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Old eyes #181725
06/11/09 12:49 PM
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I've got them (old eyes). I am near sighted and need reading correction. When I buy a good pair of sunglasses that wrap around, they can only be made in single lens prescription (no progressive or bifocal lenses). That is OK for the A cat where I don't need to see up close and my countdown timer has BIG numbers, but i have a problem on my larger cat that I also race and has instruments that need to be read. I short, I have to take off my sunglasses and do the old gheezer squint at the GPS; its not only hard to see, but causes erratic steering.

My question is, what do you older sailors do (even the ones with 20-20 vision) when you have to see up close on a boat? I'd think about lasik surgery except that i would still need reading glasses to see the instruments.

Thanks for the feedback.

(myopic) David
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Re: Old eyes [Re: davidn] #181726
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Hey David

I've got a similar problem, having had eye surgery a couple times now.

Give Steve Murray at Murray's a call about Barz. They can be made in prescriptions and I'm curious as to whether or not he can get them done in a bifocal arrangement.

Re: Old eyes [Re: ThunderMuffin] #181727
06/11/09 01:16 PM
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Or just have your (hopefully younger) crew read them for you on the bigger boat. Most trimmers claim their drivers are blind anyway....


Jay

Re: Old eyes [Re: davidn] #181729
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I know that there is such a thing as bifocal contact lenses. A friend of mine has them. Don't laugh, I thought it was a joke too but his girlfriend and other confirmed the claim.

Maybe that will work for you?

Wouter


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Re: Old eyes [Re: davidn] #181730
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Hi David

My optician set me up with polarized Maui Jim Progressives.
They have the best polarization which makes looking at the lcd displays tough unless you are strait on but that comes with any polarized lens.


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Re: Old eyes [Re: Mark Schneider] #181731
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Re: Old eyes [Re: Storz] #181734
06/11/09 01:47 PM
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David,

I thought that was what Colette was for ????

Any way it's kind of hard to miss 43' of Corsiar Tri thats in front of you ... that Sunday race back was a fluke!!!!!

But I do have the same issue ... and no solution yet

Harry

Re: Old eyes [Re: HMurphey] #181740
06/11/09 02:35 PM
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Re: Old eyes [Re: davidn] #181746
06/11/09 03:36 PM
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For wrap around sunglasses, one option is stick on vinyl "add" bifocal--you can purchase them in powers of +1.50 up to about +3.00.

Several makers of quality wrap around sunglass can be made up with most prescriptions, including progressives. The optical lab simply must be set up for the frame design to compensate for the wrap.

Other options include multifocal contact lenses or wearing one contact lens for near and one for far.

Depending on your overall eye health, LASIK may also be an option.

PM me if further questions--I'm an eye surgeon.


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Re: Old eyes [Re: davidn] #181752
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I recently had cataract surgery and have distant vision in both eyes. Since I can't deal with reading glasses, I had a contact lens fitted for one eye for near vision. This monovision set up works for me. It's a seamless transition from far vision to reading the newspaper. I had the same set up with contact lenses for the last forty years when my vision was 20/200.

Re: Old eyes [Re: GISCO] #181756
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I have pair of Maui Lim "readers". They have a reader set in the bottom 20% of the lens.


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Re: Old eyes [Re: arbo06] #181758
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Re: Old eyes [Re: arbo06] #181759
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I have bifocal contacts that I just started wearing in Decemeber, no contacts ever in my life. A little hard to get in for awhile, but I would have to say they have changed my life. No more glasses, good vision on the course, but possibly problematic in a lot of spray. i do wear some decent polarized glasses with a built in strap that helps with the spray.
If you dont get them for sailing, get them for everyday life.

yes, Im old


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Re: Old eyes [Re: dave mosley] #181762
06/11/09 05:22 PM
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I had lasik and love it, but the reader thing is probably in my very near future.


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Re: Old eyes [Re: Team_Cat_Fever] #181765
06/11/09 05:41 PM
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I got the bifocal contacts just for sailing and love them! Haven't worn them since last season, but it's about that time again. I wear Polarized sunglasses over them which keeps the spray from washing them out of place.

Re: Old eyes [Re: davidn] #181774
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Originally Posted by davidn
I'd think about lasik surgery except that i would still need reading glasses to see the instruments.


You can get LASIK mono vision. That means one eye is reshaped for reading and the other for distance. I've got it and am quite satisfied. Go in and at least get evauluated. It should be free. See what your vision would be like after the surgery.

If you were in the LA area I could set you up with the eyeball doc to the stars at Cedars Sanai.


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Re: Old eyes [Re: hobie1616] #181777
06/11/09 09:36 PM
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I called in sick today...Anal Glaucoma.

I could not see my butt going in to work today.


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Re: Old eyes [Re: arbo06] #181779
06/11/09 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by arbo06
I called in sick today...Anal Glaucoma.

I could not see my butt going in to work today.

That's also known as Anal Oculosis. It a condition where the optic nerve is connected to the rectum. It can be resolved by a simple surgical procedure known as an Optirectomy.


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Re: Old eyes [Re: hobie1616] #181789
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Both conditions are closely akin to optical rectitis; when one inserts one's head into one's rectum the resulting pressure of the anal sphincter on the optic nerve produces a sh!tty outlook on life.

Last edited by pgp; 06/12/09 06:17 AM.

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Re: Old eyes [Re: pgp] #181790
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My neighbor had a lens transplant done. Not sure of the particulars but he's in his 70's and is very happy he did it. No glasses, contacts.


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