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Implanted Lens Sharpens Blurred Vision
Associated Press ^ | Mon, Sep 13, 2004 | By DIEDTRA HENDERSON, AP Science Writer

Posted on 09/13/2004 2:14:07 PM PDT by happygrl

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1 posted on 09/13/2004 2:14:08 PM PDT by happygrl
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To: happygrl

Just curious.

What is Myopia?


2 posted on 09/13/2004 2:15:47 PM PDT by Bigh4u2
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To: happygrl

Do they make 'em for Democrats?


3 posted on 09/13/2004 2:16:38 PM PDT by hsrazorback1 (G'night, John Boy.)
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To: Bigh4u2

Nearsightedness.


4 posted on 09/13/2004 2:18:19 PM PDT by Sam the Sham
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To: Bigh4u2
What is Myopia?

Nearsightedness.


5 posted on 09/13/2004 2:19:06 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (cong rec 27.3.86 jk speech doubleplusungood malreported cambodia rectify)
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To: Bigh4u2

Nearsightedness.


6 posted on 09/13/2004 2:20:26 PM PDT by vharlow
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To: Bigh4u2
What is Myopia?

I'm sorry, I cannot read your question. Would you please use a larger font?

7 posted on 09/13/2004 2:23:27 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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To: happygrl

FWIW, I can say the implants they use for cataracts open up a whole new world. It's really amazing.


8 posted on 09/13/2004 2:26:12 PM PDT by Mugwump
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To: All

Thanx.


9 posted on 09/13/2004 2:26:12 PM PDT by Bigh4u2
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To: KarlInOhio

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.


10 posted on 09/13/2004 2:26:47 PM PDT by WI Conservative 4 Bush (Nobody speaks English, and everything's broken...)
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To: happygrl

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


11 posted on 09/13/2004 2:31:14 PM PDT by Ramonan (Honor does not go out of style.)
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To: happygrl

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.


12 posted on 09/13/2004 2:31:51 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: hsrazorback1

Yes but only in "rose" color...


13 posted on 09/13/2004 2:35:57 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: Ramonan

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!!


14 posted on 09/13/2004 3:14:17 PM PDT by Knute (Kerry / Edwards 2004 - Forging Ahead with Dan Blather)
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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.


15 posted on 09/13/2004 4:08:04 PM PDT by jrp
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To: Bigh4u2
What is Myopia?

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.

16 posted on 09/13/2004 4:12:42 PM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
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To: jrp

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.


17 posted on 09/13/2004 4:33:11 PM PDT by GailA ( hanoi john, I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, before I impose a moratorium on it.)
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To: happygrl

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.


18 posted on 09/13/2004 4:39:51 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Tragically Single

Ping


19 posted on 09/13/2004 4:54:19 PM PDT by tuliptree76
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To: Knute; All

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.


20 posted on 09/13/2004 5:31:22 PM PDT by varina davis
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