bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

Tamarind, Alluvial and Shimmer, are those cheaply made Chinese third party lenses?

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

No, cheaply made American lenses, no German or Japanese here!

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Having recently undergone cataract removal, my favorite word is "Oxybleptic".

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

I have no idea what that word means but I'm scheduled for my first cataract surgery this Thursday. The doc tells me he is going to use a Light Adjustable Lens (LAL) by RxSight and I can expect to have the best vision of my life when he is done. Each lens will cost me $3200.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Don't go in there nervous. You will not feel a thing and you will come out of there so pleased that you'll be anxious to get the other one done.

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Don’t know anything about those lenses but the procedure (can’t really call it an operation since it only takes about 15 minutes) is definitely worth the trouble. The prep takes longer than the procedure. Takes a day or two to settle in but you will notice color changes right away.

I was nearsighted and now I see distance just fine but I need glasses to read. So my glasses habits have been inverted. That’s the hardest thing to get used to after about 70 years of wearing glasses.

The good thing is that my glasses are no long prescription. I can get my glasses at the pharmacy, the hardware store, the supermarket, etc.

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

I have been working very closely with my surgeon for a long time. During the past year replacement lenses have been changing/improving at a rapid pace! A year ago a type of lens called the Vivity was the latest-greatest thing. The Vivity lens was touted as being able to enable me to see at both close and far in each eye without glasses. The problem with that lens is that I would not be able read small print in dim light. Also, they did not come in the strength I required. I waited until the company that makes the lens started to make then in the power I required. By then a new type of lens had been developed. This new lens makes it possible for the doctor to adjust the perimeters of the lens after the surgery by shining a bright UV light into my eye. He will be able to make fine adjustment in terms of both plus and minus diopter corrections and even make astigmatic corrections. He does not make any guarantees but he tells me that after he is done I may be able to see both close and far out of each eye without glasses. (I don't understand how that is even possible!) An alternative is that I will be able to see good at distance with my dominant right eye and that my left eye will be adjusted to read fine print up close. (Mono-vision)

The worst case is that I will be able see at a distance without glasses like you can, but will need drugstore cheaters to read fine print. All of these options sound better than how I can currently see. The surgery is scheduled for this Thursday. I look forward to it.

I must be one of the first people to be getting this lens at my doctors location. Someone from the lens manufacturing company is gong to be at the surgery to assist my doctor with the surgery! I hope they know what they are dong!

AGO

Best of luck to you. And, I'm sure the doctors know what they are doing.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

The counter to this are words that don't sound pleasant even a part from their connotations. For instance try to find a pleasant sounding word starting with "sc" or "sn". I'll start: scab or scar, how about sniff or snot.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Best wishes to you. I had mine done about 18 years ago and haven't worn glasses since. The Dr that did Ronald Reagan's did mine and he told me that at some point I may need the cheaters for reading fine print or computer work, but that still hasn't happened. He said the cheaters are simply the same lenses that they make and work fine as long as you have no existing problems and both eyes can use the same strength lenses.