On 3/27/2024 9:14 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> On 3/27/2024 6:05 PM, suzeeq wrote:
>
>>>> . . .
>
>>> Did you get a lens with the 20/20 prescription in it?
>
>> What lens are you talking about? The one in my glasses frame or the one
>> implanted in my eye? The one in my eye doesn't have a "prescription"
>> like framed external lenses and I have not had a lens in the external
>> frame removed or changed. My left eye, without any eye glasses
>> prescription, has 20/20 vision according to the eye test that was part
>> of my post-op followup.
>
> My mother had both lenses replaced. One is for normal vision, the other
> is corrected for distance. That's what suzeeq is talking about. She had
> to wear reading glasses: one with a clear lens, the other with a slight
> correction. It was done that way to make it easier for her to drive but
> she's stopped driving.

I will have to have reading glasses once I've recovered from the second
surgery but that will be an entirely new set of glasses.

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On 3/27/2024 9:25 PM, suzeeq wrote:
> On 3/27/2024 8:58 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 3/27/2024 6:05 PM, suzeeq wrote:
>>> On 3/27/2024 5:57 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 3/27/2024 4:24 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:23:29 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> The laser slicing open my eyeball to remove my cataract riddled
>>>>>>> lens and
>>>>>>> slide a piece of plastic in.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, you mean on TV?  Nothing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’m supposed to have that done in about eight years. I am hoping
>>>>>> not to
>>>>>> live that long.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am also hoping it goes well for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah I had that done on one eye last July and was SUPPOSED to have had
>>>>> the other done in late August but they found stuff they didn't expect
>>>>> (mostly calcification) and it's now late March and I'm still waiting.
>>>>>
>>>> I had the cataract diagnosis three years ago.  Its taken this long
>>>> for me to get the money together to do it.
>>>>
>>>>> It's effectively like having two eyes each with a different
>>>>> prescription - I can drive but have to be careful or at least more so
>>>>> than usual. If I couldn't I'd likely go utterly bonkers.
>>>>
>>>> Much the same with me.  The only thing that saved me from
>>>> coke-bottle glasses is better materials to make lenses from.  As it
>>>> is the operation went well, the check-up today didn't reveal any
>>>> immediate problems, I have 20/20 in that eye now and have a
>>>> mid-April date for the operation on the other eye.  But I am/was so
>>>> massively short-sighted that trying to use both eyes now gives me a
>>>> splitting headache, so I'm wearing an eye-patch until then.
>>>>
>>> Did you get a lens with the 20/20 prescription in it?
>>
>> What lens are you talking about?  The one in my glasses frame or the
>> one implanted in my eye?  The one in my eye doesn't have a
>> "prescription" like framed external lenses and I have not had a lens
>> in the external frame removed or changed.  My left eye, without any
>> eye glasses prescription, has 20/20 vision according to the eye test
>> that was part of my post-op followup.
>>
> Sorry, I meant the new one in your eye, they do have them available now.
> It was confirmed last summer that I have cataracts beginning to form,
> but  not impacting my vision now. Hopefully I won't need surgery for
> several years. Congratulations on your improvement!

You should discuss it with an ophthalmologist. The implant lenses are
not like eye-glass lenses, there are a few different options that are
all pre-made. No individualized prescriptions.

