Nearsightedness.
Posted on 09/13/2004 2:14:07 PM PDT by happygrl
Just curious.
What is Myopia?
Do they make 'em for Democrats?
Nearsightedness.
Nearsightedness.
Nearsightedness.
I'm sorry, I cannot read your question. Would you please use a larger font?
FWIW, I can say the implants they use for cataracts open up a whole new world. It's really amazing.
Thanx.
Well, this is probably what I'll want to do in a couple of years. I have EXTREME nearsightedness, got glasses when I was 2 and contacts when I was 9 (in 1977). I'm grateful to God that I'm able to see with corrected vision. I was tempted to do Lasik, except that the people most at risk for Lasik failure are those with the worst vision.
My eye doctor brought this lens-implant thing up to me last year. He and I agreed that, since I'm comfortable with corrected vision, that we would wait and see on this lens implant approach.
I have almost the same thing, one in each eye, to replace my natural lenses after cataract surgery.
I DO NOT use glasses now, where I needed them for astigmatism before.
You can see them at
http://www.crystalens.com
I personally know someone who had this surgery performed on both eyes to correct for yellowing of the lens with age, and years of blurred vision. The procedure is usually performed one eye at a time to note any complications that might arise. After the first eye, she told me she couldn't wait for the other eye. When the second eye was performed she was so happy she went out to her greenhouse to look at her orchids that she'd never before had seen in all their beauty and had tears in her eyes for being given back the gift of vision. She said it was like "having the eyes of a little girl again". That was three years ago and there were no complications whatsoever.
Yes but only in "rose" color...
I had cataracts removed via phacoemulsification earlier this year. Ocular implants replaced both damaged lenses.
I no longer need glasses at all for distance. I was wearing "coke bottle" lenses with corrections of -8.50 left and -10.00 right.
I have reading glasses for close-up work.
A few awkward weeks between surgeries- they did them about a month apart.
100% satisfied!!
This surgery is different from cataracts surgery in that the natural lens is left in place and the artifical one
supplements it. There are different types of lens under study - some go in front of the natural lens, some behind. I'm sure we'll be seeing more lens being approved in the coming years.
I'm keeping an eye on this procedure (haha), as I'm very near-sighted and my corneas too thin for Lasik. Luckily I have decent vision with soft contacts, although I am nealy blind without them. I'm certainly hoping the price comes down - $4K per is a lot of coin.
It's where you can see only what is right in front of your nose. It's kind of the opposite of presbyopia where you cannot see what is right in front of your nose--like Dan Rather.
I'm blurred at all distances with my up close being the worst, my distance the best. Middle only a tad better, my reading distance is now at 400. I hate glasses. Vision just keeps getting worse as I age, they are hot, uncomfortable and always smudged. Had 1 cataract out and the other is only 15%. This surgery sounds promising.
Dunno - I had lasik and it took me from durn near legally blind to 20/15 in both eyes. Changed my life. But I had lots of extra corneal tissue to work with and not everyone does - those folks would probably profit from this. I wish these guys luck.
Ping
I just had my left eye done and the right eye next week (2 weeks between surgeries). It is a miracle! Had a check-up today and the left eye is 20/20. Dr. said the right eye should be the same. No more glasses, except for reading and they can be simple magnifying type. Been very myopic since birth and this is truly miraculous!
Being able to see is very empowering.
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