are these glasses? I have a set of prescription aviators with transitions lenses that haven't had any trouble fitting inside a helmet yet.
GameboyRMH said:In reply to Claff :
Just how big are these glasses? I have a set of prescription aviators with transitions lenses that haven't had any trouble fitting inside a helmet yet.
I brought my helmet to the optometrist last night. :). Ended up not trying anything on because it was getting late.
New optometrist for me. I used to go to one affiliated with Pearl Vision (Luxottica) but my wife, who has terrible vision, went to a smaller chain (Clarkson) that's only a few minutes from home and was very happy with the doctor there so I followed. Anyway, can only echo several other posts. Distance vision getting better, close vision worse. I'm think I'm going to buy my first pair of actual reading glasses. I've been making do with drugstore readers but my eyes are not even and I have a touch of astigmatism.
For whatever reason, I had much better luck with the "is this better ... or this?" this time around. I'm really not sure why. Maybe he was just better at choosing options?
I'll probably buy some frames from them. 'Insurance' - really a pre-pay scheme like most dental plans - pays for most of it anyway. Noticed the prices were not out of line from what I recall at Pearl.
Current glasses aren't terribly big, but the helmet was new last spring and fits pretty tight and I don't want to risk snapping the glasses (plastic frames) trying to wedge them in.
Bringing the helmet to the optometrist when picking out frames seems like a boss move. I just might do that.
This morning. Get to double dip on insurance. Contacts on this years plan, glasses on next year's plan. With one docyors exam.
The nighttime glare is getting worse for me(old dude)Bummer.
I am due for new glasses but instead I have made an appointment with the laser eye center to see about replacement lens surgery. Turns out at fifty nine I am too old for lasik anymore but I hear good things about the replacement lens surgery so I am going to try that. Booked in for mid december.
I got the RLE surgery in April, and it is a big deal to not have to mess with contacts anymore! My corrected vision with contacts was very good - 15/10. I was used to looking up at an airliner flying by and being able to easily tell what airline it was, but like everyone else over 40, I needed reading glasses. So yes, contacts with reading glasses.
Post surgery, the colors were surreal, especially blues and greens. The first time I drove my Explorer post-surgery, I couldn't get over just how vivid and bright the turquoise speedometer and tach needles were! It was like I was high on some kind of drug that made every color really pop. That eventually faded, and now I don't notice anything like that.
The pros - not having to hassle with contacts. My up-close vision is much better, I only need reading glasses now if the print is really small and the light dim. My night vision is slightly better, but see below. I'm 63, and they claim that my vision will not change anymore, since my lenses are synthetic and don't change over time, so there is that.
The cons - my distance vision just isn't as good as it was. Now I look up at that plane and can only tell that it's white. The RLE doc said that my vision in my right eye is 20/20, but my left eye vision is noticeably worse. He said that he has some tools in his toolkit to address that, so I need to go back and see what he can do. The guarantee says that they will do laser surgery to correct things if need be. At night, any bright lights have crazy circles around them, which I've gotten used to, but sometimes it is distracting. Since my formerly yellow lenses are now clear and everything is brighter, I need sunglasses more often (which isn't exactly a bad thing).
Overall if I had to do it again, I think I would. Not dealing with any kind of corrective lenses is priceless, but my reduced distance vision feels like a real loss. I need to see what the doc can do to improve that. It was expensive (about $14K in the Seattle area, which is an expensive place to live, so it may be less in cheaper places). But every night when I go to bed and don't have to remove my contacts, and every morning when I wake up and have clear vision, I'm glad I did it.
Hope this helps.
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