> On 3 Jul 2006 21:00:07 -0700, acemanvx[at]yahoo.com wrote:

> No, no, no.
> I mean: would you PERFORM the surgery for him, or would you recommend
> that it be performed by an actual eye doctor?

> doctor_my_eye[at]msn.com wrote:
> > There is a type of cataract called a "posterior subcapsular" cataract
> > that behaves the way you are describing. The normal human lens is
> > sitting in a little "hammock" (the lens capsule) that is attached to
> > the cilliary muscles in an area called the zonules. In a normal "old
> > age" cataract the lens is greying in the center and around the outside
> > edge, much like an old onion gets darker in the center and around its
> > edge. In that type of cataract the patient goes through presbyopia as
> > he ages normally. Things aren't to simple with PSC cataracts. The PSC
> > cataract stiffens and greys the entire back surface of the lens, and
> > this can freeze your ability to accomodate.
> > Dick DeadEye wrote:
> > > > In the past couple of years presbyopia has become acutely apparent
> > > (I just turned 40, ugh!) and now a backsided cataract (meaning its
> > > on the inside of the lens, instead of the outside), due to previous
> > > uveitis. Even at the beginning of the year, my vision was still
> > > 20/20 correctedl; it has suddenly dropped in the past few months to
> > > 20/50, even corrected, but does improve to 20/20-20/25 while looking
> > > through "pinhole glasses", so both of my eyedoctors (including a
> > > retinologist) are confident it is just the cataract.
> > > It doesn't seem to be the stereotypical "haze" type cataract, or even
> > > blurry presbyopia, but rather like you're looking through binoculars
> > > that are focused near the end extreme, where there is "ghosting" (like
> > > looking through a double-paned window) and faces beyond 20-30 feet have
> > > a mushy blur to them and in general has a somewhat watery-eyed
> > > (as if crying) view.
> > > > > (BTW, the vitreous is detatched in that eye, and other eye I'm blind in
> > > from similar uveitis, 10 years after this eye!)
> > > > > The thing is, the main problem seems to be that my focus seems to
> > > have "frozen": If I look at a streetlight in the distance at night,
> > > I see a triangle of 3-4 lights (now seems to be morphing more into
> > > a blurry circle), and if I hold my finger out to arms lentgh and
> > > try to focus on it as I bring it close in, right up to my nose (so
> > > that I'm crosseyed), the focus doesn't budge!!
> > > I've also tried focusing on a poster on the wall, and I've found
> > > that the FARTHEST in focus (in the same way that "bifocals" have
> > > a sharp dropoff point) seems to be about 18" without glasses, 12"
> > > through the bifocal part and 23" through the distance part--i.e.,
> > > about 1.5-2 feet!!
> > > Could the main problem (compounded by the cataract) be that the
> > > focus is "frozen"--extreme presbyopia?
> > > Is there a name for this?
> > > I had a similar question about "dual focus" last year at about this
> > > time:
> > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.m...9daa68c98e9b62
> > > > > Needless to say, things have gotten worse. P=/
> Makes sense. Your age of 40 and the fact you have cateracts, which is
> unfortunate at only 40 means your vision isnt good and you have no
> accomodation. Cateract surgury with IOLs can restore your sharp vision
> and you can get monovision, bifocal or undercorrection to let you see
> better from near.

