Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fred - I totally agree. It is amazing what they can do these days with cataract surgery. I have some photos later of the doctor actually putting the new lens in the eye. Technology is wonderful. If they can continue to improve your vision, why not! Most of the cataract patients considered it to be a miracle. Tina On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Fred Holzapfel <fkh1950 at frontiernet.net>wrote: > Tina and others.... > > This past spring I had my eyes evaluated as I was having problems with > night > vision and a few other issues. Turned out both eyes needed Cataract > removed. In addition the lenses in my eyes had hardened and yellowed. > That > was causing me to evaluate color incorrectly. The Doctor did each eye, > one month apart. Remove the cataract and lenses. Implanted a new lens. > Gave me almost 20/20 vision without color issues. I still need glasses for > near vision, reading and such. One day of an eye patch. Then a few > weeks > of careful things like sun glasses and such. > > I highly recommend this for anyone with these issues. The ability of > current medicine is fantastic. Lasers have made the surgery much more > accurate, painless and very precise. Very little to fear. They will give > you a bunch of things that can go wrong or cause issues. The percentages > are very low on all of them. > > I wish there was a way to pass on to them my positive feelings. I'm sure > understanding the process is not easy. > > Fred Holzapfel > Mpls, MN > > > > Message-ID: <5CF9C9F9-4292-4F4D-89E1-6A7E216FC136 at me.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > Great picture Tina, but I can assure you that the thought of having > cataracts removed frightens me so I would not be smiling either! > > Good luck when/if you get back there, but please don't just take the MM but > also something that shoots in colour. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com