Glad its going well for you Mark. I have a question for you, Did you notice that doing your job was easier?
My right eye has been doing all the work for a few years now. I think im going to be shocked at how well I can see my parts and calipers and mics.

Thanks Klc53. Im doing great.

edit. Thats a good point Mark about the UV rays. I need to ask my Dr. That. But I will get a good pair of sunglasses with UV protection to.

Oh, absolutely made my work much less difficult.
I am a manufacturing electrician at the fire truck factory, so much of my work involves connecting wires to various devices. This requires stripping and crimping wire connections, and sometimes reading the tiny circuit numbers that are imprinted on the wires themselves.

The ability to focus affects being able to read the little numbers, and being able to see out of both eyes affects depth perception.

For anybody who does not understand, try closing one eye, placing a wire in the proper notch of a crimp tool, strip it to the proper length, and then try to poke it into the end of the crimp barrel.....
No cheating with both eyes...LOL.

Now, repeat this a hundred times at varying distances, in good light and very poor light (under the truck), and you might start to get an idea of the frustration I was working with for over a year before the first implant was done in my nearly blind right eye.

LOL...yes, my friend, work is much better these days.

EDIT....
And consider. Not only am I OCD about my workmanship, but these are fire trucks we are building. It HAS to be done right.

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Thanks for the answer Mark. I kind of figured working would be a lot easier. I go back wednesday. Ive got an old dial caliper im going to get it out in the morning and use a few reject parts i brought home and have a sneak preview as they say:)

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Thanks for the answer Mark. I kind of figured working would be a lot easier. I go back wednesday. Ive got an old dial caliper im going to get it out in the morning and use a few reject parts i brought home and have a sneak preview as they say:)

Let us know how the test drive goes.

Don't be disappointed if all is not perfect. Things normally improve just a tad over a few months of healing and adjustment.

And you may still need a Lasik tune-up, or as in my case, a proper eyeglass prescription to work properly with the new lenses at certain distances. For me, close up might still require a little help. I am still working with the prescription safety glasses at work that I had a year and a half ago. They are stronger than required, and have the astigmatism correction which is no longer required for my left eye, and after next week, should no longer be required for my right. But it hardly pays to get the prescription redone until this next Lasik is done and my right eye has a few months to heal and stabilize.

Then, I can complete my optical journey.

I already, with the Lasik on my left eye, rarely need glasses around the house or to read my computer monitor. This is a wonderful thing, this medical technology.
What God gave, and age took away, sometimes man can now restore.

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I will get my another eye exam on th 13th of july. So in the mean time i have to use my old safety glasses also. I can read my compter screen at arms lenght out of my left eye. I couldnt read it up close with bifocals before. was just a big blur. if im doing typos please excuse, im wearing my cage, When i get tired i rub my eyes so i put the cage on 2 hours ago to prevent me rubbing that eye. Rather have typos than ruin what the Dr. fixed. But i have to say, man i want to rub the sand out of my eye when i first wake up:)

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I will get my another eye exam on th 13th of july. So in the mean time i have to use my old safety glasses also. I can read my compter screen at arms lenght out of my left eye. I couldnt read it up close with bifocals before. was just a big blur. if im doing typos please excuse, im wearing my cage, When i get tired i rub my eyes so i put the cage on 2 hours ago to prevent me rubbing that eye. Rather have typos than ruin what the Dr. fixed. But i have to say, man i want to rub the sand out of my eye when i first wake up:)

That will pass.....
Do keep the shield on, because the urge to give the eye a good rub can be very detrimental, and is such a habitual response. I found myself stopping short even a month or so after the surgery, just because I knew it was not a good thing to do.

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I will not rub my eye untill the Dr. says I can. But boy is it hard not to. Amazing what we do automatically.

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Well, tomorrow at 1:00pm the ol' kittyman gets what I hope will be the last operation on my eyeballs. Lasik on the right eye for the final astigmatism correction.

