[Jewelry making - Article 00428] - Re: [Orchid] Catarct surgery for a faceter

[Rick Copeland]

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    I have had a chronic eye condition called Iritis. And it ended up
    causing a cataract on my left eye among other damage to my eyes. When
    I had the cataract removed the corrected my vision somewhat in my
    left eye. I'm very nearsighted and have to wear a -10 contact in my
    right eye so that I can wear reasonable glasses to correct my
    stigmatism and bifocals. 

    About six months ago I retired my 30 year old Optivisor and splurged
    on a new one. Well not only did Optivisor cheapen the construction of
    their product my using all plastic screws, washers, and adjusting
    knobs the made it a bit smaller when it comes to maximum head size.
    My melon (head) is a 7 3/4 hat size. The smaller Optivisor was giving
    me headaches. So after a couple offline conversions with Doc McIntyre
    and a couple suggestions from this forum I set out to find the best
    solution. 

    I first bought a 2 1/2 power clip on magnifier but no matter how I
    adjusted it, it would fit comfortably on my glasses. So I went to
    Walgreens and bought 2.75 power reading glasses in the ever stylish
    aviators style with the double bar across the nose. This worked very
    well but I had no distance vision. So I was constantly switching
    glasses. 

    On my last visit to the Optometrist I took my vision contraption
    with me and described to him what I needed. We then sat down with an
    optic tech to get my Rx for the glasses and bifocals and increase the
    bifocal strength by 4 diopters. Then make the bifocal as big as
    possible with the top of the bifocal coming right across my field of
    vision when I'm looking straight ahead plus have the bifocals match
    up with the flip up magnifier. Well it took about a month and a
    couple of phone calls to the lab from the Optical tech and
    Optometrist but it was worth the wait. I now have comfortable and
    functional glasses for doing bench work and I can move about my shop
    without changing glasses. 

    I'm not familiar with Multi-focal interocular lenses. I believe I
    have just a solid lens when I had my cataract removed. But hopefully
    I've given you some ideas on how to come up with magnification that
    will work for you post surgery. 

Good Luck!

Rick Copeland
Silversmith and Lapidary Artisan
Rocky Mountain Wonders
Colorado Springs, Colorado
rockymountainwonders.com
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