cataracts and flying pattern

[Ron Van Putte]

On Jun 17, 2005, at 9:34 PM, Larry Caldwell wrote:

> I don't know if alcohol causes astigmatism, but it can make it real 
> hard to pronounce!

I almost fell out of my chair!  No, it wasn't the beer, it was the 
joke.  Great!

Ron Van Putte

> Ron Van Putte wrote:
>
>> 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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