cataracts and flying pattern

[Ron Van Putte]

On Jun 17, 2005, at 10:07 AM, Steven Maxwell wrote:

>  I've got to go in for evaluation for cataracts should be a no 
> brainer, I
> have done some simple test at the flying field with some friends and 
> they
> all see things twice as far away as I can, I'm looking forward to 
> seeing
> better maybe even tell if my wings are level. So how many out there 
> have
> had this done and how has it helped?

I was at the end of my competition days six years ago, due to 
cataracts.  I had multiple vision in both eyes; I saw four images with 
one eye and two with the other!  The airplane was a blur.

I had cataract surgery in October and the following May (back then the 
doctors wanted six months between the surgeries).  My vision had 
improved so much after the first surgery that I competed in spring 
contests before the second surgery.  After the second surgery, I had 
GREAT vision.  I told people that I could tell the sex of a gnat at 50 
feet.  I am still competing.

The procedure is so easy that it's done on an out-patient basis.  I was 
in and out the door of the surgery center in less than three hours.  
Get it done!

Ron Van Putte

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