cataracts and flying pattern

[Ron Van Putte]

On Jun 17, 2005, at 11:39 AM, Rock, Charles wrote:

> Ron what kind of recoup time did you have? Is this the same operation 
> as Lasics (sp)surgery?

I had the first surgery on a Thursday and got on an airplane to fly to 
the TOC on the next Tuesday.  I had to wear an eye protector when I 
slept for the first week after surgery.  My surgery was standard 
cataract surgery, in which the lens was removed with a scalpel and 
replaced with plastic.  Not lasic surgery.

Ron Van Putte

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> 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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