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RE: [RC] LASIK (was Did you know??) - Alison Farrin

However, if you are nearsighted in both eyes, correcting one to 20/15 or 20/20 
and correcting the other somewhat less will preserve you close vision (or 
improve it!) even when you are losing it due to age.  I had the first eye 
LASIK'd to 20/15 last year, then corrected the other one to about 20/30 just a 
few months ago and I can still read 6 pt type as long as the light is halfway 
decent.  I expect (at age 50) to get at least 5 more years without resorting to 
reading glasses.  Prior to the second correction, I was using reading glasses 
about 50% of the time.  Now, no problem.  I can't wait to go swimming this 
summer without worrying about losing a contact lens!

Alison A. Farrin




-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sharon Levasseur
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:24 PM
To: Lynn Kinsky
Cc: ridecamp
Subject: Re: [RC] LASIK (was Did you know??)


Thanks for speaking up, I didn't realize those were different conditions!
-Sharon L.

Quoting Lynn Kinsky <lkinsky@xxxxxxxxxx>:


IF they need reading glasses because of far-sightedness (hyperopia:
http://www.aoa.org/x1781.xml ). LASIK can correct the focal length of
the lens.

  Age-related need for reading glasses is presbyopia
(http://www.aoa.org/x1785.xml) and stems from a different process
that a focal length correction won't help.
--

  Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
  http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/



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