cataract update

[Verne Koester]

Steve,
Don't know why you've had such trouble seeing multiple images when you're 
flying. I just fly the one in the middle!

Verne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Maxwell" <patternrules at earthlink.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: cataract update


> Yes Ron the Indiana eye clinic say the same thing if it hinders your
> hobbies or actives then it's time. To that I'll also say I did fly today
> second day after, had a slight double image but I only have one good eye
> and no glasses on other, I tried both ways and the same either way, I am
> seeing a single light ray from bright lights at night and glare during the
> day, but extremely better than old night blindness, but that should be 
> part
> of the healing process all in all over what I used to have I would very
> happy to keep my vision as is rather than what I had, flying is totally
> different it's like the plane is a whole different dimension than the sky
> it just jumps out from eveything around it so sharp and clear.
> Steve
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> Date: 7/28/2005 6:20:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: cataract update
>>
>>
>> On Jul 28, 2005, at 12:49 PM, John Ferrell wrote:
>>
>> > I am listening closely. Since you started the thread I have been to
>> > the eye doctor and discovered that my multi images are real but not
>> > serious. My left eye is the better one but has a vertical cataract
>> > right in the center. That results in a diffraction situation that
>> > provides two images. The right eye has astigmatism that is only
>> > partially corrected at 70 degrees. That results in a pretty good image
>> > plus an offset blurry image. Most of the time my brain does a
>> > reasonable job of using the info but sometimes it is better for me to
>> > sit out a flight.
>> > My cataract is a long way from the criteria that says a fix is in
>> > order.
>> >
>> > Keep up the reports!
>>
>> I had multiple image problems due to the cataracts that caused me to be
>> unable to see the need for small corrections in my airplane or to see
>> the airplane attitude at all at large distances.  The doctor said that
>> the cataracts weren't ready yet and I responded that, if my quality of
>> life was an important issue, mine suffered because of how important the
>> flying of R/C aerobatic airplanes was to me.  I was immediately
>> scheduled for surgery.
>>
>> I told two club members what I told my doctor and what the result was.
>> They told their doctors the same thing and were also immediately
>> scheduled for surgery.
>>
>> Ron Van Putte
>>
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Maxwell"
>> > <patternrules at earthlink.net>
>> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 7:37 AM
>> > Subject: Re: cataract update
>> >
>> >
>> >> Ok I know some are tried of hearing about this but I have to tell you
>> >> yesterday only being the first day after surgery I feel like I have
>> >> been
>> >> given Superman eyes went to the flying field and was able to watch
>> >> the jets
>> >> at the Army base across the street during there full flight pattern
>> >> before
>> >> I could only see them if they was real close to me, the models well
>> >> now
>> >> they stick out like a sore thumb instead of searching for them. and
>> >> this is
>> >> with only one eye done, the down side reading glasses
>> >> Steve Maxwell
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> [Original Message]
>> >>> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
>> >>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> >>> Date: 7/26/2005 7:23:13 PM
>> >>> Subject: Re: cataract update
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jul 26, 2005, at 5:27 PM, Steven Maxwell wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> > Can tell you that I can already see things that I couldn't with
>> >>> > glasses I just put in my drops that I have to do every 2 hours and
>> >>> > besides seeing across the lake things I have never been able to see
>> >>> > are clear and sharp but one the biggest differences is colors are
>> >>> > bright and like alive the closest thing I can think of would be
>> >>> > looking at a picture with 1/2 of it covered with wax paper the wax
>> >>> > paper side is what I thought was normal.
>> >>> > Sorry for taking up list space with this but I know there are
>> >>> others
>> >>> > out there in the same shape as I, do yourself a favor and get
>> >>> checked
>> >>> > really good and stress the cataracts.
>> >>>
>> >>> I can attest to everything Steve wrote.  The colors are much
>> >>> brighter.
>> >>> However, the most remarkable thing I noticed was how much more white
>> >>> white was.  Between surgeries, I compared what I could see with the
>> >>> 'bad' eye versus the 'good' eye.  This may seem crude, but, by
>> >>> comparison with the 'good' eye,  the 'bad' eye made a white wall look
>> >>> like I was looking through a glass of urine!
>> >>>
>> >>> Ron Van Putte
>> >>
>> >>
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