Had a cataract operation in March 02, everything is fine, no problems
at all. Having an office job, I like to work out on weekends such as
wood-chopping for some hours and so on. Somebody said to me, that this
is dangerous for the lens. Is that right, do I have to be especially
careful for the rest of my life?
28
Jun
post cataract preservation
"foe" <foe…@t-online.de> wrote in message
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> Had a cataract operation in March 02, everything is fine, no problems
> at all. Having an office job, I like to work out on weekends such as
> wood-chopping for some hours and so on. Somebody said to me, that this
> is dangerous for the lens. Is that right, do I have to be especially
> careful for the rest of my life?
It is if you don’t wear safety specs!
foe wrote:
> Had a cataract operation in March 02, everything is fine, no problems
> at all. Having an office job, I like to work out on weekends such as
> wood-chopping for some hours and so on. Somebody said to me, that this
> is dangerous for the lens. Is that right, do I have to be especially
> careful for the rest of my life?
My opthamologist never suggested any special measures after the first
week or so following the surgery. It is my impression that you need
only take normal precautions. You should always wear protective
glasses, or better yet one of those shields for those working with power
saws and other such tools. Whenever you get a foreign body in the eye,
it should be removed promptly. If it doesn’t come out in a few hours, a
doctor should be consulted or you should go to an emergency room. But
these are things you should do anyway.
–
Leonard Evens l…@math.northwestern.edu 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
Well, what does your surgeon say? Don’t rely on a buncha goony birds
in a newsgroup.
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foe wrote:
> Had a cataract operation in March 02, everything is fine, no problems
> at all. Having an office job, I like to work out on weekends such as
> wood-chopping for some hours and so on. Somebody said to me, that this
> is dangerous for the lens. Is that right, do I have to be especially
> careful for the rest of my life?
" MS" wrote:
> Just curious. I have read that some states require eye doctors to provide
> patients their contact lens prescriptions upon request, and others don’t.
> I’m curious whether there is such a requirement in California or not.
Currently, the answer is "not". See FAQ #2 and #3:
http://www.optometry.ca.gov/faq.asp
Edward
Edward wrote:
> " MS" wrote:
> > Just curious. I have read that some states require eye doctors to provide
> > patients their contact lens prescriptions upon request, and others don’t.
> > I’m curious whether there is such a requirement in California or not.
> Currently, the answer is "not". See FAQ #2 and #3:
> http://www.optometry.ca.gov/faq.asp
A further question, not even addressed by the FAQ: My optometrist gave me
a prescription for spectacles a year and a half ago. I took that
prescription to the optician who is currently fitting my contact lenses.
The optometrist’s prescription will bear very little relationship to the
contact lens prescription I end up with. So can/should the optician give
me a copy of the prescription? I know there has to be more info involved
than what’s printed on the vials.
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Cheers,
Bev
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"Nothing in the universe can withstand the relentless application
of brute force and ignorance." — Frd, via Dennis (evil)
In article <uvo4fr1otf8…@corp.supernews.com>,
" MS" <m…@nospam.com> wrote:
> Just curious. I have read that some states require eye doctors to provide
> patients their contact lens prescriptions upon request, and others don’t.
> I’m curious whether there is such a requirement in California or not.
Yes indeed, effective Jan 1.
Following completion of an eye examination and contact lens fitting,
including dispensing of trial or for general use lenses and appropriate
follow-up evaluations, the prescription for mass-produced soft, not
custom designed or RGP lenses, is released to the patient upon request.
The RX expires not more than two years or shorter at the discretion of
the doctor.
Of course, many ethical docs gave patients their RX under those
requirements before it became a law.
–Larry
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Larry Bickford, O.D.
Family Practice Eye & Vision Care
The EyecareConnection
http://www.eyecarecontacts.comSPAMTRAP
"The Real Bev" <bash…@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
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> A further question, not even addressed by the FAQ: My optometrist gave me
> a prescription for spectacles a year and a half ago. I took that
> prescription to the optician who is currently fitting my contact lenses.
> The optometrist’s prescription will bear very little relationship to the
> contact lens prescription I end up with. So can/should the optician give
> me a copy of the prescription? I know there has to be more info involved
> than what’s printed on the vials.
Bev, I don’t know if I’d be comfortable having RGP contact lenses fitted by
an optician (rather than an optometrist or opthalmologist), just based on a
spectacle prescription. Fitting contact lenses is very different than
fitting spectacles, and RGP lenses are the hardest to fit correctly. (And
you are having multifocal RGPs fitted, still much more difficult.) From what
I have read here (although there are some very knowledgeable opticians who
post here), there are some people acting as "opticians" with very little
training, no license is required, etc. I hope it works out OK.
By the way, what "day" of multifocal RGPs is it for you now? How is it going
now?
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MS wrote:
> "The Real Bev" <bash…@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
> news:3DFCC6DD.FE0251F9@myrealbox.com…
> > A further question, not even addressed by the FAQ: My optometrist gave me
> > a prescription for spectacles a year and a half ago. I took that
> > prescription to the optician who is currently fitting my contact lenses.
> > The optometrist’s prescription will bear very little relationship to the
> > contact lens prescription I end up with. So can/should the optician give
> > me a copy of the prescription? I know there has to be more info involved
> > than what’s printed on the vials.
