cataracts and flying pattern

[Larry Caldwell]

Astigmatism.  The image from one eye appears slightly displaced from the 
other at a distance.

Larry Caldwell

John Ferrell wrote:
> What causes multiple vision other than cataracts?
> 
> John Ferrell
> http://DixieNC.US
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 11:26 AM
> Subject: Re: cataracts and flying pattern
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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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