Variation on...... cataracts and flying pattern...new question

[Larry Caldwell]

Ken,

My last couple of eye exams indicated 20/20 in my right eye, 20/15 in 
the left with my prescription I have been wearing for some time now. 
But I still see fuzzy airplanes.  My right eye has some slight retina 
damage that doesn't help, it seems to reduce the acuity some.

At my last exam, I asked the doctor to experiment a little and see if 
she could simulate looking at 500-800', rather than the shorter distance 
that the exams are seemingly based on.  I ended up with a different 
prescription for one eye that seems to help most of the time.  My vision 
seems to vary some from day to day, even hour to hour sometimes, but I 
can't have that many prescrption to keep track of.  It may be worth a 
shot to have your doctor play with the prescription a little.  The 
doctor I go to told me that they frequently don't change prescriptions 
for samll changes in lense power.  She said that most people will never 
notice the difference.


Larry Caldwell



Ken Blackwell wrote:
> Recently, I had my glasses updated, (Age 67, trifocals) and my medium 
> distance and close up vision is 20-15....according to the Dr.'s eye 
> chart. However, when I look off at a distance like flying, the glasses 
> do not sharply focus. In fact, I can see better without them. My problem 
> is that I wanted to get my sunglasses updated....but the prescription 
> doesn't work for distance and in fact my old prescription works better 
> at a distance than the new one. BUT the old prescription doesn't do an 
> adequate job at short to medium distances.
> 
> Has anyone ever heard of this problem...solution....and maybe an 
> Internet med reference?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ken Blackwell
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