> Neil Brooks wrote:
> > On 3 Jul 2006 14:01:14 -0700, acemanvx[at]yahoo.com wrote:
> > > > > > doctor_my_eye[at]msn.com wrote:
> > > > There is a type of cataract called a "posterior subcapsular" cataract
> > > > that behaves the way you are describing. The normal human lens is
> > > > sitting in a little "hammock" (the lens capsule) that is attached to
> > > > the cilliary muscles in an area called the zonules. In a normal "old
> > > > age" cataract the lens is greying in the center and around the outside
> > > > edge, much like an old onion gets darker in the center and around its
> > > > edge. In that type of cataract the patient goes through presbyopia as
> > > > he ages normally. Things aren't to simple with PSC cataracts. The PSC
> > > > cataract stiffens and greys the entire back surface of the lens, and
> > > > this can freeze your ability to accomodate.
> > > > Dick DeadEye wrote:
> > > > > In the past couple of years presbyopia has become acutely apparent
> > > > > (I just turned 40, ugh!) and now a backsided cataract (meaning its
> > > > > on the inside of the lens, instead of the outside), due to previous
> > > > > uveitis. Even at the beginning of the year, my vision was still
> > > > > 20/20 correctedl; it has suddenly dropped in the past few months to
> > > > > 20/50, even corrected, but does improve to 20/20-20/25 while looking
> > > > > through "pinhole glasses", so both of my eyedoctors (including a
> > > > > retinologist) are confident it is just the cataract.
> > > > > It doesn't seem to be the stereotypical "haze" type cataract, or even
> > > > > blurry presbyopia, but rather like you're looking through binoculars
> > > > > that are focused near the end extreme, where there is "ghosting" (like
> > > > > looking through a double-paned window) and faces beyond 20-30 feet have
> > > > > a mushy blur to them and in general has a somewhat watery-eyed
> > > > > (as if crying) view.
> > > > > > > > > (BTW, the vitreous is detatched in that eye, and other eye I'm blind in
> > > > > from similar uveitis, 10 years after this eye!)
> > > > > > > > > The thing is, the main problem seems to be that my focus seems to
> > > > > have "frozen": If I look at a streetlight in the distance at night,
> > > > > I see a triangle of 3-4 lights (now seems to be morphing more into
> > > > > a blurry circle), and if I hold my finger out to arms lentgh and
> > > > > try to focus on it as I bring it close in, right up to my nose (so
> > > > > that I'm crosseyed), the focus doesn't budge!!
> > > > > I've also tried focusing on a poster on the wall, and I've found
> > > > > that the FARTHEST in focus (in the same way that "bifocals" have
> > > > > a sharp dropoff point) seems to be about 18" without glasses, 12"
> > > > > through the bifocal part and 23" through the distance part--i.e.,
> > > > > about 1.5-2 feet!!
> > > > > Could the main problem (compounded by the cataract) be that the
> > > > > focus is "frozen"--extreme presbyopia?
> > > > > Is there a name for this?
> > > > > I had a similar question about "dual focus" last year at about this
> > > > > time:
> > > > > > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.m...9daa68c98e9b62
> > > > > > > > > Needless to say, things have gotten worse. P=/
> > > > > > > Makes sense. Your age of 40 and the fact you have cateracts, which is
> > > unfortunate at only 40 means your vision isnt good and you have no
> > > accomodation. Cateract surgury with IOLs can restore your sharp vision
> > > and you can get monovision, bifocal or undercorrection to let you see
> > > better from near.
> > > Ace,
> > > Would YOU do this sort of surgery, or would you recommend an actual
> > eye doctor?
> It is up to him if he wants to see a doctor/surgeon when/if he desires
> cateract surgury. I cant make the decision for him but just letting him
> know millions get it and see much better. When I develop cateracts as I
> get older, I am getting surgury to get them removed and my myopia
> reduced as well.

> On 3 Jul 2006 14:01:14 -0700, acemanvx[at]yahoo.com wrote:
> > > doctor_my_eye[at]msn.com wrote:
> > > There is a type of cataract called a "posterior subcapsular" cataract
> > > that behaves the way you are describing. The normal human lens is
> > > sitting in a little "hammock" (the lens capsule) that is attached to
> > > the cilliary muscles in an area called the zonules. In a normal "old
> > > age" cataract the lens is greying in the center and around the outside
> > > edge, much like an old onion gets darker in the center and around its
> > > edge. In that type of cataract the patient goes through presbyopia as
> > > he ages normally. Things aren't to simple with PSC cataracts. The PSC
> > > cataract stiffens and greys the entire back surface of the lens, and
> > > this can freeze your ability to accomodate.
> > > Dick DeadEye wrote:
> > > > In the past couple of years presbyopia has become acutely apparent
> > > > (I just turned 40, ugh!) and now a backsided cataract (meaning its
> > > > on the inside of the lens, instead of the outside), due to previous
> > > > uveitis. Even at the beginning of the year, my vision was still
> > > > 20/20 correctedl; it has suddenly dropped in the past few months to
> > > > 20/50, even corrected, but does improve to 20/20-20/25 while looking
> > > > through "pinhole glasses", so both of my eyedoctors (including a
> > > > retinologist) are confident it is just the cataract.
> > > > It doesn't seem to be the stereotypical "haze" type cataract, or even
> > > > blurry presbyopia, but rather like you're looking through binoculars
> > > > that are focused near the end extreme, where there is "ghosting" (like
> > > > looking through a double-paned window) and faces beyond 20-30 feet have
> > > > a mushy blur to them and in general has a somewhat watery-eyed
> > > > (as if crying) view.
> > > > > > > (BTW, the vitreous is detatched in that eye, and other eye I'm blind in
> > > > from similar uveitis, 10 years after this eye!)
> > > > > > > The thing is, the main problem seems to be that my focus seems to
> > > > have "frozen": If I look at a streetlight in the distance at night,
> > > > I see a triangle of 3-4 lights (now seems to be morphing more into
> > > > a blurry circle), and if I hold my finger out to arms lentgh and
> > > > try to focus on it as I bring it close in, right up to my nose (so
> > > > that I'm crosseyed), the focus doesn't budge!!
> > > > I've also tried focusing on a poster on the wall, and I've found
> > > > that the FARTHEST in focus (in the same way that "bifocals" have
> > > > a sharp dropoff point) seems to be about 18" without glasses, 12"
> > > > through the bifocal part and 23" through the distance part--i.e.,
> > > > about 1.5-2 feet!!
> > > > Could the main problem (compounded by the cataract) be that the
> > > > focus is "frozen"--extreme presbyopia?
> > > > Is there a name for this?
> > > > I had a similar question about "dual focus" last year at about this
> > > > time:
> > > > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.m...9daa68c98e9b62
> > > > > > > Needless to say, things have gotten worse. P=/
> > > > Makes sense. Your age of 40 and the fact you have cateracts, which is
> > unfortunate at only 40 means your vision isnt good and you have no
> > accomodation. Cateract surgury with IOLs can restore your sharp vision
> > and you can get monovision, bifocal or undercorrection to let you see
> > better from near.
> Ace,
> Would YOU do this sort of surgery, or would you recommend an actual
> eye doctor?

