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What a difference 8 minutes can make
- Thread starter historicalarms
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Housing & Urban Development?I'm waiting for the HUD
I'm waiting for the HUD
That's sorta what I meant by...
Except it's in your eyeball so it projects an overlapping image wherever you look. No need for goggles or a helmut or windshield.
Doggggboy
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Didn't they offer you Atavan?
Except I'm deeply concerned about any potential human/machine interfaces. Not because of AI, or rise of the machine. Mostly scared of software developers, Russia hackers, and how well software companies support their customers.
2050: My vision supplier is changing from once-only to a subscription model, so my right lens now costs me $16.95 per month, forever.
2060: Grampa is out in the back 40, he clicked on a sketchy website and now his artificial leg is walking him around the field like a Roomba, bouncing off the fences.
2070: NVidia is no longer supporting EyeOS 7.9, so my left eye isn't getting any updates and everything is now pink.
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Interesting discussion!
I had both done about a year ago, I had one eye that wasn’t getting any better which meant I was favouring the other. Apparently the other was on its way too so they went ahead and scheduled both with a few weeks in between.
I think the idea was that after waiting a year for the procedure they might as well do both vs. putting me in the lineup again, that and the imbalance would have been noticeable.
That was indeed a long 8 minutes! The doc said don’t move while I have at your eye with sharp instruments - yikes! My pay forward was that while I waited for #2, I was able to reassure the silver haired lady next to me in the waiting room that it wasn’t that big a deal after all.
I was offered the gov’t pays solution which was a simple lens which would require the same glasses as before (nearsight & astigmatism). I was also offered lenses which corrected nearsightedness and astigmatism, for a price - I chose that one.
When you figure I’d pay the same price after a couple renewals of my progressive glasses it was a no-brainer. Great to ditch the glasses for many things too.
I was also offered similar to the above plus adding progressive for close up - even more expensive but with the risk of more interference/flaring at night/under light. No thanks for something “permanent”!
@Susquatch , those lenses had the progressive correction cut in them, no attachment to the eye muscles. That would have been quite interesting.
FWIW my distance vision is better now without my (current) progressives.
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I know you wrote that in jest but these days there’s enough truth in it that it isn’t as funny as it should be!
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Doggggboy
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"I was also offered similar to the above plus adding progressive for close up - even more expensive but with the risk of more interference/flaring at night/under light. No thanks for something “permanent”!",
As a type 1 diabetic for over 50 years I was told to not waste my money on the fancy lenses. Old diabetics have way too many changes happening to their eyes to make it worthwhile. Other than the blind meatball in the right, the biggest issue with my eyes are how damn long it takes to adjust from wearing the glasses for reading and then taking them off for driving.
As a type 1 diabetic for over 50 years I was told to not waste my money on the fancy lenses. Old diabetics have way too many changes happening to their eyes to make it worthwhile. Other than the blind meatball in the right, the biggest issue with my eyes are how damn long it takes to adjust from wearing the glasses for reading and then taking them off for driving.
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One thing I have noticed as to flaring/hailos around lights at night, is that the steeply sloped windshields of some cars/trucks make it worse. The '94 Jeep I had, the windshield was near to vertical and the hailos/flaring was not as bad at night as other cars. Yah, I know, the aerodynamics of a brick.
A lot of lens things available I didn't know about! My eyes had a lot of astigmatism, and they wouldn't be able to remove it all. So glasses for slight "tuning" and reading Not sure I would try the progressives as when I tried it with glasses, nearly killed my neck, anything on the sides of vision couldn't see well, forever turning my head to see what it was/or going on! Not equipment operating, trying to see spotter at the same time.
A lot of lens things available I didn't know about! My eyes had a lot of astigmatism, and they wouldn't be able to remove it all. So glasses for slight "tuning" and reading Not sure I would try the progressives as when I tried it with glasses, nearly killed my neck, anything on the sides of vision couldn't see well, forever turning my head to see what it was/or going on! Not equipment operating, trying to see spotter at the same time.
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historicalarms
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my buddy was offered that option by his doctor at a cost 0f $1800 each.
I don't remember what mine cost me. I doubt it was that much though......
historicalarms
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"20 plusyrs ago" ...prob $18...
Doggggboy
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When the retina in my right eye detached they did a "Retinal reattachment with scleral buckle" uncomfortable but not painful because, ya know, drugs. I could feel pressure and tugging. Hard tugging. Like jerk your head tugging. After I got home I foolishly googled that procedure and watched a video. I'm not the least but squeamish but watching that and knowing what they were doing when the tugging was happening was a bit much. They deflated the eye and then threaded a zip tie under the four muscles that control eye movement, top bottom left right, and then tightened it to make the back of the eye smaller so the retina could be lasered into place easier. Picture a rubber band on a balloon. The eye is then filled with silicone and sealed up. Works most of the time. Not this time. The retina turned into scar tissue and developed a case of severe glaucoma. Given that it was already blind, the opthalmic surgeon blew a bunch of holes between the layers of the eye to relieve the pressure. It worked, mostly. A year prior to this I had a vitrectomy on that eye to remove some blood clots and seal off some leaking blood vessels. Again, the eye is deflated but after the procedure it is filled with nitrogen. The eye gradually refills with vitreous fluid over the course of several months.. It was like having a built in bubble level in eye for a while.Just wait till you get a retinal tear, a guy with a really, really bright laser stiches it closed. I had 7 in one eye and 2 in the other, all fixed at one go.Not really painful, but damn that thing is bright.
Progressives in cataract lenses would be a challenge for sure. The lens moves with your eyeball, so whatever you are focussed on would be what it is. They would require averted vision to use - which isn't impossible - just difficult. Imagine looking at the top of a page to read the bottom. It's what I have to do with my left eye now because I lost my central vision. In my humble opinion, I wouldn't choose that. I'd get lenses for distance or reading - one or the other. Then I'd get reading glasses or distance glasses for the other end of the distance scale. It's not at all like bi-focal or progressive glasses where you can position them on your face for the desired functionality.
historicalarms
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Don, I'm looking forward to spending some time with that ol' girl as soon as possible but there are a lot of "more pressing jobs to do around the place that got pushed to the wayside because of the lack of being able to see what I needed to see to do the job.