old lady new shooter
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Do you think that's actually a possibility?I hope by the time I need IOL's, the technology has advanced enough so accomodative IOLs will be the norm.
Do you think that's actually a possibility?I hope by the time I need IOL's, the technology has advanced enough so accomodative IOLs will be the norm.
I also need prescription glasses because of double vision. I see a faint ghost image of everything. I can ignore it fairly well but it's better when it isn't there. I am also going to have my prescription put in my ray-ban shades. I have worn shades all my adult life because of the glare and it's even brighter now, about the only down side to the whole deal.
I see a ghost image of my front sight above the more solid image. I found out vertical double vision with only one eye open is a known thing for a person who has astigmatism. (Which I do.) I imagined that the more solid image was the real one and therefore the one to use but all my shots were hitting a little low compared to where I was aiming. So I tried using the ghost image and that works for me.Had both eyes done in April, 2020 and, like others, was amazed with the improvement in acuity and brightness of colors. Could even see iron sights again. Unfortunately, acuity is suffering a bit with everything appearing slightly blurry. Last trip to range, I discovered the one (and on occasion, 2nd) flier out of every 5 shot group is very likely being caused by a ghost image of the horizontal cross hair rather than a new BAR which I've been trying to squeeze < moa groups out of. The vertical crosshair is sharp, only horizontal has the ghost; my fliers are always out @ 12-1 o'clock, so suspect I'm picking up on the ghost crosshair.
Was diagnosed w/macular degeneration in right eye 20 years ago, but it was not progressing noticeably. Hopefully that is still the case. Have appointment w/Ophthalmologist on the 9th to discuss the problem.
Funny thing is that if I tip my head so as to position my iris as low as possible, making line of sight just above lower eyelid, the ghost disappears???
This Doctor has done an excellent job of keeping my eyes tuned up for past 40 years; sure hope he has one more trick in his bag to fix this one.
Regards,
hps
That was exactly my experience too.One thing I forgot to mention was the color clarity. Besides the cloudiness, my whole field of vision had a yellow cast. I had no idea, because I had nothing to compare it to. An hour after the anesthesia wore off, it was like a miracle. Not only was the cloudiness gone, but colors were brighter than I could imagine.
Good, but I use 1.25 readers when closer. Have about 10 pairs everywhere JIC.I have thought about that but you are the first I have heard from.
How are you at newspaper distance?
I am nearsighted and going back to distance glasses would be like old times.
I had major sticker shock when my friend told me the problems I had with the red dot I first bought for my AR would be solved if I got an Aimpoint. After a few days I realized a firearm I couldn't see to aim was going to be an extremely expensive giant paperweight, and gave in. Oh boy do I love them!!!!!!!Aimpoints are beautiful too.
Do you think that's actually a possibility?
Wow.Yes. There is research being done on several ways of accomplishing this.
One of the few advantages of living in the modern age is our excellent quality of health care.
I always thought I should have been a cowboy, but if that fencing staple had lodged in my eye in 1883 instead of 1983.....I would have been a one-eyed cowboy.
There's a song in there somewhere.......
The new variable lens implants could be a good thing for those having cataract surgery for the first time. But for those of us who have already had the surgery, it's not too helpful. That's because, during the original procedure, the natural lens is emulsified using ultrasound, and then is vacuumed out. This doesn't work on plastic implant lenses, which literally have to be cut out. As I understand it, this is complicated and difficult. Once the original operation is done, it's best to leave the results alone.Yes. There is research being done on several ways of accomplishing this.
Yep, and if you can work in a train or a prison ya got a golden platter!!
Regards,
hps
There's a song in there somewhere.......
Back years (generations?) ago, cataracts would be removed, and then the patient would need glasses like the bottoms of Coke bottles (think George Burns) to see at all. Contacts were an improvement on this, but the real breakthrough came with plastic implant lenses. This greatly improved the quality of life for the elderly.A previous generation, my Mother went to contacts after cataract surgery and was generally pleased.
...and all the other folks that needed them.This greatly improved the quality of life for the elderly.
My maternal grandmother had that type of operation decades ago. Coke bottle bottoms is an apt description of the glasses she needed, but she was an avid reader and appreciated that she could still read.Back years (generations?) ago, cataracts would be removed, and then the patient would need glasses like the bottoms of Coke bottles (think George Burns) to see at all. Contacts were an improvement on this, but the real breakthrough came with plastic implant lenses. This greatly improved the quality of life for the elderly.
That's good.Yep, and if you can work in a train or a prison ya got a golden platter!!
Regards,
hps
Know what ya mean, 230. I'm just too old to learn to shoot a rifle left handed, but the alteration I made to enable me to shoot my M1 leads me to believe I can shoot a high mounted scope right handed using my left eye by canting as you would a co-axially mounted optic on an AR. Should my macular degeneration in right eye progress far enough to render right eye useless, I'll let ya know how that works out. As they say, any port in a storm.Rifle? No good, Was seriously thinking of training with the rifle on the left shoulder, but just trying it, it feels so awkward, like throwing with your weak hand.