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I don't know why the blank unless you confirmed from a different address - I do that all the time since the key is the code. Thanks for the info. In my case, my lenses are harder since I was about 37, so the muscles will not focus them way down for close up work. The distance vision is perfect. I am wondering if any of these guys can fix that without screwing up the distance part, which is essential for the things I like to do. Contacts take care of the close up quite well, so I don't care about that so much. I know you guys are coming up with new stuff all the time. mjblackmd@my*.co* wrote: > > Yes they do, George, and in fact Lasik can > be used to correct small degrees of far- > sightedness. The technology is evolving and > results with farsighted correction have been > less predictable than nearsighted correction. > The ideal Lasik candidate is someone with > moderate myopia (nearsightedness) and little > or no astigmatism. I may start doing the > procedure someday, but being ultra-conservative > with the nearest excimer laser 30 miles away, > I am referring patients for now. Feel free > to post this. I see my other post listed > a blank for author (?why). Mike Black > -- > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 12:47:21 Trey wrote: > >Mike, do they have anything like this for farsighted yet? > > > >mjblackmd@my*.co* wrote: > >> > >> Lasik involves using a microkeratome (a special- > >> ized knife) to cut the top of the cornea off, > >> and then the underlying bed is lasered with an > >> excimer laser. The corneal flap is repositioned > >> and soon adheres to the underlying, treated > >> corneal bed. As for diving after Lasik, most > >> surgeons recommend waiting one month (plus or > >> minus a couple weeks). I can think of no reason > >> why a diver should not be able to resume diving > >> after successful completion of this surgery, and > >> that includes mixed-gas diving. As to whether > >> the procedure violates DIR, I have no comment. > >> Lasik is better than radial keratotomy from a > >> diving perspective, because the cut is relative- > >> ly superficial and much less likely to be > >> affected by hydrostatic pressure changes, if at > >> all. I no longer perform radial keratotomy, and > >> refer my refractive surgery patients to an > >> experienced colleague who performs Lasik. The > >> bottom line is that diving and Lasik are highly > >> compatible. Hope this helps. > >> > >> Michael J. Black, M.D. > >> > >> --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > >> Share what you know. Learn what you don't. > >> -- > >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > >> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > > > > > --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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