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On 3/28/2024 7:48 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 3/27/2024 9:25 PM, suzeeq wrote:
>> On 3/27/2024 8:58 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 3/27/2024 6:05 PM, suzeeq wrote:
>>>> On 3/27/2024 5:57 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>> On 3/27/2024 4:24 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:23:29 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> The laser slicing open my eyeball to remove my cataract riddled
>>>>>>>> lens and
>>>>>>>> slide a piece of plastic in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh, you mean on TV?  Nothing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I’m supposed to have that done in about eight years. I am
>>>>>>> hoping not to
>>>>>>> live that long.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am also hoping it goes well for you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah I had that done on one eye last July and was SUPPOSED to have
>>>>>> had
>>>>>> the other done in late August but they found stuff they didn't expect
>>>>>> (mostly calcification) and it's now late March and I'm still waiting.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I had the cataract diagnosis three years ago.  Its taken this long
>>>>> for me to get the money together to do it.
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's effectively like having two eyes each with a different
>>>>>> prescription - I can drive but have to be careful or at least more so
>>>>>> than usual. If I couldn't I'd likely go utterly bonkers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Much the same with me.  The only thing that saved me from
>>>>> coke-bottle glasses is better materials to make lenses from.  As it
>>>>> is the operation went well, the check-up today didn't reveal any
>>>>> immediate problems, I have 20/20 in that eye now and have a
>>>>> mid-April date for the operation on the other eye.  But I am/was so
>>>>> massively short-sighted that trying to use both eyes now gives me a
>>>>> splitting headache, so I'm wearing an eye-patch until then.
>>>>>
>>>> Did you get a lens with the 20/20 prescription in it?
>>>
>>> What lens are you talking about?  The one in my glasses frame or the
>>> one implanted in my eye?  The one in my eye doesn't have a
>>> "prescription" like framed external lenses and I have not had a lens
>>> in the external frame removed or changed.  My left eye, without any
>>> eye glasses prescription, has 20/20 vision according to the eye test
>>> that was part of my post-op followup.
>>>
>> Sorry, I meant the new one in your eye, they do have them available
>> now. It was confirmed last summer that I have cataracts beginning to
>> form, but  not impacting my vision now. Hopefully I won't need surgery
>> for several years. Congratulations on your improvement!
>
> You should discuss it with an ophthalmologist.  The implant lenses are
> not like eye-glass lenses, there are a few different options that are
> all pre-made.  No individualized prescriptions.

Right, that's who I saw and noticed flyers for different options, but
the prescription lenses are very expensive. A woman in my yoga class had
surgeries a few months ago, and I think she needs glasses for driving
but can get along without them for class.

In article <uu2rfa$1ti9t$1@solani.org>, suzee@imbris.com wrote:
> On 3/27/2024 8:58 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 3/27/2024 6:05 PM, suzeeq wrote:
>>> On 3/27/2024 5:57 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 3/27/2024 4:24 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>>>>>>> The laser slicing open my eyeball to remove my cataract riddled
>>>>>>> lens and slide a piece of plastic in.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, you mean on TV?  Nothing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm supposed to have that done in about eight years. I am hoping
>>>>>> not to live that long.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am also hoping it goes well for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah I had that done on one eye last July and was SUPPOSED to have had
>>>>> the other done in late August but they found stuff they didn't expect
>>>>> (mostly calcification) and it's now late March and I'm still waiting.
>>>>>
>>>> I had the cataract diagnosis three years ago.  Its taken this long
>>>> for me to get the money together to do it.
>>>>
>>>>> It's effectively like having two eyes each with a different
>>>>> prescription - I can drive but have to be careful or at least more so
>>>>> than usual. If I couldn't I'd likely go utterly bonkers.
>>>>
>>>> Much the same with me.  The only thing that saved me from coke-bottle
>>>> glasses is better materials to make lenses from.  As it is the
>>>> operation went well, the check-up today didn't reveal any immediate
>>>> problems, I have 20/20 in that eye now and have a mid-April date for
>>>> the operation on the other eye.  But I am/was so massively
>>>> short-sighted that trying to use both eyes now gives me a splitting
>>>> headache, so I'm wearing an eye-patch until then.
>>>>
>>> Did you get a lens with the 20/20 prescription in it?
>>
>> What lens are you talking about?  The one in my glasses frame or the one
>> implanted in my eye?  The one in my eye doesn't have a "prescription"
>> like framed external lenses and I have not had a lens in the external
>> frame removed or changed.  My left eye, without any eye glasses
>> prescription, has 20/20 vision according to the eye test that was part
>> of my post-op followup.
>>
>Sorry, I meant the new one in your eye, they do have them available now.
>It was confirmed last summer that I have cataracts beginning to form,
>but not impacting my vision now. Hopefully I won't need surgery for
>several years. Congratulations on your improvement!

