Urgghhhh... thanks, pass the beer please...
I really should find out more about all this but I've a distinct feeling
that I'd rather not know too much in advance :-(
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Michael Kopp
Sent: 07 September 2004 21:16
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT now... eye surgery
At 18:56 +0100 7/9/04, IanG wrote:
>You guys are really cheering me up :-( I'm scheduled for laser treatment,
>both eyes, early next month because of diabetic retinopathy.
Slightly different treatment. In your case, they're arc-welding
inside your eyeball to re-attach your retina to the back of your
eyeball.
The two-types of laser ablative corneal reshaping are interesting to
me, because the cut-flap-burn-reattach method is not used here AFAIK.
All we use here is the direct frontal ablative laser, which recurves
the _outside_ surface of the cornea, instead of the _inside_ surface.
Before the internal-surface ablative laser was developed, there was a
slightly cruder method: remove the cornea completely, fast-freeze it,
put it on a lathe and scrape away the inside surface to reshape it,
then reattach it.
Not my idea of what I want to have happen to my eyes.
And, no matter which laser treatment is preferable, I doubt that I
have the equanimity to have my eyelids and eyeball immobilized, then
watch the surgery from inside. I think I'd freak out. They might have
to numb me down quite a bit first -- like with a mallet.
Cheers from the Antipodes,
Michael Kopp
Wellington, New Zealand
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of R.Jackson
>Sent: 07 September 2004 17:54
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: OT now... eye surgery
>
>
>My doctor told me that the cause of halos at night was sloppy work
>around the edges of the surgical area. He said that when the eye is
>"stopped-down" it isn't much of an issue, but when the eye is shooting
>wide open anomalies around the periphery of the surgical area cause
>flare. I'd told him I was a photographer and I was trusting him with my
>eyes and he seemed really sensitive to that. So far I haven't had any
>problems with halos at night. Seems like he must have done a pretty
>clean job.
>
>On Sep 7, 2004, at 1:39 AM, James Royall wrote:
>
>> The mention of approval brings to the fore my worry about laser eye
>> surgery and similar techniques; are we, the paying public, not still
>> the guinea-pigs for their development? Have the processes been around
>> long enough to be sure of the LT stability, etc? I can see that for
>> someone needing high levels of correction or who hates poking their
>> fingers in their eyes twice a day the, what must admittedly be small,
>> risks are outweighed by the benefits, but is it really worth it for the
>> mildly irritated by glasses masses? What highlighted the pitfalls for
>> me was a friend who had the procedure done about ten years ago and who
>> ended up with a star-burst effect around bright lights at night. Like
>> using the filter, it was pretty the first couple of times but quickly
>> became irritating, and did nothing for her enjoyment of night driving.
>>
>> James
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