Good news that you are making progress Mark. My wife had a retinal detachment and then a cataract in the same eye. That was a couple of years ago and she has made good progress.

Take care of those eyes.

How are the Kitties? Haven't had an update for ages.

My wee adopted Calico is snoozing on some bubble wrap on a pile of boxes - as happy as Larry.

Tom

Great news Mark, pleased to hear it. Look after yourself.

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You are making Proof out of Logic, by just being dubious! {Bluestar to me)

Glad you're doing OK Mark.

Back to work so soon? :(

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Will post some more news later, but the second eye was done on Monday and is in the recovery stage. The operation itself went just fine, and now I must enable every bit of my patience as I work through the adjustment stage, healing process, and waiting for my brain to rewire itself to get both eyes to work together again. It's going to be a bit trying going back to work tomorrow.

Meow meow.

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Can we get an update Mark?

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Hey Mark, wanna really go bionic?

http://www.techjackal.net/gadgets/2010/07/07/fda-approves-implantable-eye-telescope/

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Mark...It is good to hear that you are recovering nicely...My best wishes to you and the kitties.

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Mark Glad to hear taht your doing well on the recovery. I just returned from my eye doctor and she said my cataract in the left eye has grown. Its now in my line of sight. ( Heck I could have told her that:) ) In about a year 2 at the most I will need done what you have had done. So I will PM you then:) Im happy that it has worked out so well for you.

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Just come in on the conversation from a few days away.

Mark

We are delighted to hear of your progress is so good, and that your other ey will be sorted by the end of the month.

Best of luck with the second eye, and full healing.

Eyesight is precious and vulnerable, so keep it good.

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Long story short.....the kittyman is very happy.

As we all are as well Mark. Thanks for the update, keep
hanging in there.

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I´m glad to hear this news Mark.

All the best.

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Cool man!

The Kitties can see you, and soon you will be able to see the kitties!

Glad everything went so well, and I'm really pleased it's made such a difference.

Guess you didn't realise how much you missed the simple pleasure of looking at things, you just knew you couldn't see them anymore.

Roll on eye no.2! Soon there'll be no stopping you! (again!)

Best regards, Giz.

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Glad to hear everything is going great.

When you are all healed up, before you opt for lasik or something else have a long talk with the eye doctor. Make sure you understand all the downsides of lasik in addition to the up side, because they can't un-do it. This because I have a coworker who says it is fantastic 95% of the time, but the other 5% they wish they had stuck with glasses.

As to your reading, don't forget your age. As everyone gets old they end up needing reading glasses.

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Very cool. 20/60? Heck, your vision is better than mine and getting better. My corrective lenses keep getting stronger. Where did I put the gLasses?

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All good news Mark. And, in my opinion, glasses make you look cool. Or distinguished. Whichever you prefer. (They've been making me look cool and distinguished since 1967.)

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Great Mark! I'm glad it is going as good as it is. As I said before, my mom fell in love with having her eyes done. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to get the 2nd eye done due to her getting sick and passing away. But, I will always remember how she felt when she got out of the surgery, how happy she was to be able to see, and how quick and easy it was. I look forward to hearing how your 2nd eye goes, and what is to come in the future for your eyes. Thanks for sharing the info Mark. I really appreciate it.

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Mark, I am delighted! Thank you so much for posting that update. What ever you do , don't look at the picture on the left of this responce. It's scary enough for my father. :)

Steve

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Kittyman update.....

Just got back from my 1 week followup after the cataract surgery. Here's how it's playing out so far.

Healing is going along just fine, no problems there. Fully cleared to go back to work next week.

The sight in the eye is approximately 20/60 at this point, and I don't really expect it to get much better with healing, but I would be glad to be proven wrong. Not bad at all considering it was something south of 20/400 before the surgery! I had little or no discomfort from the surgery, and had little problem with sunlight outside. I only wore the shades for a few days afterward.

It is wonderful to be able to see out of it again!!!! In daily walkabout life it is great to be able to see things again....outside in bright daylight it does really well. Simple things like looking at trees and such. You forget how beautiful some things are. And at night, when I look into the sky at a bright star...I only see one star. Not a blurry spot with a bunch of blurry spots surrounding it. For the better part of 2 years, that's all I had. I just can't read much with it.

I have a slight blur way off to my right, only in my peripheral vision. That's the scar from the incision where they inserted the new lens. The doc said it should shrink a bit as healing progresses, but if not, it is way off to the side and is something I would readily get used to. Not in the main field of view at all.

The epi retinal membrane that I was diagnosed with a year before the cataracts took over does not seem to be too much of a factor right now...if the doc is correct, that would be a good thing.

I am getting some double vision from it still....when I look a black text on a white page, there is a shadow of the image, a little larger than the image. Which is part of what messes up trying to read with it. The doc said this is due to astigmatism, which of course existed in the eye well before the surgery, and the implant does not correct for this.

Good news is, she did some preliminary checks, and the eye can be corrected to near 20/20 now with corrective lenses! So I have much hope than I will be able to see at near 100% with it at some point in the future.

Future timeframe.....

On the 26th of July, I get the left eye done.
On the 27th of July, I go in for the post-op checkup on the left eye and will get a prescription to replace the plano right lens now in my glasses with one that will allow my bionic eye to work as well as it can at that point. And I ordered a plano lens for the left eye for the weeks after that surgery.

After about 3 months, they consider healing pretty much complete, and will decide on additional measures to enhance the vision further. From the sounds of it, this could involve YAG laser treatment and/or an actual Lasik procedure to compensate for the astigmatism.

So....sorry for being a little long winded, but many have asked me how I have been doing, and wanted to give as much information as possible.

And hopefully, if anybody else has similar problems or is considering cataract surgery, reading about it will put them a bit more at ease about things than this scaredy-cat was before I had mine done. The second eye won't spook me like the first one did, having been through it.
Piece of cake. Or would that be a piece of kibble? LOL.

It is very expensive for me, as I opted to pay out of pocket for the multi-focal lens upgrade rather than settle for the single vision implants which insurance covers. I would not hesitate to make the decision again....I'd trade a good used car to be able to see any day.

Long story short.....the kittyman is very happy.
Meow meow meow.

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Great new's Mark! It will heal, it just takes time buddy. Thanks for the updates. And we look forward to seeing your next update next Tuesday.

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Mark, thanks
Just do what the doctors order and keep us posted. You darn well know I care.

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