george burns
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I am scheduled to get Laser Cataract surgery, next month. My wife had hers done 6 months ago, and no longer needs glasses for reading, Farsighted, and a slight correction for distance.Mine are similar, Farsighted, Halo's at night, and a slight correction for distance. I am trying to decide if I want to get the Astigmatism fixed also. I can see 20/20 with corrective lenses during the day, my night vision is bad enough to make driving difficult but possible due to halos and judging distances and eye strain if I sit all day reading and watchig screens..
This is done with the implantation of a lens, after cleaning out the cataracts with the laser, the astigmatism is also done with the laser by re-shaping the eye to a round shape rather than a football shape which is what causes this. "for those who may not know"
My shooting is ok at 25-35 feet but after that the sight picture gets too hard to dial in to the point where I would like to, and used to be able to.
I am trying to figure out if the extra 3 thousand for the astigmatism is something I should get, being that once they put the lenses in, you can't get it done later, i am in my 60's.
Logic is telling me to get both done at the same time, as it would be foolish to just do the Cataracts and find little to no improvement with the night vision problem. But 3 grand is 3 grand, and if it doesn't make a difference then why bother, the doctor is going to probably tell me to get it done, but I haven't had that last visit where they take all the measurements, although have all appointmets booked for both eyes.
Of course shooting is the second main reason to do this. Hopefully after both surgeries, I can shoot close to the way I did 20 years ago. I should get vision close to 20/20 without glasses. My Doctor is well known and has done over 10 thousand of these, at New Vision in Vero Beach.
The optometrist, who I know very well told me my eyes were more than likely 20/15 when I was younger, making any slight vision problem more amplified due to the excellent vision I once had.
Have any of you guys had corrective surgery and willing to share your experiences as far as your shooting and any other plusses or minuses?
If you got it, were you happy with the result, did it do what they told you etc?
This is done with the implantation of a lens, after cleaning out the cataracts with the laser, the astigmatism is also done with the laser by re-shaping the eye to a round shape rather than a football shape which is what causes this. "for those who may not know"
My shooting is ok at 25-35 feet but after that the sight picture gets too hard to dial in to the point where I would like to, and used to be able to.
I am trying to figure out if the extra 3 thousand for the astigmatism is something I should get, being that once they put the lenses in, you can't get it done later, i am in my 60's.
Logic is telling me to get both done at the same time, as it would be foolish to just do the Cataracts and find little to no improvement with the night vision problem. But 3 grand is 3 grand, and if it doesn't make a difference then why bother, the doctor is going to probably tell me to get it done, but I haven't had that last visit where they take all the measurements, although have all appointmets booked for both eyes.
Of course shooting is the second main reason to do this. Hopefully after both surgeries, I can shoot close to the way I did 20 years ago. I should get vision close to 20/20 without glasses. My Doctor is well known and has done over 10 thousand of these, at New Vision in Vero Beach.
The optometrist, who I know very well told me my eyes were more than likely 20/15 when I was younger, making any slight vision problem more amplified due to the excellent vision I once had.
Have any of you guys had corrective surgery and willing to share your experiences as far as your shooting and any other plusses or minuses?
If you got it, were you happy with the result, did it do what they told you etc?