Yes, you can have corrective replacements installed, but insurance probably
won't cover it.

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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>> After talking to Bill Shatner on his birthday, I watched:
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> Batwoman on MST3K
>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21362136/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
>> This was one of the newer episodes, and it was offensively bad. Crow is
>> the only male cast member. The rest of it was women doing silly, squeaky,
>> voices and terrible jokes about purses and stuff.
>
> I don't remember it being that bad, unless I am conflating the Batwoman
> movies they played.

Let me put it this way: the original movie is way better than the host
segments!

>
> --
> Let's go Brandon!
>
>
>

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On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:45:36 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>I will have to have reading glasses once I've recovered from the second
>surgery but that will be an entirely new set of glasses.

I'm in the same boat though am frustrated as my first was done last
July with the second scheduled for late Aug /.early Sept and twice
been delayed. Think I would have gone nuts had I not been able to
drive since public transit around here sucks and I can't depen on my
daughter - she has her own life.

On 3/28/2024 8:04 AM, suzeeq wrote:
> On 3/28/2024 7:48 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 3/27/2024 9:25 PM, suzeeq wrote:
>>> On 3/27/2024 8:58 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 3/27/2024 6:05 PM, suzeeq wrote:
>>>>> On 3/27/2024 5:57 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/27/2024 4:24 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:23:29 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> The laser slicing open my eyeball to remove my cataract riddled
>>>>>>>>> lens and
>>>>>>>>> slide a piece of plastic in.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Oh, you mean on TV?  Nothing.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I’m supposed to have that done in about eight years. I am
>>>>>>>> hoping not to
>>>>>>>> live that long.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am also hoping it goes well for you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah I had that done on one eye last July and was SUPPOSED to
>>>>>>> have had
>>>>>>> the other done in late August but they found stuff they didn't
>>>>>>> expect
>>>>>>> (mostly calcification) and it's now late March and I'm still
>>>>>>> waiting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had the cataract diagnosis three years ago.  Its taken this long
>>>>>> for me to get the money together to do it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's effectively like having two eyes each with a different
>>>>>>> prescription - I can drive but have to be careful or at least
>>>>>>> more so
>>>>>>> than usual. If I couldn't I'd likely go utterly bonkers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Much the same with me.  The only thing that saved me from
>>>>>> coke-bottle glasses is better materials to make lenses from.  As
>>>>>> it is the operation went well, the check-up today didn't reveal
>>>>>> any immediate problems, I have 20/20 in that eye now and have a
>>>>>> mid-April date for the operation on the other eye.  But I am/was
>>>>>> so massively short-sighted that trying to use both eyes now gives
>>>>>> me a splitting headache, so I'm wearing an eye-patch until then.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Did you get a lens with the 20/20 prescription in it?
>>>>
>>>> What lens are you talking about?  The one in my glasses frame or the
>>>> one implanted in my eye?  The one in my eye doesn't have a
>>>> "prescription" like framed external lenses and I have not had a lens
>>>> in the external frame removed or changed.  My left eye, without any
>>>> eye glasses prescription, has 20/20 vision according to the eye test
>>>> that was part of my post-op followup.
>>>>
>>> Sorry, I meant the new one in your eye, they do have them available
>>> now. It was confirmed last summer that I have cataracts beginning to
>>> form, but  not impacting my vision now. Hopefully I won't need
>>> surgery for several years. Congratulations on your improvement!
>>
>> You should discuss it with an ophthalmologist.  The implant lenses are
>> not like eye-glass lenses, there are a few different options that are
>> all pre-made.  No individualized prescriptions.
>
> Right, that's who I saw and noticed flyers for different options, but
> the prescription lenses are very expensive. A woman in my yoga class had
> surgeries a few months ago, and I think she needs glasses for driving
> but can get along without them for class.

Its not so much the lenses but the surgery that costs.

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dirty old man.