I want to be a 1%er --FT Sent from iPhone
> On Jun 4, 2020, at 4:15 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > And likely 99% effective, but you don't want to be a 1 percenter. > >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:12 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> It’s not a long term fix, and they make that pretty clear. >> >> -D >> >>> On Jun 4, 2020, at 4:10 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> A guy I worked with has Lasik around 15 years ago in his late 20's and >> tells me he's due to have it again.... >>> Curt >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 3:12 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes< >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: Never >> understood the one eye for near, one eye for far stuff with Lasik, either. >> It would seem like that would really mess you up. >>> >>> Had a former business partner who popped for Lasik, did it with one of >> the best guys around, and one of his eyes was bad, in that the surgery did >> not cure his eyesight or correct his astigmatism. Made him legally blind. >>> >>> With Lasik, they won’t go back in and make corrections until your >> eyesight is stable for at least 30 days. Since you have to wait for >> everything to heal, he was unable to drive or work for some time. To be >> honest, I don’t know if it ever got corrected because I got bought out >> before it was over. >>> >>> That turned me off of Lasik right away. >>> >>> -D >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 4, 2020, at 2:15 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Sounds good! I still don't understand how one implanted lens can correct >>>> for both far and near vision - will have to dig deeper. I was never >>>> interested in the one eye for one, the other for the other idea - gives >> me >>>> a headache just thinking about it. >>>> >>>> I like your choice, just don't understand how it works (the old manual >>>> focus photographer in me want's to understand the optics of it). >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:00 PM G Mann via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Both eyes are corrected with implant lens for both near and far >> vision, as >>>>> well as individual correction for astigmatism [according to my eye >> surgeon, >>>>> everyone has astigmatism, how much is individual]. >>>>> >>>>> FAA will not approve you for flight physical if you have one eye >> corrected >>>>> for near vision and one eye for far vision, so your choice would >> likely b >>>>> same as mine.. >>>>> After years of Arizona sun, UV light at altitude, and welding... >> cataracts >>>>> were "well developed" and I am now amazed at how bright everything >> is... my >>>>> first purchase was a really good set of sunglasses. ha.. >>>>> Because I went for the full boat ride, it wasn't cheap. But, IMHO, >> worth >>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>> If you wish to see the procedure being done... call it up on a youtube >>>>> search... several video are available to view. Procedure takes about >> 20 >>>>> minutes... 3 days for the eye to clear up as the meds and lubrication >>>>> clears... then, vision becomes more intense by the day.... Dr. only >> does >>>>> one eye at a time... with 2 wks to a month between, so you have time >> to do >>>>> the necessary brain adjustment to get used to seeing clearly. >>>>> The Dr. I chose has been doing it for 28 years, so he has done >> thousands of >>>>> eyes. Staff have all worked with him for years, so they made >> everything go >>>>> smoothly... all in all, successful experience. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:43 AM OK Don via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> OK - cataract surgery is in my near future, but haven't done the >> research >>>>>> into the options yet. Are you saying that the implanted lenses are >> like >>>>> bi >>>>>> or tri focals? Or do you have one eye for far and one for close? >>>>>> How do your lenses work? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:31 AM G Mann via Mercedes < >>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com >>>>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Personal viewpoint on progressive lens. >>>>>>> I tried them, with careful fitting by skilled eye specialist, and >> then >>>>>> went >>>>>>> through 3 different sets of glasses, trying to get a fit I could live >>>>>> with. >>>>>>> Total failure. Because of the lack of definition between near and mid >>>>> and >>>>>>> far they were a personal danger. >>>>>>> Working with precision machinery was a disaster. Rather than being >> able >>>>>> to >>>>>>> shift eye position to adjust for distance, it required continual head >>>>>>> reposition in a "hunt and peck" system of trying to find usable >>>>>>> magnification.... >>>>>>> The interim fix was to switch to lined bifocals, with desired focal >>>>>> length >>>>>>> set to my useful length. That provided a nice crisp shift horizon >>>>> between >>>>>>> near and far magnification that "progressive lens" never gave.. >>>>>>> Also, the focal area of the lined bifocals was much wider which gave >>>>> side >>>>>>> vision improvements. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In December, last year, had cataract removal, both eyes, and fitted >>>>> lens >>>>>>> implants which corrected far and near vision, as well as astigmatism. >>>>>> After >>>>>>> about 2 weeks, I now do not need to wear glasses at all... total >>>>>> success... >>>>>>> although not cheap... I now have 20/20 in each eye and my wallet is >>>>> much >>>>>>> lighter. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 5:58 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < >>>>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mine have 3 distances. Close, medium & distance. I have no >> idea,what >>>>>>> they >>>>>>>> cost as i got them through insurance at work. I have had them for >>>>>> years. >>>>>>>> Only issue i have ever had is driving a,lawn tractor & look back >> to >>>>>>> side >>>>>>>> to check mowing swath. I do know people who have trouble with them >>>>>> but >>>>>>>> until this thread never thought about them i have corneal disease >> in >>>>>> my >>>>>>>> right eye so i get MD level eye care. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dwight Giles Jr. >>>>>>>> Wickford RI >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 8:13 PM Craig via Mercedes < >>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 15:53:48 -0500 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>>>>>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> From what the doctor told me, progressives is just another name >>>>> for >>>>>>> no >>>>>>>>>> like bifocals. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "No like", huh? Does that really describe your feelings toward >>>>> them? >>>>>>> :-) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I was looking briefly on the Internet for a picture showing the >>>>>>>>> distribution of focal lengths across the typical "progressive" lens >>>>>>>>> which I had seen before, but I couldn't find it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I had thought the focal length was continuously variable from the >>>>>>>>> top-middle of the lens to the bottom, but such is not the case. >>>>> There >>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>> typically three central "zones" with progressively shorter focal >>>>>>> lengths >>>>>>>>> as one goes from the middle-top to the bottom of the lens. There >>>>> are >>>>>>> also >>>>>>>>> two "zones" to the sides of the central "zones" which have a >>>>>> different >>>>>>>>> focal length for peripheral vision. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Craig >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> OK Don >>>>>> >>>>>> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to >>>>>> pause and reflect." Mark Twain >>>>>> >>>>>> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” >>>>>> Wernher >>>>>> Von Braun >>>>>> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >>>>>> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg >>>>>> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> OK Don >>>> >>>> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to >>>> pause and reflect." Mark Twain >>>> >>>> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” >> Wernher >>>> Von Braun >>>> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >>>> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg >>>> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < >> http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
