You hit the nail right on the head Larry. The reason I posted this is that our
community is made up of, let’s admit, an older crowd. As such we tend to
believe that we are bullet proof until life knocks us on our butt. Everyone,
take care and listen to your body. Blue skies…
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On Sunday, July 13, 2025, 1:22 PM, Larry Flesner via KRnet
<krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
Keep close tabs on your vision for the next year or so. Following cataract
surgery a couple of years ago, I developed scar tissue build up behind the new
lenses.
-Jeff
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I had cataract surgery a year or so ago and paid the extra cost for distance
lenses over the standard lens. I was extremely happy with he results until
after 4 or 5 months the vision in my right eye slowly became blurry. A laser
procedure helped slightly but now my left eye is still 20/20 for distance and
my right eye is near-sighted. I intend to get one more followup appointment
and if surgery is not an option I'll just have to get glasses.
Something I discovered during this process was my thinking that 20/20 vision
meant that you had excellent vision. All it means is that your vision matches
the average persons vision at 20 feet. If the average person is blind as a bat
at 20 feet and you have 20/20 vision then you too are blind as a bat at 20
feet. If you can see better than the average person then you might well have
10/10, 20/10, 10/20, or any of the possible combinations.
Given competent surgeons, cataract surgery has little to fear. That does not
mean that there are not possible complications but they are usually rare. As
every individual is different so are the possibilities.
Good luck to all old pilots with failing vision. 🙁 Ageing is not a linear
process.
Larry Flesner
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