> As I scan my google groups this morning, I see Ragnar as the newest
> poster on 5 of the 7 top threads. Do you like seeing your name in
> lights, raggie baby? Is there anything you don't have an opinion on?
> Have you been formally diagnosed with bipolar disorder, or is this
> compulsive need to be the authority on everything come from an intense
> hatred of your own human stench?

> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:41:54 GMT, Ragnar <ragnarsuomi[at]yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Gee. I don't know.. maybe the computer geek that made the website? I
> > doubt very much that any surgeon has the time or patience to make
> > their own website. Doctors are notorious for bad spelling anyway.
> > Two months ago, a doctor in this newsgroup repeatedly spelled uterus
> > as uturus.
> > You rarely have misspelled words becase you generally cut-and-paste
> > your "information" from other sources without referencing them.
> > > I find it incredible that you would find it necessary to bring up such
> > a minor spelling mistake on someone's website. I bet I could find a
> > few other websites with misspelled words on them, but I don't think I
> > will take the time to announce those errors here.
> It is important that a website that is supposed to be professional has
> no errors in spelling or grammar. Rightly or wrongly, people judge on
> that sort of thing. If I were looking for a service and found a site
> which obviously hadn't been proofread properly, I would wonder how
> careful that person was in his work. A slovenly website shows a
> slovenly business I tend to think.
> Ann

> Gee. I don't know.. maybe the computer geek that made the website? I
> doubt very much that any surgeon has the time or patience to make
> their own website. Doctors are notorious for bad spelling anyway.
> Two months ago, a doctor in this newsgroup repeatedly spelled uterus
> as uturus.
> You rarely have misspelled words becase you generally cut-and-paste
> your "information" from other sources without referencing them.
> I find it incredible that you would find it necessary to bring up such
> a minor spelling mistake on someone's website. I bet I could find a
> few other websites with misspelled words on them, but I don't think I
> will take the time to announce those errors here.

> Well, who knows if they are really doctors? How about
> the ones who cannot find their caps (shift) key, or figure out
> how to focus their responses by including the reference
> news ID and a few quoted lines.

> See posts from Ace and Otis as models for better posting
> style.

> Doctors are notorious for bad spelling anyway.

> OK. Who's the brain who spelled "insurence" on the home page of Dr.
> Cykert's website: http://www.lasikgo.com/

> In article <BiNIf.8866$gB4.679[at]newsfe4-gui.ntli.net> ,
> "Luis Ortega" <lortega[at]ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > The main problem is driving at night has become harder since I get a lot
> > of
> > glare from oncoming headlights. The right eye has now also started to get
> > blurry as well and I can't really resolve small text clearly anymore or
> > see
> > clearly at a distance, even with glasses to improve my nearsightedness. I
> > am
> > 55 years old.
> It ain't gonna get no better. I've had cataract surgery in both eyes.
> > I read somewhere that cataracts are best treated after the condition has
> > progressed for a while since there is a point when the cataract is "ripe"
> > and responds better to the surgery.
> And I read that that is "old" advice and no longer valid. Still, there
> are risk to the surgery, and doctors may want to wait until they are
> sure that the benefits outweigh the risk. The risks are small, and if
> you are having trouble seeing at night then maybe it is time.
> > I am aware that I will have to pick whether I want to have lens implants
> > that will allow me to focus close or far away and will need glasses to
> > focus
> > for the other extreme. I am unsure which to pick. I think that I would
> > like
> > to have clear distance vision and wear glasses for closeup focus, but
> > perhaps it's better to have clear close focus and have to wear glasses
> > for
> > distance vision. Is there a preferred option? I do closeup work sometimes
> > where I need to see small details and a lot of reading, but I also love
> > to
> > surf and it has become nearly impossible to see the approaching waves
> > when
> > the contrast is flat or the light is coming from the wrong angle.
> There are definite preferences, and they are very personal. Reading
> glasses generally don't cause a lot of problems for most people. They
> don't fog up, get knocked off by waves, have headlight glare or sun
> glare. That's because people don't do things that cause these problems
> while wearing them. YMMV.
> > It seems that since I won't be able to use my eye muscles to focus at
> > all, a
> > single lens that is for closeup vision may only work well at a set
> > distance
> > and I will have trouble focusing on things slightly closer or further
> > away,
> > while a distance lens implant will tend to focus on various distance
> > settings more easily. My reference for this is a camera's lens. Depth of
> > field in a camera is very hard to control the closer you are to the point
> > of
> > focus and you need to make adjustments to the aperture more so than when
> > focusing the lens on a distant object. Once you are about 10 feet away,
> > the
> > camera lens starts to get more of everything in focus without needing to
> > adjust the aperture.
> You seem to have a very good understanding of the issues. I had my
> vision set for distance, and that has worked well for me. You may or
> not need two pairs of reading glasses for different distances.
> > If I do one eye only and wait a few years to do the other eye, am I
> > likely
> > to suffer eye strain /headaches as I struggle to deal with the different
> > capabilities of each eye?
> This varies a whole lot. What is your current prescription?
> > And finally, I assume that once a person has had lens implants (and is
> > completely healed) they will never be able to rub their eyes again in any
> > significant way since they could wrinkle the little plastic lens sitting
> > in
> > the eye and mess the whole thing up. Is this an issue? I do like to rub
> > my
> > eyes from time to time and I worry that I could absentmindedly rub my
> > eyes
> > too hard and damage my vision permanently.
> Absolutely not a concept. Once it is healed, that thing is buried so
> deeply, and secured by whatever, that you can in no way affect it at
> all. Until it is healed, there is some risk.
> > The only other thing that I wonder about is how they keep you from
> > involuntarily twitching during the eye operation itself. I hate the
> > thought
> > of anything in my eye and I don't see how I could lie there perfectly
> > still
> > while the doctor did the operation. Obviously, twitching during the
> > operation could create a disaster, or at least it seems that way.
> It is very important that you discuss this with your doctor. I just
> really freaked out before the first surgery. It was totally groundless.
> They don't want you to twitch, either. I had major problems with the
> second cataract surgery. The doctor didn't let me twitch, but I
> couldn't stay still. The doctor didn't believe in tranquilizers, which
> doesn't work for me.
> I had much more major eye surgery in July, two hours worth. I was awake
> the whole time, and had no problems.
> The doctor doesn't want a disaster, and just won't allow it. If all
> else fails, they will just give you a general, and you won't even be
> awake. The guy before me the first time had this.
> --
> Dan Abel
> dabel[at]sonic.net
> Petaluma, California, USA