cataract update

[John Ferrell]

That is a very important point, thanks for the reality check.
I suspect there are other health issues going on that need to be dealt with 
first. Also the double vision thing is not all there is limiting my Pattern 
skills!
I will monitor the condition a while and see how I can deal with it and keep 
the options in mind.

I suspect the condition has been with me for a while and the doctor only 
noticed it after I offered the symptoms. Most people would not be aware of 
it at this low level. Pattern flyers demand a lot from their bodies...

BTW, the "other health issues" are also pretty trivial and certainly not 
life threatening. Mostly mobility and pain. I don't do pain well, if it 
hurts I try to avoid it!

John Ferrell
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:11 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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