cataracts and flying pattern

Ron Van Putte vanputte at cox.net
Fri Jun 17 18:30:05 AKDT 2005


On Jun 17, 2005, at 9:01 PM, Larry Caldwell wrote:

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

Does alcohol cause astigmatism?  Does alcohol cure astigmatism?  So 
much research to be done!

Ron Van Putte

> John Ferrell wrote:
>> What causes multiple vision other than cataracts?
>> John Ferrell
>> http://DixieNC.US
>> ----- 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
>>>
>>> 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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