> doctor_my_eye[at]msn.com wrote:
> > There is a type of cataract called a "posterior subcapsular" cataract
> > that behaves the way you are describing. The normal human lens is
> > sitting in a little "hammock" (the lens capsule) that is attached to
> > the cilliary muscles in an area called the zonules. In a normal "old
> > age" cataract the lens is greying in the center and around the outside
> > edge, much like an old onion gets darker in the center and around its
> > edge. In that type of cataract the patient goes through presbyopia as
> > he ages normally. Things aren't to simple with PSC cataracts. The PSC
> > cataract stiffens and greys the entire back surface of the lens, and
> > this can freeze your ability to accomodate.
> > Dick DeadEye wrote:
> > > In the past couple of years presbyopia has become acutely apparent
> > > (I just turned 40, ugh!) and now a backsided cataract (meaning its
> > > on the inside of the lens, instead of the outside), due to previous
> > > uveitis. Even at the beginning of the year, my vision was still
> > > 20/20 correctedl; it has suddenly dropped in the past few months to
> > > 20/50, even corrected, but does improve to 20/20-20/25 while looking
> > > through "pinhole glasses", so both of my eyedoctors (including a
> > > retinologist) are confident it is just the cataract.
> > > It doesn't seem to be the stereotypical "haze" type cataract, or even
> > > blurry presbyopia, but rather like you're looking through binoculars
> > > that are focused near the end extreme, where there is "ghosting" (like
> > > looking through a double-paned window) and faces beyond 20-30 feet have
> > > a mushy blur to them and in general has a somewhat watery-eyed
> > > (as if crying) view.
> > > > > (BTW, the vitreous is detatched in that eye, and other eye I'm blind in
> > > from similar uveitis, 10 years after this eye!)
> > > > > The thing is, the main problem seems to be that my focus seems to
> > > have "frozen": If I look at a streetlight in the distance at night,
> > > I see a triangle of 3-4 lights (now seems to be morphing more into
> > > a blurry circle), and if I hold my finger out to arms lentgh and
> > > try to focus on it as I bring it close in, right up to my nose (so
> > > that I'm crosseyed), the focus doesn't budge!!
> > > I've also tried focusing on a poster on the wall, and I've found
> > > that the FARTHEST in focus (in the same way that "bifocals" have
> > > a sharp dropoff point) seems to be about 18" without glasses, 12"
> > > through the bifocal part and 23" through the distance part--i.e.,
> > > about 1.5-2 feet!!
> > > Could the main problem (compounded by the cataract) be that the
> > > focus is "frozen"--extreme presbyopia?
> > > Is there a name for this?
> > > I had a similar question about "dual focus" last year at about this
> > > time:
> > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.m...9daa68c98e9b62
> > > > > Needless to say, things have gotten worse. P=/
> Makes sense. Your age of 40 and the fact you have cateracts, which is
> unfortunate at only 40 means your vision isnt good and you have no
> accomodation. Cateract surgury with IOLs can restore your sharp vision
> and you can get monovision, bifocal or undercorrection to let you see
> better from near.

