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Old 22nd September 2016 | 21:39
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Loose rivets
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
Go for a fixed length which is at infinity in layman's terms. Some folk like one for close-up but to me the idea is a bit

Following my vitrectomy and peel, I'm now going into the cataract phase having enjoyed 20/20 in both eyes for some months. Bloody tedious. Went through it all with the other eye some years ago, though I didn't have a peel! The cataract was more stressful than the vitrectomy but settled down in time and gives me bottom line with a little cylinder correction. No need for glasses most of the time.

Just for general interest, the post-vitrectomy cataract seems to always be the nuclear type. The quite bizarre effects come from the brain as it kind of multi-lenses in a frustrated attempt to look around an obscured central point - switching at high speed from one optic route to another.

I was fascinated by this during the first op., but can't find the data on this phenomenon this time around. That it happens is not that surprising I suppose as the change of 3D viewpoint timing on the wire frame cube is the same in most humans though much, much slower of course.

Here's a thing. I was disappointed I needed any correction at long distance but soon realized the astigmatism was the same as before the op. I conclude the cylinder distortion must be caused by the cornea.

I'm still a bit concerned about the risk-factor for LASIC, though the technology has improved enormously over the years since a surgeon told me that, In the UK, no eye surgeon or any member of their family, has had LASIC.
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