tony sayer wrote:
In article , djc

I used to wear glasses for driving. Five years ago I had a detached
retina, and as a side-effect cataract operation was required . Since the
cataract operation I've found my distance vision better without glasses
even though the damaged eye alone has very poor vision at any distance.
There seems to be some cognitive process at work that extracts the good
patches from my damaged retina. On the other hand I am now too old to
read without glasses.


Yes I had a similar thing as posterior vitreous detachment PVD which is
the precursor to a detached retina a lot of the time.. Had it welded
back into place by Argon Laser.

Watch out for any sudden appearance of "Floaters" those little bits of
stuff you see in your eyes sometimes especially against a bright Sky or
PC screen, they are usually a strong indication that its starting to
detach, get it checked right away!...

Yes, that's happened already. When the left eye detached it was several
days before I did something about it. So it needed the gas bubble treatment
and subsequently a cataract.
A few months ago I had a serious floater in the right eye and went straight
to Moorfields. That was just the vitreous detachment which is apparently
common enough at my age (55). Did not need any treatment and vision in the
right eye is unimpaired.



That Argon laser is about the brightest thing you'll ever see. Blinds
you for a round 10 mins but totally painless. Just need to look at the
white alignment cross with the good eye, else they might miss the bit
there're welding around the rim, and put some spots on the bits that are
still useful!.

-Not good- as capt'n Hook would say....


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djc