Anyone have vision issues?

Allen wrote:
She already has the weighted (toric) lenses.

Ah, I didn't know the english name for it, thanks.

Friedrich

"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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High myopes (near sighted) would end up with correspondingly thinner
corneal flaps for lasik, so correction becomes more difficult.

Working in a medical school with a very strong ophthalmology program, I
have asked about lasik as well as the IOL. Lasik does look promising, but
there is a lot less long term data on the IOL. For now, I'm sticking with
glasses and contacts.

Speaking of LASIK, this is interesting:
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ma..._is_belie.html

I wonder how that data holds up today, nearly three year later.

"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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Messing around with the cornea can have it's own set of complications that
can be devastating, but intraocular problems can be much, much worse.

Of course, this is my impression as an orthopaedic surgeon, where my
favorite tools are the three pound mallet and the two foot long Sear's
bolt cutter.

So that's what my dad was talking about when he referred to doctors as "saw
bones".

Hey, if you need a construction job, I can fit you in! Gotta have your own
tools, but it seems your well equipped! :~)

Reminds my of a shrink I know whose tool of choice is a ballpeen hammer!
--
Matt Barrow
Performance Homes, LLC.
Cheyenne, WY

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
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Viperdoc wrote:
Yes, the cataract IOL's have been around forever. To me, it sounds a
little
aggressive to remove a perfectly good lens (albeit somewhat stiff and
non-compliant, like my aging ones) and replace it with a plastic one.

Messing around with the cornea can have it's own set of complications
that
can be devastating, but intraocular problems can be much, much worse.

Of course, this is my impression as an orthopaedic surgeon, where my
favorite tools are the three pound mallet and the two foot long Sear's
bolt
cutter.


Heh heh... I had a plate and screws removed from my forearm while I was
under a regional block once. Apparently, the plate didn't want to let go
so the doc had to put some ass on it to get it to turn loose. BAM BAM
BAM!!!!

"Jeez... what the hell's going on over there?", I asked. I couldn't feel
it but I sure could hear it. Sounded like he was using a 10 pound sledge.
Now I know I wasn't far off.

When the compressor motor kicked on is when you should have balked.

"Really-Old-Fart" wrote in message
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In rec.aviation.piloting, on Fri 31 Aug 2007 07:36:15a, Emily
wrote:

I'd do that in a heartbeat if it corrected astigmatism. I'm sure it's
a lot less painful than the PRK I've been relegated to, plus it's
reversible.

The only thing that is truly reversible is wearing glasses. Plus, they
serve the added benefit of working as safety glasses when you're doing
something that might result in eye damage.

They make some prescription sunglasses in the skull fitting style like
you see popular with some of the guys riding motorcycles. They wrap
around and don't allow any air to catch them so that they are less
likely to get blown off your head if you turn your head perpendicular to
the prevailing wind. I've never tried them, but you might want to check
them out to see if the prescription wraps around the whole lense also.

Are you assuming she flies in an open cockpit?

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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El Maximo wrote:
"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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How would you know anything about vision or what's needed for flying,
since you're not an ophthalmologist or a pilot?

Anthony Atkielski- self proclaimed expert in----everything.


Using his surgery simulator:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...=1&sa=N&tab=wi


Now THAT'S funny! 8^)

I keep remembering Jethro Bodine wanting to be a brain surgeon.

Viperdoc writes:

How would you know anything about vision or what's needed for flying, since
you're not an ophthalmologist or a pilot?

How would you know, since you're (apparently) an orthopedic surgeon?

As hard as it may be to accept, it is perfectly possible to know a great deal
about something even without any credentials. Louis Pasteur was a chemist,
not a biologist, and Charles Goodyear ran a hardware store and yet still
managed to discover how to vulcanize rubber. And the Wright brothers were not
even licensed pilots when they designed their first aircraft.

"Clark" wrote in message
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"Clark" wrote

Did you train my oral surgeon? :-) I'll swear that he used a 3 pound
mallet
to knock a hole in my jaw one day. He said it was a 6 oz'er but his
assistant had to hold my head in place so I'm thinking it was a bigger
hammer...

And you were awake for this???

No way anyone is going to be hitting me with ANY sized hammer, and me
knowing abut it, without expecting an ass kicking in return! g

Pass the nitrous oxide, please! ;-)


You betcha I was awake for it. It gave me one heck of a headache but how
else
was I gonna keep an eye on them?
--
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You said a mouthfull there!

Peter

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:05:47 +0200 (CEST), "Really-Old-Fart"
wrote:

The only thing that is truly reversible is wearing glasses.

I have worn glasses since I was two years old. I have worn bifocals
since I was oh 45. I am effectively blind in one eye, I am
near-sighted, I have astigmatism, and now I am developing cataracts. I
carry a magnifying glass in my flying vest in case I have to study a
chart.

I am extremely skeptical of anyone who claims that he or she can't
land a plane while wearing glasses. Sounds like vanity to me. Or at
best, lack of practice. (I've had 73 years' practice.)


Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:25:01 GMT, wrote:

I can't shoot skeet with my flying glasses and can't fly with the
skeet glasses, but both work perfectly for what they were intended
for.

Good counsel!

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com