And then, after a few months of healing and adjustment, I should FINALLY be able to get a new prescription for glasses that match my eyes for work.

I am sooooo looking forward to having this done.

Meow!

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Glad , to hear your doing well. I just finished my second day at work ,and Must say two eyes working is better than one by a long shot. I can tell that my eyes do focus at seperate distances though. Using my bifocals isnt to bad. But the seeing at distance it is pronounced. My next check up is the 13th of July so we shall see what happens. Work is easier, I can read the code scrolling by on the control panel a Lot easier.

My sight isnt perfect yet, But that will come. But the quaility of my vision now is vastly improved over seeing through a fog.

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Thats good to hear James.
New quality of life.

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Glad it's having such a positive impact, James.

I am off to the eye doc for my Lasik in a few minutes.
Will be wearing my Seti t-shirt for good luck.

Later.......

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Well, been there, been zapped.

Eye is still a bit irritated of course, but after a few hours of sleep it is doing much better. The eye heals very quickly.

By tomorrow morning, I may be able to tell if the adjustment had any effect.

But for now, it seems all is well.
Glad it is finally done.

I am a very happy kitty right now.
And still completely astounded by what modern medical science can do for such a complex thing as the eye.

Meowpurrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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Here's hopin' it turns out all ok.
Good Luck!

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Here's hopin' it turns out all ok.
Good Luck!

Thanks.....can already see a bit (blurry) out of it sitting here at the computer.
By morning, should be a much clearer picture.

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it was hard for me to cool it after they fixed me up. I was at the doc's for a check yesterday, where my having taken it slowly was shown to have paid off. Things checked out right on the dot.
Try not to push it too hard.

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For it was hard for me to cool it after they fixed me up. I was at the doc's for a check yesterday, where my having taken it slowly was shown to have paid off. Things checked out right on the dot.
Try not to push it too hard.

Not to worry...
I'll be off to bed for the night in a little while. The eye shield will be on.
And tomorrow morning at the post-op checkup, they will instruct me as to what eyedrops I have to continue and for how long.
Then, if I remember correctly, they do a 1 week followup at which things should be at about 97% of the end result.

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Mark, best wishes for your final results.

Eye drops. Im doing two, vigamox and prednisolone. Those little bottles cost a lot:)

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Here the "Nevanac" was $7.--, and the Prednisolone was paid for by the provence. What are the costs there?

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Mark, best wishes for your final results.

Eye drops. Im doing two, vigamox and prednisolone. Those little bottles cost a lot:)

Thanks....
Just got back from my post-op. The flap is laying flat and healing nicely already. A little blurry yet, but that should clear up today or tomorrow before I can assess the adjustment itself. So far, so good.

Using the same 2 drops you are, Zymaxid and Pred Forte.
Antibiotic and a steroid. Just different trade names.
Yup, itty bitty bottles, but they complete the healing process, so I won't complain about the cost.

Still a little groggy from the Valium they gave me before the procedure....half life on the stuff is 20-80 hours. So, it's just gonna be a lay back and snooze with the kitties once in a while kinda day.

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Here the "Nevanac" was $7.--, and the Prednisolone was paid for by the provence. What are the costs there?

With my copay the vigamx was $40.00 US. the other one was the same. Had to get another Vigamax as that is allmost empty, but soem how the day surgery sent another bottle home of the prednislone. so I am set there, I hope. there is a weaning process for that one though.

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Here the "Nevanac" was $7.--, and the Prednisolone was paid for by the provence. What are the costs there?

With my copay the vigamx was $40.00 US. the other one was the same. Had to get another Vigamax as that is allmost empty, but soem how the day surgery sent another bottle home of the prednislone. so I am set there, I hope. there is a weaning process for that one though.

Supposedly the Zymaxid was $101.99, but with my insurance, my out of pocket was only $20.00...and those little suckers are only 2.5ml!!
I don't think I had to buy any Pred Forte...I believe the sample bottle (5ml) that they gave me for use before the surgery was enough to get me through the after surgery regimen as well.

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