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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3239360" data-attributes="member: 665">This kind of Lasik surgery is supposed to restore 99.5% of your vision. You'll be seeing like a baby, Bob. Then perhaps you and I will finally see eye to eye (after I get mine done, too). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />My dad had cataract surgery two weeks ago. He was in and out in 15 minutes. There are a LOT of drops to take the first few days, then it tapers off for three weeks. The new lens is optimized for distance, so once his eye heals, he needs to get glasses for closer distances. I'm next. I've got a cataract in one eye, and I got it from birding. Twice I was following birds in flight and ran into the sun. ZAP! Burned off some of the gel in front of the retina each time, which showed up as a red spot, which took at least a month to fall off and settle in my eye as a floater. Both times I was panning such that I "hit" the sun with my left eye. My right eye was spared. Nobody talks about eye safety for birders, but it can be dangerous if you follow birds in flight and are not careful to watch where you're pointing your bins. Also, since I watch birds near my house more than any other place and the house faces southwest, I'm usually looking in the direction of the sun (which also makes my bins more vulnerable to veiling glare). The first time I ran into the sun with my bins I was trying to follow swallows chasing bugs over the ball field across from the house. They are VERY fast and can turn on a dime. Challenging to watch in flight and dangerous if the sun is low in front of you. Brock</blockquote>

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