> Bev, I don’t know if I’d be comfortable having RGP contact lenses fitted by
> an optician (rather than an optometrist or opthalmologist), just based on a
> spectacle prescription. Fitting contact lenses is very different than
> fitting spectacles, and RGP lenses are the hardest to fit correctly. (And
> you are having multifocal RGPs fitted, still much more difficult.) From what
> I have read here (although there are some very knowledgeable opticians who
> post here), there are some people acting as "opticians" with very little
> training, no license is required, etc. I hope it works out OK.
There seem to be a number of opticians around here who specialize in
fitting contacts. This guy has NCLC after his name and made my
difficult-to-fit friend happy. Her continuing problem, BTW, is that she
doesn’t know which lens goes in which eye. She says she got them mixed up
once and now when she switches they’re better for a few days or so and
when she switches again they’re better for a few days or so and when… I
conclude that the prescription for both eyes is quite similar, but I just
got tired of trying to dig out more info.
When I first decided to get contacts, I went to a Leading Local
Ophthalmologist recommended by some friends. This guy lost no time in
suggesting LASIK (twice) and then turned me over to his contact-fitter,
who kept forgetting to order my lenses and then ordered non-existent
ones. I suspect that that guy had NO license whatsoever, and not much
smarts either.
Then I went to a guy (also optician/CL specialist) who had a big ad in the
phone book. He tried three or four prescriptions and then said that was
the best that could be done. I wanted to try monovision, so he ordered
one possible lens — which seemed to be so wrong that either he or Westcon
botched the order. After that he wasn’t willing to try again unless I was
willing to pay up front and forfeit the cash if they didn’t fit, and I no
longer trusted him that much so I just stopped going. Those lenses are
pretty good as long as the weather isn’t dry and I have some reading
glasses handy.
I really know no better way of finding someone who is willing to go to
LOTS of trouble with a fitting than asking the friend who recommended
him. I don’t particularly like the optom who gave me the prescription,
but it was a by-product of some other services requisitioned by his
partner the old-fart opthalmologist and pretty much the same as my
previous prescription.
> By the way, what "day" of multifocal RGPs is it for you now? How is it going
> now?
Day 56 and my fifth set of lenses should arrive this week. It’s largely
my fault that it’s taken so much time, as I try to combine errands
whenever possible and don’t go to see him with the current problem until I
have a convenient second errand to run, and then have the same problem
with picking up the lenses when they come in.
It’s getting better all the time, though. I think the ones I have now are
very close. He’s putting in a bit more power and changing the BC a bit
this time. I could stand the best vision provided at both ends, provided
it actually STAYED in the best position longer than a second. They might
have been acceptable (except for the discomfort, of course) for
reading/computer work, but anything that required rapid eye movements
(virtually everything else!) meant that nothing was ever in focus.
Somebody just mentioned that different companies provide different values
of the same BC. This is very much like buying women’s clothing; saying
"I’m a size 12" is meaningless without knowing what designer, manufacturer
and style are under consideration.
I hope it turns out well too. If RGPs don’t work out I think he’ll try
softies, and if they don’t work out I can probably at least get some new
single-vision softies out of the deal, maybe workable monovision.
The thing that really gripes me is that my nose is getting increasingly
sore from wearing glasses, and I feel that I definitely look better with
glasses than without
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Cheers,
Bev
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Is it sick to think that ‘Commando’ is a really fun movie?
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 13:35:25 -0800, The Real Bev
<bash…@myrealbox.com> wrote:
>The thing that really gripes me is that my nose is getting increasingly
>sore from wearing glasses, and I feel that I definitely look better with
>glasses than without
Once you get some CL’s that work for you, the concern about your
appearance will soon be forgotten. When you meet new people, they
won’t know that you used to wear glasses, and that feels good.
sky-hi wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 13:35:25 -0800, The Real Bev
> <bash…@myrealbox.com> wrote:
> >The thing that really gripes me is that my nose is getting increasingly
> >sore from wearing glasses, and I feel that I definitely look better with
> >glasses than without
> Once you get some CL’s that work for you, the concern about your
> appearance will soon be forgotten. When you meet new people, they
> won’t know that you used to wear glasses, and that feels good.
I’ll take your word for it. Too late to worry about it anyway — the
grandspawn love to grab my glasses and throw them to the floor!
–
Cheers,
Bev
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:33:06 -0800, "
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MS" <m…@nospam.com> wrote:
>"The Real Bev" <bash…@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
>news:3DFCC6DD.FE0251F9@myrealbox.com…
>> A further question, not even addressed by the FAQ: My optometrist gave me
>> a prescription for spectacles a year and a half ago. I took that
>> prescription to the optician who is currently fitting my contact lenses.
>> The optometrist’s prescription will bear very little relationship to the
>> contact lens prescription I end up with. So can/should the optician give
>> me a copy of the prescription? I know there has to be more info involved
>> than what’s printed on the vials.
>Bev, I don’t know if I’d be comfortable having RGP contact lenses fitted by
>an optician (rather than an optometrist or opthalmologist), just based on a
>spectacle prescription. Fitting contact lenses is very different than
>fitting spectacles, and RGP lenses are the hardest to fit correctly. (And
>you are having multifocal RGPs fitted, still much more difficult.)
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The best fitters I have seen are some of the older opticians who
started fitting pmma’s in 60′s and 70′s and the private
optometrists. The person with the largest stock of trial lenses
wastes everyones time the least and is most likely to get the fit
and vision right the first time. In most cases that is going to
be the private optometrist who specializes in contact lenses. The
ophthalmologists have the folks above do the cl fitting.
Robert Martellaro
Optician/Owner
Roberts Optical