> There is a type of cataract called a "posterior subcapsular" cataract
> that behaves the way you are describing. The normal human lens is
> sitting in a little "hammock" (the lens capsule) that is attached to
> the cilliary muscles in an area called the zonules. In a normal "old
> age" cataract the lens is greying in the center and around the outside
> edge, much like an old onion gets darker in the center and around its
> edge. In that type of cataract the patient goes through presbyopia as
> he ages normally. Things aren't to simple with PSC cataracts. The PSC
> cataract stiffens and greys the entire back surface of the lens, and
> this can freeze your ability to accomodate.
> Dick DeadEye wrote:
> > In the past couple of years presbyopia has become acutely apparent
> > (I just turned 40, ugh!) and now a backsided cataract (meaning its
> > on the inside of the lens, instead of the outside), due to previous
> > uveitis. Even at the beginning of the year, my vision was still
> > 20/20 correctedl; it has suddenly dropped in the past few months to
> > 20/50, even corrected, but does improve to 20/20-20/25 while looking
> > through "pinhole glasses", so both of my eyedoctors (including a
> > retinologist) are confident it is just the cataract.
> > It doesn't seem to be the stereotypical "haze" type cataract, or even
> > blurry presbyopia, but rather like you're looking through binoculars
> > that are focused near the end extreme, where there is "ghosting" (like
> > looking through a double-paned window) and faces beyond 20-30 feet have
> > a mushy blur to them and in general has a somewhat watery-eyed
> > (as if crying) view.
> > > (BTW, the vitreous is detatched in that eye, and other eye I'm blind in
> > from similar uveitis, 10 years after this eye!)
> > > The thing is, the main problem seems to be that my focus seems to
> > have "frozen": If I look at a streetlight in the distance at night,
> > I see a triangle of 3-4 lights (now seems to be morphing more into
> > a blurry circle), and if I hold my finger out to arms lentgh and
> > try to focus on it as I bring it close in, right up to my nose (so
> > that I'm crosseyed), the focus doesn't budge!!
> > I've also tried focusing on a poster on the wall, and I've found
> > that the FARTHEST in focus (in the same way that "bifocals" have
> > a sharp dropoff point) seems to be about 18" without glasses, 12"
> > through the bifocal part and 23" through the distance part--i.e.,
> > about 1.5-2 feet!!
> > Could the main problem (compounded by the cataract) be that the
> > focus is "frozen"--extreme presbyopia?
> > Is there a name for this?
> > I had a similar question about "dual focus" last year at about this
> > time:
> > > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.m...9daa68c98e9b62
> > > Needless to say, things have gotten worse. P=/

> In the past couple of years presbyopia has become acutely apparent
> (I just turned 40, ugh!) and now a backsided cataract (meaning its
> on the inside of the lens, instead of the outside), due to previous
> uveitis. Even at the beginning of the year, my vision was still
> 20/20 correctedl; it has suddenly dropped in the past few months to
> 20/50, even corrected, but does improve to 20/20-20/25 while looking
> through "pinhole glasses", so both of my eyedoctors (including a
> retinologist) are confident it is just the cataract.
> It doesn't seem to be the stereotypical "haze" type cataract, or even
> blurry presbyopia, but rather like you're looking through binoculars
> that are focused near the end extreme, where there is "ghosting" (like
> looking through a double-paned window) and faces beyond 20-30 feet have
> a mushy blur to them and in general has a somewhat watery-eyed
> (as if crying) view.
> (BTW, the vitreous is detatched in that eye, and other eye I'm blind in
> from similar uveitis, 10 years after this eye!)
> The thing is, the main problem seems to be that my focus seems to
> have "frozen": If I look at a streetlight in the distance at night,
> I see a triangle of 3-4 lights (now seems to be morphing more into
> a blurry circle), and if I hold my finger out to arms lentgh and
> try to focus on it as I bring it close in, right up to my nose (so
> that I'm crosseyed), the focus doesn't budge!!
> I've also tried focusing on a poster on the wall, and I've found
> that the FARTHEST in focus (in the same way that "bifocals" have
> a sharp dropoff point) seems to be about 18" without glasses, 12"
> through the bifocal part and 23" through the distance part--i.e.,
> about 1.5-2 feet!!
> Could the main problem (compounded by the cataract) be that the
> focus is "frozen"--extreme presbyopia?
> Is there a name for this?
> I had a similar question about "dual focus" last year at about this
> time:
> http://groups.google.com/group/sci.m...9daa68c98e9b62
> Needless to say, things have gotten worse. P=/