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Forum: Medical & Health

19th May 2007, 00:34

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

Currently doing my NPPL and hoping to go on to...

Currently doing my NPPL and hoping to go on to convert to the PPL and then on to a CPL, provided I can get past the medical...

3.5 dipotres of asigmatism is holding me back...

Previously I (and...

Forum: Medical & Health

27th Jan 2007, 02:21

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

orthokeratology (hard lenses)

Does anyone know if the CAA allow orthokeratology/orthok for intial class 1 issue? (hard lenses you wear overnight to change the shape of the cornea) If I find that this may help me reduce my...

Forum: Medical & Health

4th Dec 2006, 15:20

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

I wrote to the CAA earlier today and specifically...

I wrote to the CAA earlier today and specifically asked them whether the deviation route is still a possibility in light of FCL-28. I'm -4.0 astigmatism.
I'll let you know what they say.

Forum: Medical & Health

12th Jun 2006, 09:51

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

Yeah there is a flap with LASEK, it's just the...

Yeah there is a flap with LASEK, it's just the method of creating the flap is different - there's no blade like with LASIK. I hear that the chances of corneal haze with LASEK is higher than with...

Forum: Medical & Health

3rd May 2006, 21:59

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

oops my bad!

Sorry, I stand corrected.

I know the initial limit for astigmatism is 2.00 dioptres because it is in the JAR Class 1 Visual Standards document.

I don't have the renewal limits in writing, I...

Forum: Medical & Health

3rd May 2006, 10:29

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

Views: 461,938

Posted By AlexEvans

For the benefit of anyone searching

I'm asnwering my own question here, so this post is really for the information and benefit of anyone searching on this topic.

I posed this question to a number of opthalmic surgeons: Does...

Forum: Medical & Health

25th Apr 2006, 21:53

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

Do you know if the initial and renewal limits for...

Do you know if the initial and renewal limits for astigmatism are going to change with the new regulations?

They are currently 2.0 dioptres (initial) and 5.0 dioptres (renewal).

Forum: Medical & Health

24th Apr 2006, 21:36

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

Pity they can't do that for astigmatism: 2.0...

Pity they can't do that for astigmatism: 2.0 diopter limit initial, 5.0 diopters for renewal.

Forum: Medical & Health

19th Apr 2006, 18:39

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

Yeah that looks fine

But don't take my word for it:

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/49/SRG_MED...isual_Stds.pdf

You may find the vision - other than colour vision thread useful too.

Forum: Medical & Health

17th Apr 2006, 19:52

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

Clutching at straws

I'm wondering if there are any other surgical methods that are allowed. I know that LASIK and Intra Ocular Lenses are 'allowed', meaning that Gatwick consider them on a case by case basis, but it is...

Forum: Medical & Health

11th Apr 2006, 17:56

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

GIVE UP ON MY LIFELONG DREAM - Endothelial (Fuch's ?) Dystrophy and LASIK

Hi. Sorry for the life story, but the details are necessary :) .

Does anyone have direct experience of having LASIK on an eye that is showing some signs of changes in the endothelium or that may...

Forum: Medical & Health

1st Apr 2006, 19:56

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

You're out of the woods then...

That's great, glad to hear that things have worked out for you. Please let us know how things go with your class 1 initial.

I'm about to have LASIK myself (on just one eye) for the same reason. ...

Forum: Medical & Health

8th Jan 2006, 20:59

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VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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Posted By AlexEvans

Re: CAA and lens implants

I had an extended opthalmological (sp) examination in February at Gatwick. I was under the impression that LASIK was allowable but that ICL (implantable contact lens) were not. The optician there...

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